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Episode: He Called Himself the Cremation King. The Truth Was Far Worse.
Description: David Sconce was not just a mortician. He was the self-proclaimed "Cremation King of California," running what looked like a booming funeral business. In reality, he operated a cremation cartel built on greed, intimidation, and shocking abuse of the dead.Investigators uncovered mass cremations, stolen prosthetics, and allegations that Sconce’s crew pulled gold teeth, sold body parts, and trafficked organs on the black market. The truth unraveled inside his desert crematory, where authorities found evidence of dozens of illegal cremations and widespread mutilation of corpses.Sconce eventually pled guilty to multiple crimes, in...