The Golden Age of Grave Robbing: Stuff You Should Know Live in London

The Golden Age of Grave Robbing: Stuff You Should Know Live in London

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There was a brief period in the US, UK and Ireland when a dead body could fetch a pretty penny for a person willing to dig it up and sell it to surgeons for dissection. It turns out that there was no shortage of ghoulish types willing to do just that.