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84. The Body Broker (Megan Hess)

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The Story of Arthur Rathburn

A man named Arthur Rathburn, a body broker in Detroit who rented and sold human corpses and body parts to whoever needed one. In February 2012 cargo handlers at Detroit Metro Airport made a gruesome discovery. The heads were returning from some kind of medical symposium in Israel back to their owner. A human body could fetch up to $100,000 on the black market if parted out. It's an entirely legal and vital industry although highly unregulated which attracts those with a highly questionable moral code.

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