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Autopsy Secrets Revealed UK

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THE SECRETS of an abandoned mortuary have been unlocked by the photographer who was left so horrified he needed to leave after finding a victim’s medical files and a well-stocked autopsy tools cupboard.

One image shows a cabinet filled with autopsy tools waiting to be used on the next body, while another image shows a booklet filled with real patient files left behind.

Ben James (32) who works in the medical field from Cambridge, England explored the abandoned Croydon Public Mortuary and found patient files and intake lists of those who came through the mortuary.

Ben explored the building, which has been abandoned since around 2017.

The morgue closed due to the examination of bodies being moved to the more modern facilities at Croydon University Hospital.

A HTA report found that in 2012, although the facilities at the Croydon Public Mortuary were passed by their standards, the examiner still noted that the facilities were quite dated.

Jump forward to 2019 where the final internal audit report was taken of the Croydon Public Mortuary, it listed that all post mortems were done at the Croydon University Hospital and the Croydon Public Mortuary was used as reception and storage of the bodies of those who have died in the borough.


When Ben explored the mortuary, it felt very surreal to him as it was by far the biggest mortuary he has ever visited, with over seven autopsy tables and fridges that could hold up-to 50 bodies at a time.

“It was very very surreal because it was one of the biggest mortuaries I’ve ever been in,” he said.

“There were about seven autopsy tables which is quite impressive because normally there is only one or two at a push.

“There was a lot there.

“The fridges held up to 50 bodies as well.”

The most fascinating find for Ben was the patient records and intake list from 2017, where he was even able to find that one patient had died of a severe car crash when they were autopsied there.

“My favourite thing that was there was that there were still all the intake forms left on the table from 2017 from some of the deceased who had come in which was quite weird because I could Google them if I wanted to and find out how they died,” he said.

“I found that one guy had died in a bad car crash. I just thought, ‘How was this left’?

“I loved finding the cabinets with all the tools, which was quite cool.

“The weirdest thing was definitely seeing the intake list of all the names of people who had come through.”

Although Ben didn’t feel that the mortuary was particularly creepy when walking through it, the building made him feel uncomfortable at times thinking about all the dead bodies that would have been stored there throughout the years.

“It felt very sinister,” he said.

“It didn’t feel too creepy, just felt more surreal.

“At times, it made me feel like I had to run out of there.”

ENDS