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Jonathan Davis (Korn): Dead Bodies Everywhere (Mortuary Science with Mary Roach)

Dead Bodies Everywhere: Postmortem Biology and Funerary Science

By Sing For Science

5:00 AM EST on November 30, 2022

Note: this podcast contains explicit content.

WARNING: This episode contains content related to mortuary science that some listeners may find disturbing.Korn frontman Jonathan Davis delves into his past as a mortician with popular science bestselling author, Mary Roach. Mary wrote the hit book Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers and the two have no shortage of gory details to discuss. We talk about the biology of human corpse decomposition and preservation, embalming techniques (including but not limited to anal suturing), Elvis’s autopsy, and more!

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