A Pennsylvania funeral home gave a couple their deceased son's personal belongings, and you won't believe what they found in one of the cardboard boxes

Not The Bee ^ | August 03, 2025 | Mister Retrops

[fso301]

I bet the family wasn’t given any cash from his wallet or jewelry he was wearing.

[Bon of Babble]

I read this earlier - with a 10/10 gross factor warning.

How on earth did this happen?

Why was the brain separated from the body in the first place - and then sent back to the family in a box?

Needs to be traced back, so far all parties involved are saying they “didn’t do it.”

[NorthMountain]

I prefer pirates.

The law is much friendlier to shooting them ...

😎

[No name given]

Most likely not.

[tired&retired]

Remember the old National Lampoon Vacation movie where Chevy Chase hauled grandma home in the canoe on the roof of the car?

I joked with my wife when she asked about transporting my mother’s remains about 500 miles for burial. My reply, “I have a canoe!”

I also learned to cross the arms of the person on their chest after death. If you don’t, it’s hard to get the body through the doorway after rigor mortis sets in.

[Bon of Babble]

There is also a "documentary" on HBO called "The Mortician" about dead body abuse at a California crematorium.

"The documentary details how Sconce exploited the deceased and grieving families to maximize profits through morally questionable and inhumane practices, including mass cremations, mixing human remains, and stealing valuables from the dead."

Including pulling gold teeth.

I couldn't get through the second episode (of three).

[metmom]

Well, the brain didn’t remove itself from the buy’s skull.

And nobody else would have and then given it to the funeral home.

Therefore someone at the funeral home had to be the one who did it.

Yes, we are too lawsuit happy, but in this case, I’m with the parents. This is just horrific.

[Ge0ffrey]

Someone wasn’t using his brain.

[desertsolitaire]

The gas cremation furnace was broken and they hadn’t paid their utility bills so gas was also shut off.

[goodnesswins]

Yes...but they do not usually give the body or parts back to family...it goes to the school.

[Red Badger]

I remember the local sheriff there saying at the time:

This is just plain old sorry-ness!..............

[Waverunner]

Is this Funeral home owned by cannibals from New Guinea?
The Fore people practice funerary cannibalism.
Deceased family members were traditionally cooked and eaten, which was thought to help free the spirit of the dead.
Women and children usually ate the brain, where infectious prions were most concentrated, and therefore were more commonly affected by Kuru.
Kuru is Bad JuJu!

[the_Watchman]

Why does everyone presume that it was the son’s brains? I doubt that antone can tell by looking.