Harvard morgue case
WBUR's ongoing coverage of a Harvard Medical School's morgue manager accused of stealing and selling human body parts, in what prosecutors say exposed a nationwide network of trading in human remains.
Body donors pull bequests to Harvard following morgue scandal
Data provided by the school show that 65 people rescinded their registration in the last year, compared to an average of nine in the four years prior.
The dark history of medical education
Training in anatomy has long separated doctors from other healers. But voluntary body donation was largely unheard of until about 60 years ago.
After morgue thefts, Harvard avoids accountability
A year ago, Harvard Medical School announced its longtime morgue manager had been arrested for harvesting skin, organs and other parts from deceased donors who'd pledged their bodies to science....
Harvard, the human remains trade, and collectors who fuel the market
There is no federal law against buying or selling human remains and only a patchwork of state laws that go largely unenforced. That’s allowed the trade in so-called “medical specimens”...
5 things to know before donating your body to science
After delving deeply into the scandal over bodies that authorities say were stolen from the morgue at Harvard University's medical school, WBUR reporter Ally Jarmanning explains how institutions use human...
Advertisement
Introducing 'Postmortem': The stolen bodies of Harvard
Hundreds of people donated their bodies to Harvard Medical School, hoping to advance science and train the next generation of doctors. Meanwhile, prosecutors say the school's morgue manager treated it...
Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager agrees to plead guilty to transporting stolen human remains
Cedric and Denise Lodge were accused of running a nationwide body parts business, supplied by donor remains from Harvard Medical School.
Judge dismisses families' claims against Harvard in stolen bodies cases
Judge Kenneth Salinger wrote that, under the provision, as long as the defendants "acted in good faith" to try to ensure human remains "were treated with respect and properly disposed...
Report on Harvard's morgue finds lack of oversight and no policy on handling of human bodies
Outside experts appointed to review Harvard Medical School's morgue operations in the wake of body parts being stolen and sold found the school lacked formal policies and had little oversight...
Harvard asks judge to dismiss family lawsuits over alleged morgue thefts
Lawyers for Harvard claim the school is immune from liability under the state’s anatomical gift act, which protects any institution acting in “good faith.”
Harvard report on morgue thefts is delayed, frustrating affected families
Harvard Medical School appears to have temporarily halted donations to the school’s anatomical gift program in the aftermath of the scandal.
Report by panel reviewing Harvard Medical School's body donor program delayed
Harvard Medical School says that a review of its body donation program, now mired in an interstate body parts theft scandal, won’t be completed until October. It was originally set...
Kentucky man found with 40 skulls in home, allegedly linked to Harvard morgue thefts
FBI agents searched the home of James Nott on Tuesday and found 40 human skulls, spinal cords, femurs, hip bones and a Harvard Medical School bag, according to court records.
A look at the legal and ethical implications of the Harvard Medical School morgue case
Families of donors seek answers from the Harvard Medical School.
Families of donors to Harvard Medical School are angry, grieving over alleged body thefts
Some families are still waiting to hear whether their loved ones' bodies were among those allegedly stolen and sold by the former Harvard morgue manager.
With no state oversight, Mass. medical school morgues are vulnerable to illicit market for bodies
Harvard Medical School's longtime morgue manager stands accused of stealing and selling body parts for tens of thousands of dollars.
Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing, selling human body parts as part of 'nationwide network'
The indictment alleges that starting in 2018, Cedric Lodge began taking body parts that had been donated for medical research and bringing them to his home in Goffstown, N.H. He...