Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Conjuring Curiosities · Clara Herbert
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Show Notes
In our most morbid episode yet, we step into the eerie shadows of Victorian graveyards, where the dead couldn’t always rest in peace. Clara tells Sabrina about the grim and ghastly practice of body snatching, an illicit trade that supplied fresh corpses to the booming field of medical science. So if you’re steadfast enough (and not eating lunch), grab a shovel and a lantern, and meet us in the cemetery at midnight to dig up some seriously disturbing history…
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Mcdreeamie Musings - Medical school medieval style
Smithsonian - In Need of Cadavers, 19th-Century Medical Students Raided Baltimore’s Graves
University of Cambridge - The body snatchers: corpse and effect
Owlcation - The Resurrection Men: Body Snatching in 19th-Century Britain
Canada’s History - Anatomically Incorrect: Bodysnatching in the 19th Century
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