Over the last two weeks we’ve discussed if our body was found, how it would be identified, and then how it could be disposed of.
Today, we are going to look at, 5 ways we may have been disposed of had we been at the hands of an unsavoury criminal who had not wanted our body found…
5. Woodchipper – Yes, the good old woodchipper, used in Fargo and I’m sure the X-Files used a woodchipper once. I may be imagining that one, though.
4. Lye – The alternative name for Sodium Hydroxide. Place your body in a container that won’t also be damaged – so an old metal bath would be ideal. It’ll make the majority of your body disappear, leaving only small bits of bone for a forensic scientist to try to identify you with.
3. Concrete – Ever wondered how many bodies are actually buried under buildings in large cities?
2. Cannibalism – as in the infamous Jeffrey Dahmer. Though you’d really need to be very hungry to dispose of your victim properly.
1.. Pigs – I love this one. It’s just the most gross way I can imagine of getting rid of a body. I mean, pigs. They eat every last morsel of you (other than teeth and hair, I believe so get ready to pick those bits up and throw them somewhere no one is going to be looking) and then if the owner wasn’t in on the murder or disposal and the pig was for sale for meat, then… I’ll leave that one to your imagination…
Alex J. Cavanaugh (@AlexJCavanaugh) says
Pigs would be really messy.
And yes, there was an episode of the X-Files that involved a guy trying to kill himself with a woodchipper.
Rebecca Bradley says
I thought there was! I used to love that programme. In fact, I loved the new ones that came out as well! 🙂
Margot Kinberg says
Oh, yes, those are truly messy ways to dispose of a body!! Thanks, Rebecca, for sharing them. It’s also got me thinking about how handy alligators can be for the same purpose. I’ve read that scenario in a few stories.
Rebecca Bradley says
Oh yes, I imagine they would be! Do they crunch away on the bones as well then? Brrr, isn’t nature just grim…