Tag Archives: Body Disposal

What if I Die Abroad?

This weekend at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, two German women, Gitta Jarant and Anke Anusic were arrested at the check-in desk with the body of Curt Willi Jarant, a 91 year old man, whom it turned out was dead. The women … Continue reading 

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Parsis, Vultures & Diclofenac

The Parsi community in India and Pakistan practice what to us would be considered a very unusual method of disposing of the dead. Rather than burying or cremating the dead, they place the bodies of the recently deceased upon what … Continue reading 

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