Resting In Pieces
Summary
This episode covers two disturbing cases of funeral home fraud. First, hosts discuss Cedric and Denise Lodge, who stole donated organs to sell as "bone art," resulting in federal prison sentences. Next, they detail Michael Naughton, a New York funeral director indicted for taking payment for cremations but leaving bodies to decompose in his basement. The episode concludes with a throwback story about Tommy Ray Brent Marsh, whose Tri-State Crematorium scandal involved storing hundreds of uncremated bodies, leading to new federal laws.
Topics discussed
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Cedric Lodge: Selling organs from Harvard morgue
Michael Naughton: Stealing cremated remains
Host intro and vacation recap
Ray Brent Marsh: Background and family business
Discovery of bodies by gas man and EPA
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EPA investigation and raid on Marsh's property
Legal charges and scale of the crime
Reflections on cremation industry trust
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