Resurrection Man

The pay wasn?t bad but that didn?t really make up for the appalling nature of the job. Surgeons were desperate to study anatomy and hone their craft but the only bodies they were legally allowed to dissect were those of executed criminals.

That?s where the Resurrection Man came in. He supplied surgeons with fresh corpses by digging them up as soon as they were buried. Only problem was people believed that you wouldn?t go to heaven on Judgement Day if your body was in pieces.

Relatives would stand guard over the graves of loved ones for weeks until they could be sure the corpse was too rotten to be of any use.


Resurrection Men also had to deal with bodies buried up to twelve feet deep or encased in ?mortsafes?, metal frames padlocked around a coffin.

 

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