Dead obese woman had so much body fat she set the building on fire during her cremation

Crematorium oven reached 300C and set alight to the filter
Black smoke billowed into the building
Firefighters battled the blaze in special breathing kit, but got covered in burnt grease
Officials call for weight limit on bodies to be cremated

Austrian crematorium officials have blamed a deceased woman’s obesity for causing a blaze which had to be tackled by firefighters.

Firemen in the southern city of Graz were covered in thick sticky soot as they [...]

Man ‘dressed up like his dead mother for SIX YEARS to steal $115,000 in benefits’

A New Yorker accused of a bizarre scam in which he dressed up like his dead mother for six years to steal $115,000 in benefits is appearing in court this week.

On Tuesday jurors will be shown a screening of Thomas Prusik-Parkin, 53, allegedly carrying off his extraordinary act.

To pull off his pretense the defendant donned a wig, wore heavy make-up, his mother’s dresses and used a cane, claim prosecutors.

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Medical examiner ‘lost woman’s brain and told grieving sister a DAY before funeral that organ was removed’

A grieving sister was told on the eve of her sister’s funeral that her brain had been removed, giving her little choice but to bury her sister without the organ.

The Medical Examiner’s Office in Brooklyn allegedly lost the brain of a woman in her 60s while performing an autopsy on her.

The woman died unexpectedly in January.

Brainless: The Brooklyn Medical Examiner’s office allegedly lost a woman’s brain during an autopsy

The New [...]

Funeral director says Trayvon’s body didn’t look like he’d been fighting as video that shows Zimmerman unhurt on night he shot teen ‘could be used as evidence’ in trial

New video shows no signs of trauma on George Zimmerman’s face
This is despite claims that his nose was broken in ‘sucker-punch’

Parents call surveillance footage ‘the icing on the cake’

Zimmerman’s father claims Trayvon told his son ‘you’re gonna die now’
Witness’ mother says she doesn’t believe Zimmerman acted in self-defence
Student newspaper sparks outrage with ‘racist’ cartoon about case

Footage emerged that casts doubt on George Zimmerman’s version of events in the shooting of [...]