BODY SNATCHERS - The history of the Resurrectionists

In the 1800’s Medical research and training was expanding rapidly, and along with this increased understanding of the human body and the growing interest in further developing the medical field, came the need for BODIES… lots and lots of bodies … More Specifically dead bodies.Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 00:40 - 1800's Medical advancements & The need for Cadavers 1:32 - How did Medical Students get cadavers? 3:26 - Grave Robbers vs Body Snatchers4:19 - Alternative Solution to get more bodies for Medical Research6:10 - The Birth of The Resurrectionists AKA Professional Body Snatchers 7:12 - How The Resurrectionists did it7:58 - Preventative measures to stop bodies from being taken9:27 - Shipping bodies in Barrels & serving "Extra Stiff" Drinks10:34 - John Scott Harrison11:08 - Edward Burk & "Burking"12:32 - Laws & Legislation + Embalming ends Body Snatching 14:01: - Body Snatching still happens today!14:40 - OutroSOURCES: https://www.aabb.org/news-resources/resources/transfusion-medicine/highlights-of-transfusion-medicine-history# https://www.britannica.com/story/the-strange-grisly-history-of-the-first-blood-transfusion https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-london/invasion-of-the-body-snatchers#https://library.uthscsa.edu/2015/04/the-diary-of-a-resurrectionist-the-value-of-death/# https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/the-anatomy-riot-of-1788/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-need-cadavers-19th-century-medical-students-raided-baltimores-graves-180970629/# https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/bodies-at-the-bottom-of-the-barrel/ https://www.talkdeath.com/a-brief-history-of-body-snatching/ https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/fac_artchop/528/https://www.facs.org/media/1x0f0byz/03_grave_robbing.pdfhttps://constitutioncenter.org/blog/body-snatching-tales-with-presidential-connectionshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/in-need-cadavers-19th-century-medical-students-raided-baltimores-graves-180970629/https://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/body-snatching-around-the-world/https://www.britannica.com/topic/body-snatchinghttps://cemeteryindex.com/wordpress/featured-cemeteries/mt-washington-cemetery/julie-rimer-historical-ramblings/body-snatching-in-the-1800s/# Support the show