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Death be not proud
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Internet Buzz Examiner Joshua McIntire's article on melting bodies with lye, pressure and heat for a greener funeral reminded me of one of the best scams perpetrated on the media ever. Joey Scaggs, who made hoax press releases into an art form, proposed a global chain of funeral theme parks in 1999. Clients could design their own creative graves for visitors' amusement. .gif){kind=small} Designer Mary Dresser envisioned cremated remains in a giant ant farm; another proposed a fiber optic cable running from his unembalmed body to a monitor where people could view his decomposition. (Hopefully after lunch at Heaven's Gate Café or Dante's Grill.)Scaggs claimed his goal was exposing the greedy scamming of the death care industry; sort of a prankster version of Jessica Mitford's 1963 exposé, The American Way of Death (updated in 1998.) Check out the www.Finalcurtain.com website that fooled 40 newspapers, 19 radio stations, 10 magazines, and 6 television crews with its death theme park designs. |
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Karin Malchow
Gullible suburban mother of four regularly duped in her half-century life. Exploring hoaxes and schemes as the ExSCAMiner, she attempts answering the nagging question: Should I have fallen for that? Got scam tips, email Karin at ScamExaminer@gmail.com.
Gullible suburban mother of four regularly duped in her half-century life. Exploring hoaxes and schemes as the ExSCAMiner, she attempts answering the nagging question: Should I have fallen for that? Got scam tips, email Karin at ScamExaminer@gmail.com.
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