'Pay-per-view' post-mortem sparks outcry from unsuspecting family
Dead man's relatives were unaware that the 'educational' autopsy would be streamed live to a paying audience
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Dead man's relatives were unaware that the 'educational' autopsy would be streamed live to a paying audience
Event organizers sold tickets for up to $500 to the public to view in-person the autopsy and dissection of a human body.
DeathScience.org, which hosted the live autopsy, recommends attendees get tested for COVID-19 as a precaution. The man whose body was dissected died of the disease.
Attendees paid as much as US$500 to watch the in-person dissection, where VIP ticket holders were offered a 'front row seat'
After being under the impression her husband's body would be used for science, the wife believes that this event was a commercialization of her husband's death.