Harvard Morgue Manager Turns Body Parts Into Black Market Amazon Prime
KEY POINTS
- â˘Cedric Lodge stole brains, skin, and even dissected heads from Harvard morgue between 2018 and March 2020.
- â˘He shipped stolen body parts from Boston to New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, with wife Denise aiding his scheme.
- â˘Harvard condemned the act as abhorrent, and Lodge was sentenced to 8 years; Denise got 12 months.
Cedric Lodge, a 58-year-old Harvard Medical School morgue manager with 28 years on the job, turned mortuary magic into a grisly side hustle snatching donated cadaver bits from 2018 to early 2020. This wasnât a bake sale: brains sold for $200 labeled 'braiiiiiins,' and 'head number 7' fetched a cool $1,000, shipped interstate like your late-night Amazon orders but far less sanitary. His wife Denise got caught as the postal accomplice and scored 12 months behind bars in Pennsylvania. Harvard called the heist 'abhorrent,' prosecutors called it a mess, and USPS lamented turning into macabre mail carriers. Meanwhile, relatives got a lifetime supply of unwanted grief.
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Turns out stealing body parts isnât a âhands-onâ career choice Harvard wanted. Bonus points for âbraiiiiiinsâ on the invoice â cheap thrills on a $200 brain sale.
When your side hustle involves dissected heads instead of side dishes, youâve reinvented âselling outâ in a whole new way.
Only Cedric Lodge could make Harvard Chemistry class feel normal by comparisonâdude was running a black market BBQ of human parts.
Source: Axios | Published: 12/18/2025 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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