![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In early 19th Century Britain only the bodies of criminals executed for severe crimes were available to the anatomy schools for dissection by students, leading to an acute shortage of cadavers. In this chilling history of the black market trade in second-hand bodies Suzie Lennox will tell the tales of Britain's lesser known Resurrection Men who robbed graves during the winter months of 1742 - 1832, selling cadavers to anatomists up and down the country, all in aid of medical advancement. An in-person talk at Kensal Green Cemetery with Suzie Lennox as part of the London Month of the Dead The murderous spree of Burke and Hare in 1828 usually dominates accounts of the macabre profession of bodysnatching, but the stories of Henry Gillies, William Patrick, Joseph Grainger and the Borough Gang are all just as gruesome. ![]()
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