'The lesser known stories of the perpetrators, surgeons, families of the stolen corpses and those who tried to prevent body snatching, are fascinating'-Scottish Field

All in all, this is a gruesome subject, but an important one insofar.'-Ripperologist There's a fairly detailed bibliography, sources used, and a brief list of record repositories, all rounded off with an index. 'This is a very professionally written book by an author who self-evidently knows her stuff. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. It s time to discover these lesser known stories about Britain s often forgotten history. This resulted in the criminal underworld of the Sack em up Men or bodysnatchers, which spread fear and horror throughout the United Kingdom. Anatomy schools, short of fresh cadavers for dissection would pay high prices for corpses, asking no questions about their origins. Stories involving medical students and anatomists are retold as we discover the cases that have become hidden in history.

The murders of Burke and Hare often dominate the macabre tales of bodysnatching, but the stories of Henry Gillies, William Patrick and Joseph Grainger are all just as gruesome. Here are the stories of the men who robbed graves during the winter months of 1742 - 1832, selling fresh cadavers to anatomists up and down the country all in aid of medical advancement. In this chilling history of the bodysnatching trade, the stories of Britain's lesser known Resurrection Men are told.

Bodysnatchers by Suzie Lennox