The Virtual Corpse
The Virtual Corpse

The Virtual Corpse

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2003
0h 45m
Documentary

Documentary about the first human to donate his body to science so that it could be studied in the form of a 3D database of the entire anatomy that is available to view online. Convicted killer Joseph Paul Jernigan donated his body to science shortly before he was executed in 1993 and this documentary examines what took place after his death by lethal injection.

Production

Swiss Federal Office of Culture, HBO, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS), eXtra Film, HBO Documentary Films, SWR

Cast

Victor Spitzer

Victor Spitzer

Himself

Bob Jernigan

Bob Jernigan

Himself

Michael Ackerman

Michael Ackerman

Himself

Reverend Carroll L Pickett

Reverend Carroll L Pickett

Herself

Vicky Layfield

Vicky Layfield

Herself

Jody Tullos

Jody Tullos

Herself

Patrick Batchelor

Patrick Batchelor

Himself

Dawn Layfield

Dawn Layfield

Herself

Mark Ticer

Mark Ticer

Himself

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