Did anyone else hear that interview yesterday on NPR about the 3 acre plot where dead bodies are laid out to rot?

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I didn’t hear the interview yesterday, but I have heard that there is a place called The Body Farm that they lay bodies out to research decay, the phases of bug infestation in decaying bodies, etc.

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