{"id":5112,"date":"2014-09-16T22:35:17","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T03:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=5112"},"modified":"2014-09-16T22:35:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T03:35:17","slug":"morbid-fact-du-jour-for-september-16-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/?p=5112","title":{"rendered":"Morbid Fact Du Jour for September 16, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today&#8217;s Easily-Covered Yet Truly Morbid Fact!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When performing an autopsy, the first cut made into the body is traditionally a Y-cut, two deep slices inward from a few inches below each shoulder to a point under the breastbone and then straight down through the abdominal muscles. \u00a0Undertakers had demanded that technique, rather than a slash straight down the center from the throat, so that clothing would easily cover the incisions during an open casket ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Culled from:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/theasylumeclecti\/detail\/014311882X\">The Poisoner\u2019s Handbook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s Easily-Covered Yet Truly Morbid Fact! When performing an autopsy, the first cut made into the body is traditionally a Y-cut, two deep slices inward from a few inches below each shoulder to a point under the breastbone and then straight down through the abdominal muscles. \u00a0Undertakers had demanded that technique, rather than a slash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5113,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5112\/revisions\/5113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decidedlygrim.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}