Episode 4: A Truly "Gore-y" Story

True Crime on Our Minds Podcast

This episode discusses the investigation into a Phoenix, Arizona Chop Shop. Now, most people are aware that a chop shop is where stolen cars are dismantled so that the parts can be sold. But this crime did not take place in a traditional chop shop and, in fact, it doesn't involve cars parts at all. This case involves a human body chop shop, its deceptive business practices, and unimaginable mistreatment of bodies that were donated in the name of science.
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Sources:
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/26/officials-investigate-body-donations/8189495/

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/09/the-fbi-is-shutting-down-shady-cadaver-centers-left-and-right/379967/

https://kjzz.org/content/257280/arizona-attorney-general-wants-body-donation-programs-regulated

https://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-rathburn-3

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-bodies-business-specialreport/special-report-a-business-where-human-bodies-were-butchered-packaged-and-sold-idUSKBN1EL0ZC

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-bodies-sentence/businessman-who-sold-diseased-human-body-parts-gets-nine-years-in-prison-idUSKCN1IN2PA

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-business/

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/national/head-sewn-in-a-frankenstein-manner-court-docs-reveal-new-horrific-details-of-phoenix-body-donor-business

https://www.insideedition.com/inside-body-snatching-business-saw-donated-remains-horribly-mistreated-51495

https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/owner-of-human-tissue-donation-firm-in-arizona-is-sentenced

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvwgmcCSkyU

https://psmag.com/magazine/arms-dealers

https://patch.com/arizona/phoenix/cooler-male-genitalia-among-phoenix-body-part-broker-horrors

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