History’s Body Snatchers

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Image by Lisa Redfern from Pixabay

A post on My Macabre Road TripĀ shares the sordid tales of famous corpses stolen from their final (?) resting place. The victims included Abraham Lincoln, Charlie Chaplin, Alistair Cooke, Eva Peron, Geronimo, F.W. Mernau, and Benny Hill (cue Yakety Sax…)

What would you do with a dead body, famous or otherwise? How many different motivations can you concoct for such a macabre crime? To what lengths would you go to retrieve one? What happens next?