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5 Ingenious Forms of Body Snatching Prevention

5 Ingenious Forms of Body Snatching Prevention

Some ingeneous forms of body snatching prevention were dreamt up during the body snatching era. In this post I look at my top 5 favourites.

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5 Bizarre Hiding Places Body Snatchers Used For Cadavers

5 Bizarre Hiding Places Body Snatchers Used For Cadavers

From dungheaps to watery graves, if a body snatcher needed to get rid of a cadaver quickly, they found some pretty ingeneous ways of doing it!

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A Short Tale Of A London Body Snatcher | Joseph Naples

A Short Tale Of A London Body Snatcher | Joseph Naples

A Short tale about the time notorious London body snatcher Joseph Naples broke out of prison.

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7 Alternative Body Snatching Sites Outside Of Edinburgh

7 Alternative Body Snatching Sites Outside Of Edinburgh

If you’ve read my blog before you’ll know that I’m a body snatching historian, at least I think that’s…

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A Body Snatching Case in Essex | Little Leighs, 1823

A Body Snatching Case in Essex | Little Leighs, 1823

After denying his involvement in the theft of 24-year-old Joanna Chinnery from St John’s churchyard in Little Leighs, it would be the smell emanating from this body snatchers cart that would eventually be his downfall.

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Body Snatching | St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh

Body Snatching | St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh

Mention the watchtower and most people have probably finished with the graveyard’s darker links to the past, but there’s so much more than that if you care to step inside.

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Stealing A Cadaver: How Body Snatcher Removed A Corpse

Stealing A Cadaver: How Body Snatcher Removed A Corpse

Time and stealth were of the essence when removing a cadaver, but just how did body snatchers do it with out being detected?

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The Hope Street Body Snatching Scandal, Liverpool

The Hope Street Body Snatching Scandal, Liverpool

In 1826 thirty-three cadavers were found stuffed into barrels waiting to be shipped from Liverpool to Leith, Edinburgh. But what happened to the gang responsible for the snatchings?

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Famous Body Snatchers of London

Famous Body Snatchers of London

From the Borough Gang to the London Burkers, I take a look at some of the more famous body snatchers to have walked the streets of London.

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A Week In The Life Of A London Body Snatcher

A Week In The Life Of A London Body Snatcher

 Life for a body snatcher was a whirlwind of activity, especially during the traditional dissecting months of October to…

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Mortsafes: After The Anatomy Act

Mortsafes: After The Anatomy Act

On 1 August 1832, Britain passed the Anatomy Act in an attempt to address the shortage of bodies available…

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Mortsafes & Iron Cages: Protecting Scotlands Dead

Mortsafes & Iron Cages: Protecting Scotlands Dead

Body snatching prevention doesn’t come more sturdy than a mortsafe. Iron cages placed over graves to protect your loved ones from the resurrection men.

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The Simple Art of Burking

The Simple Art of Burking

By the end of 1829, after William Burke – one-half of Edinburgh’s famous murderers Burke and Hare – had…

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Dissecting Season: When Body Snatchers Plied Their Trade

Dissecting Season: When Body Snatchers Plied Their Trade

Someone once said to me ” a season for body snatching, who knew”, and I agree, not many do,…

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Body Snatching Students of Scotland’s Medical Schools

Body Snatching Students of Scotland’s Medical Schools

Before the demand from anatomy schools for fresh cadavers grew to such an extent that body snatching became a…

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St Fittick’s Church, Nigg, Aberdeen | The Story of Mrs. Spark

St Fittick’s Church, Nigg, Aberdeen | The Story of Mrs. Spark

Body snatching in and around Aberdeen was rife at the beginning of the 19th century and anatomy students targeting…

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Fundamental Rules of Georgian Body Snatching (The Key 5)

Being a body snatcher came with a few fundamental rules. It wasn’t just about digging up a cadaver and…

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Edinburgh’s First Body snatchers                            (Waldie & Torrence)

Edinburgh’s First Body snatchers (Waldie & Torrence)

Long before Burke and Hare had perfected the subtle art of Burking, two women from Edinburgh were doing just…

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What Did Body Snatchers Do?

What Did Body Snatchers Do?

How and when did a body snatcher know that a cadaver for available for the taking? Covering the more usual methods of procurement, this post sheds some light on how body snatchers found their latest ‘subjects’.

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Britain’s Top 5 Punishments For Body Snatching

Britain’s Top 5 Punishments For Body Snatching

The penalties for stealing a dead body in Britain in the mid-1800s varied dramatically.
Find out about the Top 5 punishments issued in Britain during the 1800s – ranging from imprisonment to full-blown transportation.

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Suzie Lennox Body Snatching

Suzie Lennox

Hi, I'm Suzie, a body snatching historian and solo traveller with a passion for Scotland's darker travel destinations.

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The History of Witches 1720 Wellcome Collection
Edinburgh’s Nor Loch (Witches, Skeleton’s & Why it was Drained)
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Burke and Hare Murder Dolls National Museum Scotland
Edinburgh Miniature Coffins: Discovering the Fairy Coffins of Arthur’s Seat
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Extraordinary Life of Deacon Brodie DiggingUp1800
The Extraordinary Life of Deacon Brodie (A Full Account)
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Half Hangit Maggie Dickson
Half Hangit Maggie: The Woman Who Survived A Hanging
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Edinburgh's White Hart Pub
Ghosts & Murderers At The White Hart Inn, Edinburgh
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Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh: The Ultimate Guide To Macabre & Spooky Graves
7 Macabre Graves To Visit In Edinburgh’s Greyfriars Kirkyard
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Cluny Mortsafes Aberdeenshire
Ever Wondered Why Some Graves Have Cages Over Them?
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Memento Mori Greyfriars Kirkyard
Old & Spooky Graveyards in Edinburgh’s Old Town (Visited & Recommended)
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St Cuthbert's watchtower Edinburgh Source unknown
Body Snatching | St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh
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Body Snatching in Lasswade Kirkyard Midlothian
Body Snatching In Lasswade Old Kirkyard, Midlothian, EH18
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Body Snatching Prevention Cluny Mortsafe Aberdeenshire
Mortsafes & Iron Cages: Protecting Scotlands Dead
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Dunblane Cathedral via National Galleries Scotland
Hidden History of Dunblane Cathedral
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Grave of Seath Mor St Tuchaldus Rothiemurchus Scottish Highlands
The Cursed Grave of Seath Mor
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Body Snatching in the Scottish Borders
Discover A Darker Side To The Scottish Borders
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Body snatching around the A75 Scotlands Haunted Road
Body Snatching On The A75 | Scotland’s Haunted Road
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Mortsafes at Kinnernnie Cemetery Aberdeenshire
7 Alternative Body Snatching Sites Outside Of Edinburgh
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Ruined Church at St Fitticks Aberdeenshire
St Fittick’s Church, Nigg, Aberdeen | The Story of Mrs. Spark
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