Last Seen
WBURSeason 4: "Postmortem" is a National Murrow Award winning podcast (2025) about the stolen bodies of Harvard and the gray market for human remains. Find out what happened at Harvard Medical School: how body parts were stolen and sold across the country. Who did this and why?
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 43 | Founded | 7 years ago |
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| Category | True Crime | ||||
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Introducing “What Remains,” a special series from NHPR’s Outside/In. A classroom display of human skulls sparks a reckoning at the Penn Museum in Philadelphia. A movement grows to “abolish the collection.” The Penn Museum relents to pressure. But the... more
In Episode 5 of Postmortem: The Stolen Bodies of Harvard, reporter Ally Jarmanning digs deeper into the "legitimate" realm of body-parts collecting — museums — and asks the burning question: How different is this from the world of Jeremy Pauley in ... more
As haunting as the Harvard morgue scandal is, you don't have to go back very far in history to find practices for sourcing bodies that would be shocking today. Reporter Ally Jarmanning finds that for more than a century, medical schools relied on gra... more
Who are the people buying this stuff anyway? People who collect human remains don’t see it as gross. In fact, these collectors connect and communicate openly on social media. In Episode 3 of Postmortem: The Stolen Bodies of Harvard, reporter Ally Jar... more
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- Season 1 is wicked awesome
I loved the first season. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to get into any of the subsequent seasons.
Apple Podcasts4ramjam2011
United Statesa year ago - Season 1 was great, but season 4 is very poor
Season 1 on the Gardner museum theft is great. The reporters speak to people actually involved including suspects, the storytelling is very good and nice music as well. After such a great season, the other seasons are very disappointing. For example season 4 claims to be about the Harvard body theft, but actually most episodes are about body trade in general. The part about Harvard is only based on court documents, they are interviewing any suspects nor anybody at Harvard. Season 4 is very poor ... more
Apple Podcasts3JdB125
Netherlandsa year ago - incredible
the production on season 1 gardner stuff was amazing thanks
Apple Podcasts5joeycabronyUnited Statesa year ago - Great journalism!
Postmortem: Last Seen was awesome! Great work, Ally! Thank you for your research, well-paced storytelling, and thoughtful reflections. Riveting stuff narrated by a seasoned journalist. Also, don’t let the haters get you down- you have a great podcast voice.
Apple Podcasts5karatecowUnited Statesa year ago - Season 2 Episode 7
I enjoyed Season 1 and a few other episodes of Season 2, but episode 7 made me so angry, I didn’t finish it.
How dare you call yourself a journalist. Selfish acts to get a story and these two “artist” women who didn’t care to send it, after the cremains had been in the box for two years. This was hard to listen too, and I feel sorry for the German family. Shameful.
Apple Podcasts1Jellyfish1980United Statesa year ago
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The episodes focus on various ethical dilemmas and implications surrounding body donation, the treatment of human remains, and the historical injustices tied to medical practices. Various narratives are told through impactful stories that shed light on the ongoing repercussions of past actions, particularly regarding marginalized communities. Each episode investigates complex subjects such as the ethics of body donation, the ramifications of human remains trafficking, and personal accounts related to loss and grief that reveal the human side of these stark and often unsettling topics. The storytelling combines compelling journalism with deep analysis, making it a unique exploration of crime, ethics, and humanity.
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