Tag: corpse

At the Chicago Botanic Garden, two pungent corpse flowers come to life

Tony Holland gawked at the sprawling flower, which jutted more than 6 feet above him. Its distinct, rancid odor cut through the air, like rotting flesh. It was Holland’s dream come true. “Just to be able to check this off my bucket list is huge,” Holland, 36, said. “It’s amazing. Absolutely amazing.” The rare titan […]

Thousands View Bloom of Rare Corpse Flower

Visitors to Colorado State University’s conservatory in Fort Collins were treated to a special sight over Memorial Day weekend, as a rare eight-year-old corpse flower bloomed for the first time. Footage released by Colorado State University shows a timelapse of the unusual event. The plant, named Cosmo by staff at the Plant Growth Facilities center, […]

Corpse flower blooms at Colorado State University

DENVER (KDVR) — Dozens of people lined up at the Plant Growth Facility Conservatory at Colorado State University in Fort Collins on Sunday to see and smell a rare flower. The corpse flower blooms once every three to five years, and once it does, it emits an odor that has been compared to that of decaying flesh, […]

Can a corpse take out a loan?

People walk by a Banco do Brasil bank in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Jan. 9, 2009. A woman in Brazil wheeled a dead man into a bank and asked him to sign papers for a loan. | Ricardo Moraes Sounding suspiciously like a scene from “Weekend at Bernie’s,” when two salesmen, Richard and Larry, decide […]

Justin Kelly charged with abuse of corpse

Mar. 26—ASHTABULA — Justin Kelly, 38, has been arrested for his alleged involvement in an unusual scheme that occurred earlier this month. According to the Ashtabula Police Department, Kelly is accused of helping Loreen Feralo and Karen Casbohm lift the dead body of 80-year-old Douglas Layman into his car. The women are alleged to have […]