Patient given own severed leg as a pillow

Two doctors have been suspended from an Uttar Pradesh hospital, after an injured man was given his own severed leg to use as a pillow. The discovery was made by family members who had come to the hospital to visit the man, who had been badly injured in a bus accident.

Preserved babies found beneath Tokyo home

Termite exterminators working on a home renovation in Tokyo have discovered four babies – some with the umbilical cords still attached – preserved in glass jars beneath the floor of the home. The residence is believed to have been formerly owned by an obstetrician, and had been abandoned for the past three years.

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Manson grandson wins battle for killer’s body

The grandson of murderer Charles Manson has won a three-way court battle to claim the cult leader’s corpse. Manson’s remains had been stored since his death in November last year, as a number of people presented several different wills in a fight for his remains, and access to a potentially lucrative estate.