14-Weird Lit Tales: Where is the skull of the Marquis of Sade?

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ry9SRgeOAS4 The Marquis de Sade died in 1814 with clear instructions about his burial: he forbade the dissection of his body and requested to be buried in the woods on his property, with no trace of his grave. However, he was interred in a Christian cemetery and marked with a cross, contrary to his declared atheism. Later, he was exhumed, dissected, and his skull was stolen, likely at the behest of Dr. Ramon, director of the Charenton asylum, who used it for phrenological studies. This pseudoscience attempted to link the shape of the skull to moral characteristics. Although the analysis revealed nothing unusual, the skull passed into the hands of Johann Spurzheim, a famous phrenologist, who used it for lucrative lectures worldwide. The skull eventually disappeared, but it is speculated that it may have ended up in the collection of Johan Didrik Holm, a Swedish navigator and collector of famous skulls. Later, a mold of the Marquis’ skull was found in the Musée de l’Homme in France. This story inspired Gothic tales, such as The Skull of the Marquis de Sade by Robert Bloch, adapted into the 1965 film The Skull, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. https://buymeacoffee.com/cuentososcuros