MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Can Dead Bodies Tan?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Can Dead Bodies Tan?

Surprisingly, dead people can tan! According to a paper published in The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology in 2023, “postmortem tanning”, as it’s called, has & does occur. The paper analyzed 3 instances of bodies that demonstrated sun damage via tan lines that matched their clothing. In the first, a woman, who was…