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Couple to leave skeletons to dungeon

By T.K. Randall
February 28, 2010 · Comment icon 11 comments

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A Scottish couple have pledged to leave their skeletons to be put on display in an Edinburgh dungeon when they die.
The move is an unusual one but is aimed at highlighting the shortage of bodies left to medical science. The manager of the dungeon said "we have fake skeletons already but there's nothing quite like the real thing, and there are probably several people out there who would relish the prospect of hanging around and scaring people for years after they've died."
A couple have pledged their skeletons to an Edinburgh dungeon visitor attraction because they do not want to inflict their funerals on their family. Andrew and Janine Leishman have donated their bodies to Edinburgh University's medical College for dissection before Edinburgh Dungeon puts them on display.


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Recent comments on this story
Comment icon #2 Posted by Steven-X 14 years ago
I wonder if anyone who donates their body gets any recognition, maybe a little plaque that says "Donated by *insert name here*"?
Comment icon #3 Posted by Davedini 14 years ago
Hmm kinda weird but then again who am i to say anything i thinks its weird to bury bodies after someone dies
Comment icon #4 Posted by xCrimsonx 14 years ago
Freaky.,. but waaay cool!
Comment icon #5 Posted by Whisk and Plunger 14 years ago
How is this any different to organ donation? I think it is better the bodies go to use then be wasted
Comment icon #6 Posted by xCrimsonx 14 years ago
How is this any different to organ donation? I think it is better the bodies go to use then be wasted Thats true sis!! Australian Organ Donor Register http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/public/services/aodr/index.jsp I keep my Organ Donor card underneath my licence.,. for safe keeping. I ticked all the boxes except the liver.,. dont know If It would be any good. lol
Comment icon #7 Posted by Whisk and Plunger 14 years ago
Yup, I'm also spare parts for people I'm dead, so I'm not going to need any of it. Whatevers left.... They can dump on the curb in a bin bag for all I care
Comment icon #8 Posted by kobolds 14 years ago
there who would relish the prospect of hanging around and scaring people for years after they've died sorry but it won't be me . I already working like hell in my life time , I don't want continue working after my death
Comment icon #9 Posted by Whisk and Plunger 14 years ago
Good point Kobold. I've always said that the one thing I look forward to about death, is that I won't have to get up for work
Comment icon #10 Posted by OverSword 14 years ago
Donating your corpse to be used by a medical school, that I get. But being hung in an iron maiden in a medeival dungeon? To each his own. I wonder if the kids will come by the dungeon on thier bithdays and mother and fathers day?
Comment icon #11 Posted by _Nyx_ 14 years ago
What I came into this world with, with the exception of stuff surgically removed, I'm leaving it with. Sorry, but I'm weird that way.
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