'It's where all the 半端物 ducks come to swim': Inside the world of the 'oddities' community which has a LEGAL human 団体/死体 parts 貿易(する) - as eighth person is 逮捕(する)d for buying remains stolen from Harvard University morgue

  • Eccentric collectors said they should not be defined by 'a few bad apples' and 追加するd they were looking to grow the 産業 in a 肯定的な way
  • It comes after eight people were 逮捕(する)d over 団体/死体 parts 存在 stolen from Harvard University 医療の school morgue and sold?
  • On Thursday, a grisly 連邦検察局 (警察の)手入れ,急襲 暴露するd 40 skulls, hip bones and spinal cords linked to the 団体/死体 parts trafficking スキャンダル??

Members of the 'oddities' community that 合法的に 貿易(する)s in human 団体/死体 parts have 開始する,打ち上げるd a 信頼できる 弁護 after an eight person was 逮捕(する)d for buying human remains stolen from the Harvard University morgue.

Eccentric collectors said they should not be defined by 'a few bad apples' and 追加するd they were looking to grow the 産業 in a 肯定的な way.

Others pointed out the 貿易(する) has been 現在進行中の 'since the Victorian times' and there are 'tens of thousands' of eager 関係者s.

But a cloud has been thrust over the 'oddities' community after eight people were 逮捕(する)d for their 申し立てられた/疑わしい 関与 in the Harvard morgue スキャンダル.

They have all 恐らく been traced to an 違法な 団体/死体 parts 産業 that stemmed from morgue 経営者/支配人 Cedric 宿泊する, with an 連邦検察局 調査 現在進行中の.

Members of the 'oddities' community that legally trades in human body parts have launched a staunch defense after an eight person was arrested for buying human remains stolen from the Harvard University morgue

Members of the 'oddities' community that 合法的に 貿易(する)s in human 団体/死体 parts have 開始する,打ち上げるd a 信頼できる 弁護 after an eight person was 逮捕(する)d for buying human remains stolen from the Harvard University morgue

Eccentric collectors said they should not be defined by 'a few bad apples' and added they were looking to grow the industry in a positive way

Eccentric collectors said they should not be defined by 'a few bad apples' and 追加するd they were looking to grow the 産業 in a 肯定的な way

O
thers pointed out the trade has been ongoing 'since the Victorian times' and there are 'tens of thousands' of eager participants

Others pointed out the 貿易(する) has been 現在進行中の 'since the Victorian times' and there are 'tens of thousands' of eager 関係者s

One collector's real human skull is shown attached to a chain at an oddities event this year

One collector's real human skull is shown 大(公)使館員d to a chain at an oddities event this year

A ruck of spines and pelvic bones are seen hung up on a wall at
 one of the bizarre events this year

A ruck of spines and pelvic bones are seen hung up on a 塀で囲む at one of the bizarre events this year

JonBones' collection is Brooklyn features dozens of skulls of different shapes and sizes

JonBones' collection is Brooklyn features dozens of skulls of different 形態/調整s and sizes

Louisiana is the only 明言する/公表する in the US that 無法者d the 貿易(する) in human 組織/臓器s ? which 含む bones and 肌 ? which will result in a $50,000 罰金 and five years in 刑務所,拘置所.

The 法律 was brought in in 2016, after a self-布告するd 'witch' pleaded 有罪の to 除去するing human bones from Holt 共同墓地 in New Orleans.

Devon Marie Machuca 申し込む/申し出d to sell human remains after her home was (警察の)手入れ,急襲d, in a 事例/患者 that horrified the nation at the time.

But Ada m Hutter, 創立者 of the World Oddities Expo, told DailyMail.com many just want it to grow it in a 肯定的な way ? 説 'we are not to be defined by the one bad apple'.

Hutter, who 開始する,打ち上げるd the traveling 展示 in 2018, argues they are not defined by a 明確な/細部 構成要素 and it has been around as far 支援する as 'Victorian times'.

He said: 'There are always resurgences, and we are living through one 権利 now. 世界的な there are tens of thousands of people that 参加する in this community.

A band plays during the World Oddities Expo 2023 in the United States this year

A 禁止(する)d plays during the World Oddities Expo 2023 in the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs this year

Some of the features at the event also includes tiny butterfli
es trapped in small glass cases

Some of the features at the event also 含むs tiny バタフライs 罠にかける in small glass 事例/患者s

The event also has dancers and singers put on dazzling performances for the eager festivalgoers

The event also has ダンサーs and singers put on dazzling 業績/成果s for the eager festivalgoers

One woman at the expo is pictured firing a bow and arrow using only her feet during the event

One woman at the expo is pictured 解雇する/砲火/射撃ing a 屈服する and arrow using only her feet during the event

'It is very 簡単に just an eccentric 追跡. Whether that be for 科学の value, or art, or cultural, a lot of people are just joining the club because that is where their friends are. It's a unique collection - some dark, some light, some fun, and some 半端物.

'We are not to be defined by the one bad apple. The whole bunch is not spoiled. I don't prefer to be a leader. But then I had to say 'don't do that' a lot.

'Because 明らかに, if you don't, the children will run 権利 to the light socket and stick a fork in it.

'I don't want anybody to get 傷つける. I want this community to continue in a 肯定的な manner to grow for 10年間s to come, just like it's been doing for these last ten years.

'Some people never feel like they fit in until they find a place like this. It's where all of the 半端物 ducks come to swim.?It is definitely a gigantic spectrum of 追跡s.

'And, and of course, when you have something as big and successful as the oddities world 削除する community, there are bound to be people that shirk the 支配するs.

'The world oddities expo does not 許す the sale of human 見本/標本s of any 肉親,親類d.'?

Festivalgoers take turns to pick out their favorite items from the gift shop at the event this year

Festivalgoers take turns to 選ぶ out their favorite items from the gift shop at the event this year

Another is shown reading about taxidermy barn owls during the expo this year

Another is shown reading about taxidermy barn フクロウs during the expo this year

Jeremy Pauley appeared to be a large part of the oddities community up until his 逮捕(する), though he was continuing to sell さまざまな items online with his girlfriend にもかかわらず the ぼんやり現れるing 宣告,判決ing.

連邦の スパイ/執行官s say his 逮捕(する) was what helped them to 跡をつける 負かす/撃墜する the other seven members of the 黒人/ボイコット-market (犯罪の)一味, through hundreds of thousands of dollars 価値(がある) of 処理/取引s.

He bought $10,975 価値(がある) of 団体/死体 parts from funeral home 労働者 Candace Scott, 36, based in Arkansas, with a separate 起訴,告発 in Pennsylvania 明らかにする/漏らすing he spent $40,049 buying 団体/死体 parts from Josh Taylor.

Taylor in turn 購入(する)d the parts from former Harvard 医療の School morgue 経営者/支配人 Cedric 宿泊する, 55.

宿泊する is (刑事)被告 of taking 団体/死体 parts to his home in New Hampshire, and his wife Denise, 63, would ship the illicit goods to others in their 網状組織 using the USPS.

He is also (刑事)被告 of selling the remains to Katrina MacLean, a doll 製造者 from Salem, Massachusetts, who owned and operated a 商売/仕事 called Kat's Creepy 創造s.

In October 2020 Maclean 恐らく sold two dissected 直面するs and 肌 to Pauley for $600, who was 雇うd to tan the 肌 and make it into leather before shipping it 支援する to MacLean.

Pauley is (刑事)被告 of 転売するing the remains he received to others, 含むing tattoo artist Matthew Lampi, 52, of East Bethel, Minnesota.

The 最新の 逮捕(する) of James William Nott, 39, in Kentucky was also linked to Pauley, who sold him several skulls and spinal cords,? which were 存在 used as furniture.

James William Nott was part of the macabre underground network dealing in stolen human remains which were allegedly stolen from Harvard's prestigious Medical School

James William Nott was part of the macabre 地下組織の 網状組織 取引,協定ing in stolen human remains which were 恐らく stolen from Harvard's prestigious 医療の School

One of the skulls had a scarf tied around its neck and another on the bed where Nott slept ? with authorities accusing him of purchasing the remains from Jeremy Pauley

One of the skulls had a scarf tied around its neck and another on the bed where Nott slept ? with 当局 告発する/非難するing him of 購入(する)ing the remains from Jeremy Pauley

Nott, 39, had dozens of human skulls which were 存在 used as 'decoration' 同様に as hip bones and spinal cords which were 存在 used as furniture at his home in Louisville, Kentucky

Nott was immediately arrested after the raid on Tuesday, and was initially charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon

Nott was すぐに 逮捕(する)d after the (警察の)手入れ,急襲 on Tuesday, and was 最初 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with 所有/入手 of a firearm by a 罪人/有罪を宣告するd felon

Federal court documents filed in Arkansas say that Scott first reached out to Pauley (pictured with his girlfriend)? in October 2021

連邦の 法廷,裁判所 文書s とじ込み/提出するd in Arkansas say that Scott first reached out to Pauley (pictured with his girlfriend)? in October 2021

An 調査 into the grim 地下組織の 網状組織 of human 団体/死体 parts started after Pennsboro 郡区 Police Department received a tip about possible human remains inside Pauley's Pennsylvania home.

The ひどく tattooed character has 以前 been 逮捕(する)d and 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with 乱用 of a 死体, receiving stolen 所有物/資産/財産 and 取引,協定ing in the proceeds of unlawful activities.

Cedric Lodge had worked at Harvard Medical School's morue since 1995 until he was fired on May 6

Cedric 宿泊する had worked at Harvard 医療の School's morue since 1995 until he was 解雇する/砲火/射撃d on May 6

Hutter, who will be 長,率いるing to Baltimore on October 7th for the 最新の part of the travelling show, 述べるs his passion as showcasing dozens of small 商売/仕事s in an umbrella which is 'much bigger than people realize'.

He 追加するd: 'Somewhere within all of us, we 捜し出す out the strange and unusual we want to be 刺激するd in this life or else what's the point?

'It is definitely a large community of responsible, albeit, eccentric people and I think one of the greatest attractions to my show 特に is that it is a break from the mundane.

'There are amazing things that have fallen into disrepair and been lost through time in major 会・原則s.

'In the 私的な 部門, there are scientists, there are collectors. And if you really look into it, next time you are wandering through a museum, you'll notice how this 見本/標本 保存するd?

'How is it 機動力のある, who created the infographic? So there is no real line between what some consider art and science.

Candace Chapman Scott, 36,
Jeremy Pauley, 41

Candace Chapman Scott, 36, (left) 恐らく sold?$10,975 of 団体/死体 parts to Jeremy Pauley, 41, (権利) after 会合 on a?Facebook group 献身的な to buying, selling and 貿易(する)ing 'oddities'

Pauley is accused of
 reselling the remains he received to others, including tattoo artist Matthew Lampi. In a 2008 magazine interview with Big Tattoo Planet , Lampi revealed some of the details to his collection

Pauley is (刑事)被告 of 転売するing the remains he received to others, 含むing tattoo artist Matthew Lampi. In a 2008 magazine interview with Big Tattoo 惑星 , Lampi 明らかにする/漏らすd some of the 詳細(に述べる)s to his collection

Lodge's wife, Denise, 63, is accused of shipping the illicit goods to others in their network using the United States Postal Service

宿泊する's wife, Denise, 63, i s (刑事)被告 of shipping the illicit goods to others in their 網状組織 using the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs 郵便の Service

'The piece still has 科学の 長所. But all pieces have artistic 長所, because they are 存在 現在のd for 陳列する,発揮する.

'We have had people that were serial 殺し屋 historians, which some people get 感情を害する/違反するd by that 支配する 事柄.

'And, of course, that's a 極度の慎重さを要する 支配する 事柄. But if you are 本気で 熟考する/考慮するing something, and you are, in fact, an 当局 on it, you almost have a 義務 as a human 存在 to 株 your knowledge.

'Everybody sees what they want to see when they look at a piece of artwork on the 塀で囲む, at a museum.

'Within the oddities subculture, there is of course, there are macabre pieces, some of them done expertly. Some of them just have the shock factor of 存在 macabre.

'But most of the people that had that piece of artwork in the museum had a 罰金 art degree to do it - these are small 商売/仕事s, but they're serious about what they're producing as far as 製品s and artwork.

'And I would say 全体にわたる, the draw does not やむを得ず need to be macabre. Of course, everybody likes Halloween, and color and brightness are just as much a part of it.'

Cedric Lodge (pictured), 55, is accused of taking heads, skin, bones and brains from cadavers donated to Harvard?s Medical School ? which he had access to as morgue manager

Cedric 宿泊する (pictured), 55, is (刑事)被告 of taking 長,率いるs, 肌, bones and brains from cadavers 寄付するd to Harvard's 医療の School ? which he had 接近 to as morgue 経営者/支配人

同様に as the weird and wonderful artwork created by the community, there are also those who 焦点(を合わせる) on the 保護 of human remains for 科学の and 医療の 目的s.

Jon Pichaya フェリー(で運ぶ), 23, last year 開始する,打ち上げるd a museum in Brooklyn where 110 human spines hang on the 塀で囲む, 十分な 骸骨/概要s stand tall from the 床に打ち倒す and more than 90 skulls are in a 陳列する,発揮する 事例/患者 for everyone and anyone to see.

Pauley had previously been arrested and charged for abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and dealing in the proceeds of unlawful activities

Pauley had 以前 been 逮捕(する)d and 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d for 乱用 of a 死体, receiving stolen 所有物/資産/財産 and 取引,協定ing in the proceeds of unlawful activities

He is using his large collection to educate people about the stigmatized bone 貿易(する) market ? 含むing what is 違法な.

The collection does not have what those in the community would call 'wet 見本/標本s', meaning that he does not buy or sell 組織/臓器s.

Speaking to DailyMail.com he said: 'My father gave me a mouse 骸骨/概要 when I was 13 years old. And this was a really 核心 memory, I had my 関係 with my father.

'And instead of 現在のing it as creepy, dark and scary, he 現在のd to me as academic, 科学の and something to be looked at with curiosity and fascination. And that's what really 開拓するd my love and 探検 for this field.

'You want to make sure that everything is in 一致 with US 明言する/公表する and 連邦の 規則s. We want to make sure that everything we work with, by 鮮明度/定義 is 合法的な.

'So we don't work with 墓/厳粛/彫る/重大な 略奪する remains, we don't work with stolen remains, and we don't work with remains from 疑わしい origins, such as archaeological or 部族の remains.

'We only work with 医療の remains, which were individuals that 寄付する their 団体/死体s to 医療の science.'

MacLean, 44, (pictured) appeared in federal court in Boston Wednesday afternoon, where she was charged with transporting stolen goods and granted bail

MacLean, 44, (pictured) appeared in 連邦の 法廷,裁判所 in Boston Wednesday afternoon, where she was 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金d with 輸送(する)ing 盗品 and 認めるd 保釈(金)

Pauley (pictured)? is accused of reselling the remains he received to others, including tattoo artist Matthew Lampi

Pauley (pictured)? is (刑事)被告 of 転売するing the remains he received to others, 含むing tattoo artist Matthew Lampi?

The 大多数 of bones that 結局最後にはーなる in the mus eum are when family members 寄付する their 団体/死体 to a 私的な company, who then in turn use it for 教育の 目的s.

Jons Bones work 排他的に with retired 医療の 見本/標本s, which are more than 100 years old and have built up the collection over a number of years.

There are 現在/一般に only 明言する/公表する 規則s in Georgia and Tennessee which 禁止(する)s bones from 存在 taken over 明言する/公表する lines ? while Louisiana 禁止(する)s the 所有権 完全に.

フェリー(で運ぶ) 現在/一般に 作品 単独で within the 教育の department, which sells bones to educators and professionals, but is looking to 拡大する into furniture and other 製品s ? which would be imitations of bones rather than the real thing.

He said: 'I've always said 歴史的に, the pieces that we work with are not are not decoration, and are not a vanity so they shouldn't be used for just personal use.

'It should only be used for 教育の and historic 推論する/理由. If someone wants to learn from the skull, that's appropriate for us, but it shouldn't be used for those 推論する/理由s.

'So I couldn't speak on the 推論する/理由s why people would 購入(する) for personal 推論する/理由s as everyone has their own unique 推論する/理由s for wanting to buy.

'we've seen 抱擁する 利益/興味 from the general public, both on social マスコミ 同様に as the physical 小旅行するs that we get from our showroom.

'Quick distinction to the furniture that we work on, is not with made with literal bones. It would be it would be made, let's say with 支持を得ようと努めるd or metal, but to be 奮起させるd and to look like bone.

Lodge is said to have stolen remains from cadavers donated to Harvard Medical School for scientific research and education

宿泊する is said to have stolen remains from cadavers 寄付するd to Harvard 医療の School for 科学の 研究 and education

'A lot of these people are fascinated with osteology, a lot of these people have a 深い 尊敬(する)・点 for it and love the field.

'It's only bad, bad apples that are (名声などを)汚すing it. A lot of people that I know that collect for personal 推論する/理由s, they do it respectfully, they do it 極端に 井戸/弁護士席 and 現実に have better 基準s than most public museums that I've seen.

'It's just more the people that aren't as knowledgeable about how to do it 正確に, is what's challenging.

'What happened with the Harvard Morgan 出来事/事件, was incredibly egregious, and I in no way 容赦する it. In fact, I 非難する it.

'Since we're such a large 発言する/表明する in the 産業, I want people to know that this is 絶対 not the way to go about it. It (名声などを)汚すs the 指名する of educators and working professionals that are trying to do this 権利.

'My heart goes out to the families and I feel so terrible for, you know, all of those individuals 影響する/感情d.

'It is not at all reflective of everyone doin g it 訂正する. And for anyone that might not know the difference, you know, because people say, Oh, they were selling 団体/死体 parts, we sell 団体/死体 parts.

'I understand the comparison, but it's 極端に different. And that's something that I really 手配中の,お尋ね者 to 運動 home, and like 始める,決める the 記録,記録的な/記録する straight and make it 極端に (疑いを)晴らす.'

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