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The Body Trade: Jeremy Pauley & the Harvard Human Remains Trafficking Network

Theories of the Third Kind··21 August 2026·1h 2m

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Jeremy Pauley’s basement discovery exposed a nationwide human remains trafficking network involving stolen body parts, an Arkansas mortuary, and the morgue at Harvard Medical School. In Part 1 of The Body Trade, we follow the investigation from Pauley to Candace Chapman Scott, Matthew Lampi, Katrina Maclean, Joshua Taylor, Denise Lodge, and Harvard morgue manager Cedric Lodge, uncovering how donated human remains were stolen, bought, sold, and shipped across the country, and how the investigation ultimately led to federal convictions.Watch the full episode on YouTube:▶ https://bit.ly/TheoriesOfTheThirdKindYTSupport the show + unlock bonus episodes:🎧 300+ bonus video & audio episodes▶ https://theoriesofthethirdkind.supercast.com