r/mildyinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • May 05 '26

humankind hiccups 😅 This is plain cruel...

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u/theemmyk May 05 '26

The body donation industry is unregulated. There was a whole series of articles about it. They use deliberately misleading language in their contracts so that most people have no idea that their loved one's body may be sold to the military. It's really messed up.

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u/not_so_impressed May 06 '26

It's not just the military. They can sell it to anyone. There was a guy I read about who purchased a body which was donated to "science" and he used it for a theater project instead.

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u/Bugbread May 06 '26

They can sell it to anyone.

Yes and no. The person behind this case (and other similar cases) was arrested for fraud by the FBI and sentenced to 9 years in prison.

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u/theemmyk May 06 '26

Yeah, it's just that the military is a big customer of these companies.

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u/TeamRedundancyTeam May 06 '26

Uh how does just any individual buy a corpse for a theater project? What did they do with it after?

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u/tierlistsarecringe May 06 '26

My question is, at that point can't I just sell the corpse directly instead of donating it and letting the donatee sell it? Might as well get something out of it lol

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u/Minimum-Attitude389 May 06 '26

Can I donate my body to theater instead?