Day In The Life Of A Body Snatcher | After Dark

Join Anthony and Maddy as they spend a day - or should that be night? - in the life of a 19th-century body snatcher. Find out which months they favoured for body snatching, why they never stole the dead body's possessions, and why they would never steal a body under a full moon - all referenced from a real-life grave robber's diary. 0:00 Plague Doctor or Grave Robber? 3:51 The Rise of the Resurrectionists 10:40 The Secret Diary of a Body Snatcher 21:26 A Night's Work: How to Snatch a Body 34:57 Grave Guns & Coffin Torpedoes 40:24 The Law That Ended Body Snatching Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long. Video edited by Anna Brant. After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal is a History Hit podcast. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. All music from Epidemic Sounds. #HistoryHitPodcast #AfterDark #History