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  • 2022-08-01 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Morgue Assistant Use Corpses' Testicles to Win Spaghetti Cook-Off? (en)
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  • In late July 2022, readers sent in quite a few messages that asked us to find out if a grisly-sounding article was true. It was published on July 27, 2022, on KVTA4.com with the headline, Morgue Assistant Uses Testicles From Corpses To Help Win Annual Spaghetti Cook-Off. It named the supposed Illinois morgue assistant as 41-year-old Linda Anders. Despite the somewhat official-looking local news feel that KVTA4.com might appear to have, the truth is that the website bears a satire disclaimer. Part of the spaghetti cook-off story from KVTA4.com read as follows: In the satirical story, the morgue assistant was eventually arrested after a judge tasting the spaghetti realized he was chewing on a prosthetic testicle. KVTA4.com's About Us page shows the following disclaimer that describes its output as satire: On Aug. 1, the article from KVTA4.com was reported on by The Wayne D Show on Buckeye Country 94.3 on iHeart.com. What This Morgue Assistant Put In Her Spaghetti Will Make You Vomit, the iHeart.com headline read. The article did not mention that the story was satirical. It's unclear where the mug shot of the woman came from that was used in the original story on KVTA4.com. However, these kinds of satirical articles about morgues usually repurpose real-life mug shots for their fictional tales. It's likely that the mug shot was real, but the reason for the pictured woman's arrest had nothing to do with a morgue assistant, testicles from corpses, or spaghetti. (en)
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