I run a crematory location on my own as well as pick up individuals from pretty much everywhere (hospitals, nursing homes, residences, etc). I work closely with the medical examiner for our county as well so I go on alot of PD related (car accidents, shootings, overdose, etc) calls too. Feel free to ask me whatever you’d like to know!
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ever have someone come in with a … toy still on?
Do people ever get buried with expensive jewelry?
You ever snatch anything cool that the dead wouldn’t miss?
What’s the profit margin in running a funeral home/crematory?
Weird question that I’ve always wondered. Once you cremate someone, how do you clean out the area or does it just stay with some dead dust linger and the next person could theoretically be mixed together?
You ever blast the Kendrick Lamar music while working? “I see dead people…” 🙂
Is there a particular procedure or difference with how things are handled if the death is self inflicted?
What happens to metal implants like titanium hip replacements after the incineration process?
Do you ever get illegal requests to help get rid of a body or obscure the reason behind the death?
Can you make in money off recycling implants? I have three so just wondering.
Have u ever witnessed ghosts around u
When you cremate somebody does everybody fit in the same size box? Both my mom and dad were given to me in a small box the same size.
How’s the pay? Did you need a degree?
Do people go into the retort with their clothes still on?
Have you thought about your own demise? How have you chosen to go? Cremation or burial?
Is there a window where you can see the body burning? I have a morbid fascination, I just can’t imagine what it actually looks like to see the body get cremated.
Also, this may differ as I’m from the UK, but once the funeral ceremony is over, when does the body get cremated? i.e. the curtains close, the family and friends walk out and do whatever they’re doing, how long is the body left before it’s cremated?