The Resurrection Men
from Autumn's Oddities Hosted by Autumn Grube
Sometimes referred to as body snatchers, resurrection men stole corpses from their graves and then sold them to physicians, universities, and scientists in an effort to advance medicine in the 19th century, but mostly for financial gain. SOURCES The Diary of a Resurrectionist, by James Blake Bailey https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Anatomy+Act+1832 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447 https://library.uthscsa.edu/2015/04/the-diary-of-a-resurrectionist-the-value-of-death/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/autumn-s-oddities--5307439/support.
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