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Shafted

Posted by jsb on April 22, 2011 at 16:00

Someone just came back from New Orleans. The grave tour stated that when bodies that are stored above ground, naturaly disintergrate the remains are shovelled down into an underground shaft. Hence getting shafted... there may be more versions from different countries. Interesting though.