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Episode #392

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#392 Hollywood Phony
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The "Bodies" exhibits

Episode sources:

  1. “Gunther von Hagens: Under the Skin of Doctor Death” by Jeremy Laurance (The Independent, October 30th, 2007)

  2. “The Plastinarium of Dr. von Hagens” by Daniel Engber (Wired, February 12, 2013)

  3. “Frankfurt Journal; A New Spine-Tingler From the Impresario of Cadavers” by Mark Landler (New York Times, February 3, 2004)

  4. “World Briefing: German Anatomist Unsure He Accepted Executed” by Kirsten Grieshaber (New York Times, January 23, 2004)

  5. “Manheim Journal; Anatomy on Display, And it’s All Too Human” by Edmund L. Andrews, (New York Times, January 7, 1998)

  6. “November 17-23: INTERNATIONAL; AUTOPSY TV” by Alan Cowell (New York Times, November 24, 2002)

  7. “Public Autopsy Leaves Londoners Squirming and Gaping” by Alan Cowell (New York Times, November 21, 2002)

  8. “Cadaver Sex Exhibition in Germany is Criticized” by David Itzkoff (New York Times, May 7, 2009)

  9. “Scientist or Showman” by Debashis Singh (British Medical Journal, March 1, 2003)

  10. “Education or freak show? 'Bodies ... The Exhibition' cashes in on our own curiosity” by Winda Benedetti (Seattle Post-Intellegencer, September 27, 2006)

  11. “Fury at Exhibit of Corpses Having Sex” by Kate Connolly (The Guardian, May 6, 2009)

  12. “Exhibitor of Bodies Intends to Contribute His Own” by Steven Erlanger (The New York Times, January 5, 2011)

  13. “The Smithsonian’s ‘Bone Doctor’ Scavenged Thousands of Body Parts” by Nicole Dungca, Claire Healy and Anrew Ba Trang (The Washington Post, August 15th, 2023)

  14. “9/11 Rescue Worker Chooses to Have Her Body Preserved After Death” by Marcus Biddle (WHYY, March 17, 2023) .

  15. “Ivy League university set to rebury skulls of Black people kept for centuries” by Ed Pilkington (The Guardian, August 7, 2022)

  16. “'Shrunken heads' removed from display as museum seeks to 'decolonise' collection” (Sky News, September 14, 2020) .

Gunther von Hagens (360b / Alamy)

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