Grandison Harris: America's Greatest Grave Robber | Random Thursday

In the 1800s, grave robbing was big business. Medical schools needed cadavers to teach anatomy and it was common for them to hire "resurrection men" to rob graves. And among grave robbers, Grandison Harris was the best.

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http://augustagahistory.com/grandison-harris/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grave_robbery

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-grandison-harris-grave-robber-enslaved-and-then-employed-georgia-college-medicine-180951344/





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