A headless human corpse floating in a bay of Lake Brienz in Switzerland — first thought to be a dead sheep as its thigh bones and an upper arm bone protruding from its torso were encased in a ...

It was then that the substance was named ‘Adipocere’ (now commonly known as ‘corpse wax’), derived from the word ‘adipo’ meaning fat and ‘cere’ meaning wax. The startling substance ...

The macabre substance coating the torso and parts of the remaining limbs is called adipocere, a fatty, waxy material that sometimes forms from a decomposing body's soft tissues. Adipocere is ...

It’s called adipocere, or corpse wax. What is Corpse Wax? Bury a body in most soil, and bacteria will get to it. They’ll be able to thrive, because there’s plenty of oxygen around the body.