A Real-Life Nightmare: Revisiting the Harvard Morgue Scandal

"Morgue in hospital, low angle view" — Photographer: Darrin Klimek/Digital Vision

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By Madison Muller

October 31, 2023 at 10:00 AM UTC

Happy Halloween! It’s Madison in New York. I’ve got a spooky (and shockingly true) story for you today. But first...

Just days before Halloween, on Oct. 28, 2020, Katrina MacLean agreed to meet Cedric Lodge at the Harvard Medical School Morgue at about 1 p.m.