Random Coroners Describe the Gnarliest Bodies They've Ever Seen (16 items)

• (#7) Steamed Like A Lobster

  Redditor aidyfarman shared this:

  “What’s the worst way to [perish]?” is the next-most-asked question, to which Melinek usually replies, “You don’t want to know.” When people insist, however, she tells them about Sean Doyle.

  Around Christmas 2002, bartender Doyle went out drinking with pal Michael Wright and Wright’s girlfriend. As they all walked home, Wright thought Doyle was hitting on his girlfriend, and witnesses later told cops they saw a man getting “the sh*t beat out of him.” He was heard screaming, “No, don’t break my legs!” and another witness said he saw someone throw Doyle down an open manhole.

  The drop was 18 feet. At the bottom was a pool of boiling ­water, from a broken main. Doyle didn’t [perish] instantly - in fact, as first responders arrived, he was standing below, reaching up and screaming for help. No paramedic or firefighter could climb down to help - it was, a Con Ed supervisor said, 300 degrees in the steam tunnel.

  Four hours later, Sean Doyle’s body was finally recovered. Its temperature was 125 degrees -  the medical examiners thought it was likely way higher, but thermometers don’t read any higher than that.

  When Melinek saw the body on her autopsy table, she writes, she thought he’d “been steamed like a lobster.” His entire outer layer of skin had peeled off, and his internal organs were literally cooked.

  He otherwise had no broken bones and no head trauma, which meant he was fully conscious as he boiled.
• (#12) Crack Santa

  From pericardia:

  So I used to do some work for a forensic anthropologist at the MEO in our city. We once had a set of remains that were 1) found in a chimney 2) with a crack pipe and 3) a burlap sack.

  We called him Crack Santa.

  I'm pretty sure if any of my friends see this on reddit my identity is blown, but worth it!
• (#3) Facial Dissection Of A Slain Person

  Shared by SparkleSpectre:

  Trainee anatomical pathology technician here (AKA mortician, I guess). Th[e] most interesting and creepiest thing I have seen so far was a facial dissection of a [slain person]. Basically the face is peeled off the skull from the chin upwards, but is left attached at the nose to help re-orientate it back into it's original position (even though it can never be perfectly placed back to where it was)... Was very strange to see the inside of someone's mouth folded up over the rest of their face.
• (#14) iPod Impalement

  A short story from [deleted]:

  [I once saw an] iPod stuck inside of a car crash victim. I guess the force of the impact jammed it in the wound.
• (#4) A Jigsaw Through The Forehead

  A tale from Redditor muklan:

  My ex-wife worked in a funeral home. She said they once had [someone take their own life]... with a jigsaw... through the forehead. It was still in when the body arrived, apparently they had to turn it on for a split second to free it from her skull.
• (#11) Baby Corpses

  Shared by bobbarker2257:

  I'm going to use my throw away for this:

  So going with the gist of the topic: I work as an RN in labor and delivery at a high risk center, so we often get the worst cases. Unfortunately, fetal demises aren't too rare. Usually they are from congenital abnormalities or spontaneous abortions. Having worked in the past with adults who have [perished], working with [perished] babies is much more disturbing than I would have ever thought. Anyways, two stories stick out in my mind the most:

  My first fetal demise was an induction for a 18-week-old fetus (I don't remember the cause). Fresh out of school and loving working with happy healthy babies, this assignment terrified me. The mother delivered the baby completely intact in the amniotic sac. With the mother and father sobbing, I go to pick up the sac, place it on a blanket and take it over to the table to examine and assign APGARS; obviously 0/0. I stood there staring at this blob trying to remain professional and maintain my composure but was completely frozen with fear. My preceptor at the time said "If you're ok, go ahead and open the bag. Take the baby out, wrap him/her up, and hand it over to mom." 

  I use my fingers to rip open the bag. Fluid pours out, the smell was something I'd never experienced before. Holding my breath, I take out the baby. At 18 weeks, the skin is very red/pink sticky and honestly alien looking. The eyes were bulging and we couldn't tell if it was a boy or a girl. I think I was more terrified to show the parents, who had already been through so much, because I knew they imagined their beautiful baby to look very different than from what I was about to hand them. I cleaned up, gave the family some alone time and stepped out of that room completely changed.

  My next story happened when I felt a little more comfortable in these situations, as much as possible I guess. This baby was about around 18-19 weeks also, induction due to anencephaly. The baby delivered by the time my shift started so it was now my job to take photos of the baby, foot prints, and create a nice memory box for the family. I took the baby in another room to dress in little clothes and try to get as nice of pictures as possible. The baby was so fragile it was like working with Jello. The skull was actually open, no brain but oozing all over. I tried to adjust the baby to get a better angle for the picture when suddenly the head slips from my hand and spins around all the way around, one full rotation. Out loud I actually said "Please don't pop off, please don't pop off!" I spun the head back in place and gave up with the photos. I got a couple ok photos, but wasn't about to risk getting more to have to explain to grieving parents why their baby was suddenly decapitated.

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