# Ohio Morgue Worker Admits to Sex with 100 Corpses **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2014, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859 "2014-08-18T23:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/41 "2014-08-21T14:25:31Z")
Thanks for posting the additional info, **Bricker**. What a weird coincidence: necrophiliac morgue worker screws up a murder prosecution, leading to a wrongful capital murder conviction. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/42 "2014-08-21T14:28:59Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Myself, I’ve always thought it nice when someone really enjoyed their work. > [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > Yeah but you shouldn’t\*\* get into it too deep.\*\* I don’t see why not. It’s pretty much a dead-end career. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/43 "2014-08-21T14:36:00Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Thanks for posting the additional info, **Bricker**. What a weird coincidence: necrophiliac morgue worker screws up a murder prosecution, leading to a wrongful capital murder conviction. That’s one of those events that someone might throw out as a sarcastic rejoinder: “Sure, anything is possible. Maybe a Star Trek transporter placed your semen there! Or maybe a necrophiliac morgue worker with your exact blood type was on duty that night! Is that what happened?” Um… yes? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/44 "2014-08-21T14:50:51Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I don’t see why not. It’s pretty much a dead-end career. So we shouldn’t blame him for starting at the bottom and getting himself on top? 😃 The obligatory Hudson & Landry Ajax Mortuary link. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imRyF8i0K5M) ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/45 "2014-08-21T15:08:11Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Reminds me of [this case](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/The_Cafe_Is_Not_Amused)…:eek: Or this one. > **[Woofing Wedding Video](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/woofing-wedding-video/)** > > Wedding video accidentally includes scenes of the cameraman and his dog. Everyone wants their wedding to be memorable … ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/46 "2014-08-21T15:17:22Z")
Seriously folks, what is the problem here? OK, the dude is a bit flaky, sexually speaking, but in somebody’s eyes, we all are. What if the headline had said “Morgue worker admits to blowing his nose on the sheets covering 100 corpses”. So what? Who is the victim to these “crimes”? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/47 "2014-08-21T15:19:17Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Seriously folks, what is the problem here? OK, the dude is a bit flaky, sexually speaking, but in somebody’s eyes, we all are. > > What if the headline had said “Morgue worker admits to blowing his nose on the sheets covering 100 corpses”. So what? > > Who is the victim to these “crimes”? You mean, _other_ than the guy sitting on death row because this fellow literally fucked with the evidence? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/48 "2014-08-21T15:29:58Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > What if the headline had said “Morgue worker admits to blowing his nose on the sheets covering 100 corpses”. So what? He was blowing _something_. Ew. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/49 "2014-08-21T16:03:35Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Seriously folks, what is the problem here? OK, the dude is a bit flaky, sexually speaking, but in somebody’s eyes, we all are. > > What if the headline had said “Morgue worker admits to blowing his nose on the sheets covering 100 corpses”. So what? > > Who is the victim to these “crimes”? Necrophilia apologist? Really? Is that even a thing? ---
**Author:** ![Not\_Carlson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc79bd/32.png) [@Not\_Carlson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Not_Carlson)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/50 "2014-08-21T16:20:48Z")
> [@](#): > > “I would just get on top of them and pull my pants down.” And . . . they’d do the rest? _(Shudder)_ > [@jtur88](#): > > Seriously folks, what is the problem here? OK, the dude is a bit flaky, sexually speaking, but in somebody’s eyes, we all are. > > What if the headline had said “Morgue worker admits to blowing his nose on the sheets covering 100 corpses”. So what? > > Who is the victim to these “crimes”? OK, if you’re cool with making that kind of organ donation after you’ve kicked the bucket, just make a note on the back of your license. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/51 "2014-08-21T16:34:10Z")
It was Douglas who was donating his organ. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/52 "2014-08-21T16:38:35Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > “I hear your wife died.” > > “Yup.” > > “So, are you doing OK with it?” > > “Well, the sex is much the same, but the dishes are starting to pile up.” “My wife is so bad in bed, after we have sex, I draw a chalk outline around her.” - Rodney Dangerfield ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/53 "2014-08-21T17:03:41Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Ranking 10 on the Ewww! Factor: > > [Kenneth Douglas Says He Had Sex With Up to 100 Dead Bodies | TIME](http://time.com/3135722/ohio-morgue-sex-kenneth-douglas/) > > “I would just get on top of them and pull my pants down.” > > Federal circuit court has ruled that the county-employer is potentially liable for its employe’s conduct. Because the employer knew and approved? Because it was part of his possible job duties? Was he a generous lover who made sure his partners finished first? I think maybe not. > [@Bricker](#): > > While the jokes do, indeed, write themselves, it’s perhaps worth noting that this joker’s actions polluted a murder case. In August of 1982, David Steffen killed 19-year-old Karen Range. The autopsy revealed semen, and Steffen was accused of rape and murder, making him eligible for the death penalty. According to Steffen, he did not rape her, although he admitted to the killing. > > The semen belonged to Douglas. > > Steffen’s federal appeal to reverse his death sentence is still pending. > > There’s no doubt that Steffen is a dangerous criminal. But he was sentenced to die because the jury believed her raped and murdered a girl, and that didn’t happen. This is in no way intended to excuse or minimize anything Steffen did, but perhaps life in prison would have been the sentence if the jury knew the truth. If factual innocence isn’t enough to impress the current SCOTUS majority, why should they really care about degree and aggravating circumstances? Modern conservative jurisprudence doesn’t give a shit about getting it the facts right, but rather blaming the weaker party and getting it over with. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/54 "2014-08-21T17:19:58Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Because the employer knew and approved? Because it was part of his possible job duties? > > Was he a generous lover who made sure his partners finished first? I think maybe not. > > If factual innocence isn’t enough to impress the current SCOTUS majority, why should they really care about degree and aggravating circumstances? Modern conservative jurisprudence doesn’t give a shit about getting it the facts right, but rather blaming the weaker party and getting it over with. Suuuuurre. Riley v. California. Guess California was the weaker party. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/55 "2014-08-21T17:29:01Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Was he a generous lover who made sure his partners finished first? Finished _what_ first? Breathing? Yup, they all did that. I doubt his ‘girlfriends’ orgasmed though as they were all a bit frigid. Literally. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/56 "2014-08-21T17:48:58Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Suuuuurre. > > Riley v. California. Guess California was the weaker party. You must have missed The People of the State of California v. Richard Tom that came down last week. Now in California, you must say “Mother May I exercise the right to remain silent” before the fifth amendment applies. Blackstone knew 250 years ago that any kind of detention was an arrest initiating rights, but modern courts know the founders meant differently because it suits their particular interest. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/57 "2014-08-21T19:56:09Z")
I’m much more disturbed by what someone like Steven Hayne was allowed to do to bodies (and the living). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/58 "2014-08-21T20:00:02Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I’m much more disturbed by what someone like Steven Hayne was allowed to do to bodies (and the living). He didn’t do anything to the living. They’re too…warm. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/59 "2014-08-21T20:15:20Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > That’s one of those events that someone might throw out as a sarcastic rejoinder: “Sure, anything is possible. Maybe a Star Trek transporter placed your semen there! Or maybe a necrophiliac morgue worker with your exact blood type was on duty that night! Is that what happened?” > > Um… yes? 🙂 🙂 (Still a “Ewww” factor, of course. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859/60 "2014-08-21T20:23:02Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Seriously folks, what is the problem here? OK, the dude is a bit flaky, sexually speaking, but in somebody’s eyes, we all are. > > … > > Who is the victim to these “crimes”? At common law, defilement of a corpse was a crime. I believe it’s usually been kept as an offence in statutory criminal codes. It’s based on respect for the dead, and also, i would argue the deceased’s survivors. Even though the individual has checked out, that body once was a living, breathing person. For the relatives, it doesn’t suddenly just become a bit of organic matter that needs to be disposed of in a sanitary fashion. It’s the last remains I someone who once was a key part of their lives. If you’re looking for a victim of the act, look to the relatives. That respect for the dead is deeply engrained in the human spirit, and anti-defilement laws recognise that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ohio-morgue-worker-admits-to-sex-with-100-corpses/695859.md?page=4)