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Grave Robbing in New England
October 18, 2022 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Grave Robbing in New England
Tues. Oct. 18
7PM via Zoom
Registration Required
Presented by Alan Rumrill
Historical Society of Cheshire County
During the 19th century it was common for paid grave robbers to visit cemeteries in the dark of night to dig up recently buried bodies and sell them to medical schools for use as cadavers in dissection classes. Alan Rumrill will share stories of this practice throughout New England. He will also discuss laws and punishments used against grave robbers and the process used to rob a grave. The presentation will include several Cheshire County grave-robbing tales.