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Body Brokers

Sony Music Entertainment 3 Episodes Oct 8, 2026

For eight years, Megan Hess ran Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in Montrose, Colorado, offering discounted cremations. In reality, she and her mother Shirley were dismembering the dead and selling body parts to medical research companies. Families unknowingly received mixed ashes of multiple people. The scheme was uncovered when the FBI contacted victims. This true crime podcast is part of The Binge series.

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Introducing DOCTOR BILLIONS: Thousands of Patients. Fake Parts. Who Was Next? Oct 8, 2026 434 After a work injury, Derika Moses had her spine fused. Then her pain got worse. Years later, a letter arrived. The hardware in her back might be counterfeit. Not sterile. Not FDA approved. Made in a dingy machine shop in Southern California.  She wasn't the only one. Thousands of patients. Dozens of doctors, lawyers and healthcare workers. One of the largest healthcare frauds in U.S. histor

Introducing: Body Brokers Mar 5, 2024 177 For eight years, Megan Hess ran Sunset Mesa Funeral Home in the small town of Montrose, Colorado. She promised clients discounts on normally expensive cremations, a seeming kindness in a town where many are poor. But in the back of the funeral home, Megan’s elderly mother Shirley was actually dismembering the dead. And then Megan was selling the body parts – heads, torsos, legs – to companies that

The Funeral Director Mar 5, 2024 2022 Small town funeral director Megan Hess is so involved in her community, so generous and compassionate to grieving families. But one of her employees starts to suspect things are not as Megan claims. Body Brokers is part of The Binge - subscribe to listen to all episodes, all at once, ad-free right now. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers – The Binge is your home for true crime stories

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