Body Snatching

Also called "e;resurrectionists,"e; body snatchers, were careful not to take anything from the grave but the body--stealing only the corpse was not considered a felony since the courts had already said that a dead body had no owner. ("e;Burking"e;--i.e., murder--was the alternative method of supplying "e;stiffs"e; to medical schools; it is covered here as well). This book recounts the practice o...