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.
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!
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.
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…
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.
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.
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?
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?
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.
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…
Mortsafes: After The Anatomy Act
On 1 August 1832, Britain passed the Anatomy Act in an attempt to address the shortage of bodies available…
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.
The Simple Art of Burking
By the end of 1829, after William Burke – one-half of Edinburgh’s famous murderers Burke and Hare – had…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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’.
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.
