401 - The Tri-State Crematory Scandal
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How to Stop Taking People's Business
Defense attorney Ken Poston said it was mercury poisoning. Mercury is a naturally occurring element, but it is well established to be present in high concentrations in the cremation process due to decades-old practice of mercury dental amalgam being used in patients who pass away and their bodies are subject to cremation. Defense lawyer: I believe that Ray Brent Marsh, while living and working at the crematory, became a modern day mad hatter. That's what he said. So the mad was the mad Hatter. He had mercury poisoning. That's why he had those tea parties all day. Or I'm going to shut the business down. I'll just let some corpses rot in our yard
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