I am your host KTown and you're listening to seven disturbing chronicle stories of scary, paranormal, and horror tales.

Death is a end of life, but not the end for your body.

Corpses are sources of fascination for some and revilement for others.

Here are some things that will make you think about what could be done with yours. The fatty substance that occasionally forms during the decomposition of humans and animals

is called corpse wax. When a corpse is left in moist, airless conditions,

corpse wax can encase the remains in a brittle shell.

Corpses encased in a dipypiceur are quite a hassle for the owners of graveyards because it prevents recycling grave plots.

On the other hand, it can aid forensic scientists and archaeologists during autopsies of very old remains.

In 1825, Italian physician Augustus Granville autopsied the well-preserved remains of a woman called

Ertyersenou. His autopsy was as much a theatrical event as it was genuine science.

To enhance the mood, Granville lit the lecture hall with candles made from what he believed to be a form of beeswax, or bitumen, used to preserve the body.

Later studies showed that the wax was nothing of the sort. It was part

of the remains of the unlucky corpse itself. Government sponsored desecration. During the French

Revolution, a decree was made that the tombs of the kings and queens of France should be destroyed,

particularly those at the Basilica of San Deney. On October 12, 1793, a mob intent on destruction

descended on it and other church grounds. One of the first coffins they came upon, though, was Henry the Fourth's.

Henry had been a popular king, and they treated his remains with a kind of curiosity, if not all.

The body was in pristine condition after its embalment. Even the stab wounds from where he had been

assassinated were still visible. The fascinated crowd set the corpse on display, and it became an

attraction to thousands who flocked to see the late monarch. It seemed for a time that the desecration operation would be canceled for lack of popular demand.

Not everyone was impressed by Henry, though.

One Republican guard cut off the king's mustache and put it on his own face.

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