Comments on: Walk In The Footsteps of London’s Body-Snatcher Gangs https://livinglondonhistory.com/walk-in-the-footsteps-of-londons-body-snatcher-gangs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=walk-in-the-footsteps-of-londons-body-snatcher-gangs A blog sharing London's curiosities, hidden gems and historical walks Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:48:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: The Surprising History Of Bunhill Fields Burial Ground - Living London History https://livinglondonhistory.com/walk-in-the-footsteps-of-londons-body-snatcher-gangs/#comment-809 Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:48:16 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=2669#comment-809 […] It was also a hotspot for body-snatchers, who in the late 18th and early 19th centuries stole bodies from London’s graveyards to sell to physicians for medical research. You can find out more about this in my self-guided body-snatchers walk here. […]

]]> By: The Hardy Tree And Historical Treasures of St Pancras Gardens - Living London History https://livinglondonhistory.com/walk-in-the-footsteps-of-londons-body-snatcher-gangs/#comment-408 Wed, 08 Dec 2021 23:15:34 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=2669#comment-408 […] theory is that it was victim of the lucrative body snatching business of the early 1800s and then dumped with a load of other corpses. This potentially explains the […]

]]> By: chesherj https://livinglondonhistory.com/walk-in-the-footsteps-of-londons-body-snatcher-gangs/#comment-315 Fri, 17 Sep 2021 14:15:24 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=2669#comment-315 In reply to Lewis Wood.

Quite possibly!! That seems as good a guess as any. Thanks, Jack

]]> By: Lewis Wood https://livinglondonhistory.com/walk-in-the-footsteps-of-londons-body-snatcher-gangs/#comment-305 Tue, 14 Sep 2021 13:35:07 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=2669#comment-305 Hi, Interesting article.
Do you happen to know what happened to the bodies taken to St Barts after the hospital had finished with them?
It seems that in later years, Lunatic asylums provided bodies for further research and I am trying to follow one up in particular.
Thanks
LNW

]]> By: Episode 12: Jack Chesher | Topic: London's Body-Snatcher Gangs https://livinglondonhistory.com/walk-in-the-footsteps-of-londons-body-snatcher-gangs/#comment-109 Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:02:57 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=2669#comment-109 […] “Living London History”, Jack published a blog and Self-Guided Walk about London’s Body-Snatcher Gangs. In today’s episode of “Talks beyond time and place”, we chat about the […]

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