Organ Theft Legends

In 1980s and `90s horrific tales of organ theft that had been circulating in Central and South America for years caught the attention of the international media. Veronique Campion-Vincent describes these narratives in detail and classifies them as three basic types: the Baby Parts Story, Eye Thieves, and Kidney Heists. She then recounts the social problems that seemed to make these awful legends plausible.