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Katrina Maclean and some of her "creations" from "Kat’s Creepy Creations".

Just noticed that her Instagram page went down.

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Just noticed that her Instagram page went down.

Her Facebook page too.

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Candace Chapman Scott - The Arkansas Mortician

Arkansas woman pleads not guilty to selling over 20 boxes of stolen human body parts

An Arkansas woman has pleaded not guilty to charges she stole body parts from medical school cadavers and sold them through Facebook for $11,000.

Candace Chapman Scott, a 36-year-old former mortuary services worker, is accused of selling 20 boxes of everything from human skin to skulls to a man in Pennsylvania, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed by a Little Rock court on Friday.

Scott was charged with 12 counts of mail fraud, wire fraud and interstate transportation of stolen property. A lawyer representing her did not immediately return a phone call from NPR requesting comment.

According to court documents, Scott worked for a company that offered commercial cremation services. One of their clients was an anatomy lab at the University of Arkansas, which used donated cadavers for medical education and research.

After one of the company's scheduled pickup days, she messaged the owner of a Facebook group, explaining how she acquired the corpses. Named Oddities, the private Facebook group contains about 380 members and bills itself as "a safe way to shop."

"I follow your page and work and LOVE it," Scott wrote to the owner, according to the indictment. "Just out of curiosity, would you know anyone in the market for a fully in tact [sic], embalmed brain?"

Scott sent pictures of two brains and a heart. The man offered $1,200 via PayPal, and gave Scott pointers on how to ship the three organs to him in Enola, Penn., via the U.S. postal service.

Over the course of the next nine months, Scott proceeded to ship the man an ear, an arm, lungs, livers, kidneys, hands, breasts, penises, fetuses, skin, skulls and one whole human head. In exchange, he paid her $10,975 in 16 separate PayPal transfers. Each time, Scott returned the rest of the remains, cremated, to the school.

The indictment does not name the buyer, but separate state charges connect the case to Pennsylvania resident Jeremy Lee Pauley, age 40.

Pauley was charged by a Cumberland County criminal court with four counts of receiving stolen property, intending to participate in unlawful activity and abusing a corpse. Pauley's lawyer did not immediately return NPR's request for comment.

Police were tipped off to Pauley's purchases in June 2022, according to a press release announcing his arrest.

In July, a caller reported finding "human organs" and "human skin" resting in three five-gallon buckets in Pauley's basement, the press release says.

Officials confirmed the report, confiscated all remains and intercepted an additional set of packages containing parts as they were being shipped in Scranton.

Pauley's Facebook page is still selling a human hand and a full set of human ribs, which Pauley says came from France.

A website bearing his name describes him as a "preservation specialist" who "works to produce educational tools through reconditioning retired medical remains."

A spokesperson for the University of Arkansas Medical School told NPR that the school is appalled that anyone would desecrate medical donations for their own gain.

"Human bodies are an indispensable aid in the education of medical students," said Leslie Welch Taylor. "We are extremely respectful of our donors when they're in our care."

Each year, the school holds a ceremony for medical students to honor the deceased donors who helped supplement their education, Taylor says. They partner with local cemeteries to house the ashes or return them to families upon request.

Taylor said the FBI is trying to identify which cadavers were impacted, but it's a challenge given the embalming process affects DNA.

The school and the cremation company knew nothing of the sales until they were contacted by the FBI last summer, she said. The company fired Scott immediately.

Scott is in custody with a bail hearing scheduled for Tuesday. Her trial is set to begin on May 30.

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Jeremy Lee Pauley - The Oddities and Medical Collector and Seller

Sicko sold stolen body parts on Facebook: cops

A self-described “human blood artist” from Pennsylvania was busted for peddling body parts — some belonging to children — that had been swiped from a mortuary, cops said.

Jeremy Lee Pauley, 40, of Enola, has been charged with abuse of a corpse, receiving stolen property and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities.

East Pennsboro Township police said in a statement that on June 14, investigators received a tip about suspicious activity at Pauley’s home in the 200 block of North Enola Road.

A subsequent investigation determined that Pauley — a body modification artist whose face is covered with tattoos and whose head is decorated with metal spikes — was allegedly buying human body parts from a woman in Arkansas identified in court documents as Candace Scott.

“Those human remains were being sold on Facebook for monetary gain,” police stated.

Pauley had been arrested on July 22 and released on $50,000 bond. He made his initial court appearance on Thursday.

A spokeswoman for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock said the body parts at the center of the criminal case were to be donated to UAMS’s facility, but they were instead swiped from Arkansas Central Mortuary Services in Little Rock by a female employee and sold.

“We are very respectful of those who donate their bodies, and we are appalled that such a thing could happen,” spokeswoman Leslie Taylor said.

So far, no charges had been filed against Scott, the Arkansas mortuary staffer.

On a Facebook page under his name, Pauley has posted pictures of bags and piles of femurs, vertebrae, clavicles, ribs and human teeth for sale.

One of the images shared on Aug. 16 — three weeks after his arrest — was captioned: “picked up more medical bones to sort through.”

The Facebook page Pauley uses to market his body parts is called “The Grand Wunderkammer,” “Vendors of the odd and unusual, museum exhibits, guest lectures, live entertainment, and so much more! Strange, curious, and unique in every way possible!” It also provides a link to his website.

“I think I’ve seen it all, and then something like this comes around,” said Sean McCormack, district attorney for Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where Pauley was charged. “The question we had to answer was, ‘Is the sale of body parts or bones and remains illegal … or legal?’ Some of it, to our surprise, was legal. And as the investigation went on, it became clear there was illegal activity going on as well.”

Pauley, who described himself to police as a collector of “oddities,” said the remains were purchased legally when first contacted by authorities, according to a police affidavit. Cops initially found what they described as older human remains including full skeletons that they determined were lawfully obtained.

However, after a second tip about newer remains in Pauley’s home, investigators returned to the house to find more recent purchases.

Police found three five-gallon buckets containing assorted body parts, including two brains, human skin and fat, a heart, a kidney, livers, lungs, a trachea and a child’s mandible with teeth, according to a criminal complaint cited by Fox 43.

Federal and state law enforcement agents later intercepted packages addressed to Pauley from the Arkansas woman that contained body parts.

Pauley told investigators that he intended to resell the body parts, according to the affidavit. Investigators allege that Pauley arranged to pay the Arkansas woman $4,000 for the body parts — including half a human head — through Facebook Messenger.

Facebook’s community standards prohibit human exploitation and explicitly prohibit selling body parts through its commercial policies and advertising policies.

Frequent posts suggest that Pauley has been doing brisk business selling his macabre wares on the social media platform since his arrest.

In an article published in 2014 on the site Dread Central, Pauley, who has a daughter, talked about creating artwork using human blood, which he said he was getting from “willing donors,” including his then-wife and friends.

“I draw a vial or two and then freeze it until I can paint,” he explained.

In 2015, Pauley was commissioned by “Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D” star Dan Yeager to paint in blood a portrait of Freddie Krueger, reported the Keystone News.

He’s also created several gory artworks depicting infamous serial killers, including Jeffrey Dahmer and Ted Bundy, which were displayed in the Museum of Death in New Orleans.

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Some links to Jeremy Pauley's sites (while they're still up):

https://twitter.com/JeremyPauley1

https://twitter.com/Jeremy__Pauley

https://www.modelmayhem.com/themodernrelic2012

An article about him from 2014:

https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/79...blood-artwork/

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I have uploaded screen shots of his website incase it is closed down. They are in order. But here is a link to it while it's still up:

https://www.jeremyleepauley.com

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Matthew Lampi - Tattoo Artist, Collector and Seller

WBL tattoo shop owner talked about buying and selling body parts before indictment

“When I am not tattooing or designing, I collect items,” he reportedly said in a 2008 magazine interview.

The owner of a White Bear Lake tattoo parlor charged this week in connection with a cross-country scheme to buy and sell stolen body parts was open about his collection in online posts before his indictment.

Matthew R. Lampi, 52, of East Bethel, was indicted this week on charges of conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods: human remains including brains, lungs and stillborn babies, according to court records.

His attorney, Stephen Becker, said Friday night that his client has not pleaded in the case and he had no statement to make regarding the allegations.

Lampi owned Get to the Point Tattoos. Although the business license is still active, Google now shows the studio, in the Wildwood Shopping Center at 927 Wildwood Road in White Bear Lake, as “permanently closed.”

In a 2008 interview with an online magazine, Big Tattoo Planet, Lampi is quoted talking about collecting body parts. He said when not tattooing or designing, “I collect items,” adding that his collection included “human skulls, a mortician’s make-up kit (previously used of course) and a customer’s toe.”

The tattoo studio’s Facebook page includes photos of skulls that are apparently on display in the shop.

One post said, “Plenty to look at while you get a tattoo at get to the point tattoos!”

Another post was photographs of what appeared to be a human skull with a cemetery scene painted upon it labeled, “Post Halloween painting by Matt Lampi.”

In the 2008 interview, Lampi said he is passionate about his work as a tattoo artist. He said he has been interested in the work since he was 14 years old and expressed his desire to be the “best tattooist” he could be.

Pennsylvania connection

According to court documents, Lampi’s interest in collecting human skulls brought him into contact with Jeremy Pauley, 41, of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

A woman who worked at a Little Rock, Arkansas, mortuary allegedly stole body parts from cadavers she was supposed to cremate. Many of the bodies had been donated to be used for research and educational purposes by a nearby medical school.

Candace Chapman Scott is accused of taking body parts including genitals, hearts, lungs, fake breasts, swaths of skin, brains, arms and more and selling them to Pauley.

Pauley allegedly sold many of the stolen remains to other people, including Lampi. Authorities say the two men, Pauley and Lampi, bought and sold from each other over an extended period of time and exchanged more than $100,000 in online payments.

According to the indictment, around Dec. 7, 2021, Pauley wrote to Lampi and said “he had hearts and brains coming” and sent photographs of the items that Scott had displayed in her apartment. Lampi allegedly agreed to buy three items for $4,000.

The indictment gave the following details of the transactions.

“Deal! Soon as it all gets here I’ll wrap it up and send it out,” Pauley told Lampi, according to court documents. The next day, Pauley sent Lampi more photographs and said he had four more brains, three hearts, a “perfect” lung, penis and a set of testicles.
On Dec. 12, 2021, Lampi asked Pauley for an “update on parts?”

Pauley responded, “Some say Monday delivery, some say Thursday delivery. IF things show up on time with how the mail has been lol!”

On Dec.14, Pauley wrote Lampi: “Going to pack up your brain and heart tonight, arm isn’t here yet but I’ll sent it out soon as it arrives!” He also sent the USPS tracking information and said, “All set to head out tomorrow!”

Lampi wrote back: “Nice! Parts correct?”

Stillborn baby

A few months later, on Feb. 27, 2022, a deal was allegedly made between the two men for Lampi to buy a stillborn boy who was to be cremated at the mortuary where Scott worked. She claimed to have cremated the baby but then sold it to Pauley for $300, according to the indictment.

Pauley allegedly traded the stillborn’s remains plus $1,550 in exchange for five skulls from Lampi.

On April 17, 2022, Lampi allegedly told Pauley he wanted more remains, saying, “Cool I want faces as we spoke about other stuff too.”

On May 27, 2022, Pauley reached out to Lampi saying he had a pair of “smoker’s lungs” for sale, which he then allegedly sold to Lampi for $1,900.

In June 2022, local police talked to Pauley saying they had been tipped off he was selling human remains.

“Hello so what did the police say,” Lampi asked.

Pauley responded that he had been asked about the human remains and “in the end the only thing that mattered was nothing was proved grave robbed or stolen out of a morgue,” followed by a smiley face emoji.

According to the indictment, Lampi paid nearly $9,000 to Pauley. On his end, Pauley paid more than $119,000 to the East Bethel man. The men’s exchanges involved nearly 15 packages sent from Pennsylvania to Minnesota between September 2021 and June 2022.

Scott and Pauley have both pleaded not guilty.

Harvard Medical School

The indictment announcement names several others including a former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue and his wife, federal prosecutors in Pennsylvania announced this week.

Cedric Lodge, 55, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, stole dissected portions of cadavers that were donated to the school in the scheme that stretched from 2018 to early 2023, according to court documents. Lodge sometimes took the body parts — which included heads, brains, skin and bones — back to his home where he lived with his wife, Denise, 63, and some remains were sent to buyers through the mail, authorities said. Lodge allegedly allowed buyers to come to the morgue to pick what remains they wanted to buy.

Along with Lampi, Scott, Pauley and the Lodges, two other people— Katrina Maclean, 44, of Salem, Massachusetts, and Joshua Taylor, 46, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania — were charged with conspiracy and interstate transport of stolen goods.

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Matthew Lampi's "Get to the Point Tattoos" Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063691714517

An interview with him from 2008:

https://www.bigtattooplanet.com/feat...ile/matt-lampi

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Katrina Maclean - The Artist, Collector and Seller

Artist bought ‘real human skull’ from Harvard morgue manager, sold as creepy doll on Instagram

A Massachusettes artist allegedly bought human remains from a Harvard Medical School morgue manager and then showed off her gruesome purchases on Instagram.

Boston-based dollmaker Katrina Maclean — who claims to make “creations that shock the mind and shake the soul” — shared a picture on her social media storefront of a “real human skull” that she allegedly bought off morgue manager Cedric Lodge.

The February 2020 post featured a “killer clown” doll with a skull between its fingers, Mass Live reported.

“This doll has been sold and yes that is a real human skull,” Maclean shared on the page for her shop, Kat’s Creepy Creations.”If you’re in the market for human bones hit me up!”

Maclean, 44, and Lodge, 55, were among seven charged Wednesday in connection to an underground network that robbed corpses at Harvard Medical School’s Anatomical Gifts Program and an Arkansas mortuary and crematorium.

The morgue manager also allowed Maclean to visit the morgue and pick out the body parts she hoped to use for her creepy artwork — including two desiccated faces she bought for $600, according to the indictment.

Prosecutors claim Maclean was also responsible for reselling the human remains to others charged in the demented body parts smuggling ring. The artist allegedly hired Pennsylvania man Jeremy Pauley to tan stolen skin into leather and paid him in additional skin parts as payment.

Maclean texted Pauley after mailing the human hides because she “wanted to make sure it got to you and I don’t expect agents at my door.”

It is not clear how many stolen human remains Maclean included in her artwork or posted on her social media account — which has since been deleted.

The artist routinely shared images of her reconstructed dolls that she sold at markets, expos and a Salem consignment store.

She transformed dolls into killer clowns, devils, zombies, ghosts and more. Various dolls were made to appear bloodied and have open wounds or cracked skin.

“Meet the maker! I’m Kat, I like to turn regular porcelain dolls into nightmare fuel,” she wrote in a 2020 post.

“I joke with my friends and say that my superpower is ‘the ability to creepify’ Art and creating is my passion and my therapy …Thanks for supporting my twisted creations and I look forward to meeting more of you at upcoming events.”

According to Maclean, she began creating her “horror dolls” in 2018 — the same year prosecutors believe the black market human remains sales kicked off.

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