From Dressmaker to Body Snatcher
I am delighted to welcome the wonderful ladies from All Things Georgian as my first guest bloggers. When I…
Body Snatching In Edinburgh: The Notorious ‘Merry Andrew’
Someone had to supply cadavers to the anatomy schools of Edinburgh beofre Burke and Hare came on the scene. It’s time to meet Edinburgh’s real body snatchers
Caged Lairs: No.1 in Body Snatching Prevention
Come across an iron cage in the middle of a churchyard and you’d be forgiven for wondering what it…
Mortstones: Protecting Yourself from the Resurrection Men
By the early 1800s, professional resurrection men or body snatchers were starting to appear within our parishes. People were…
Body Snatching Prevention for the Poor
To say that the poorer members of Georgian society were at a disadvantage when it came to protecting their…
St Mary’s Church: Whitkirk, West Yorkshire
The sad tale of Hannah Heesom who was snatched from her grave on New Year’s Eve 1828.
Eyemouth Watch House: Berwickshire
Cholera, a watch house and a shipping tragedy known to the locals as ‘Black Friday’ – Read the sad history of Eyemouth , a small fishing town in the Borders
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‘[A] Miraculous Circumstance’
The story of John McIntire who was buried alive in Edinburgh, 15 April 1824, is perhaps best taken with…
Eckford Watch Tower: Border Region
When it comes to body snatching prevention, it doesn’t come any better, or should I say smaller, than Eckford…
“Mary’s Ghost” (A Pathetic Ballad)
From Thomas Hood’s ‘Whims and Oddities’ 2nd Series “Twas in the middle of the night, To sleep young William…
The Body Snatcher’s Handbook
Body snatching needed no great skill. There was no training involved, you basically perfected your talent as you went…
Bitter Salts & Pickled Herrings: The Pitfalls of Transporting Cadavers
As the 19th century progressed and the demand for cadavers from anatomy schools and teaching hospitals across Britain rose,…
Prinny Goes Graverobbing
I am delighted to welcome Catherine Curzon aka @MadameGilflurt as my latest guest blogger. During her relentless research, it was…