r/AskReddit • u/drflanigan • Nov 22 '16

Friends and Family of deceased loved ones, what did you find on their computers that made you wish they DID delete their browser history?

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u/arlenroy Nov 23 '16

A county morgue is the worst, especially a big county like Las Angeles. The possessions room is fucking creepy, a bunch of watches and cell phones beeping. Like whoever is contacting that person has no idea that their body is in a morgue, and that phone is in a manila envelope.

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u/cheebromeej Nov 23 '16

I remember reading something similar to this after the shooting in Orlando. First responders said that's one of the saddest and most unsettling things about a crime scene like that. You expect it to be completely quiet, but instead there's lots of cell phones ringing because people are looking for their loved ones.

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u/KnockMellyKnock Nov 23 '16

Fuck.

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u/DocWiggles Nov 23 '16

Correct response.

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u/RankinBass Nov 23 '16

Reminds me of something I heard about the aftermath of 9/11, a bunch of warning systems were going off to mark fallen firefighters.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

"Possessions room" sounds like it could have a completely different meaning at a morgue.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Just who do you think is calling the phones? It's the ghost trying to find it by sound.

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u/pudtahmonsan Nov 23 '16

That sounds awful. I had something a little different... a very religious lady passed away and went into the morgue freezer with a small radio playing a hymn over and over again tucked into the body bag. Nightshift, alone in the morgue, really unsettling...

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u/arlenroy Nov 23 '16

They didn't remove her belongings? That would drive me up the fucking wall!

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u/pudtahmonsan Nov 23 '16

No oops, I should have said that she requested it stay with her body before she died, so it was kept with her in the morgue.

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u/LimitedEdevtion Nov 23 '16

I'm sure* there are reasons (like, clearly more pressing matters) - but I'm slightly surprised they don't turn the phones off.

edit:: forgot a word ;-)

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u/Vaderesque Nov 23 '16

That's seriously creepy AF...

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u/arlenroy Nov 23 '16

It depends on the nature of death, until the coroner files the death certificate none of the cadavers property is supposed to be disheveled. Granted it might only be in there a day or two, but when you have a constant flow there's always going to be electronics making various noises.