Join us as we discuss something we thought only happened in the past. But no- it is still happening today, as we can see in a recent case in Philadelphia.

This episode discusses grave desecration, human remains, and disturbing historical practices involving the dead. This is for entertainment purposes only and since this is an ongoing investigation, the charges are alleged until conviction.

Sources & Reference Material:

• The Philadelphia Inquirer — early 2000s reporting on the Jonathan Gerlach investigation

• Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas records

• Pennsylvania criminal statutes on cemetery desecration

• Homepage | Friends of Mount Moriah Cemetery

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7FSKw5S-qg&msockid=f3e745deff9611f0a6281ba931a5dfb0

• Jonathan Gerlach case: Court docs reveal accused grave robber's months-long plot to steal human remains in Pa. - 6abc Philadelphia

• Bing Videos- Everyday New Chapter Podcast

• Bing Videos-Lauren the Mortician Podcast

• Michael Sappol, A Traffic of Dead Bodies: Anatomy and Embodied Social Identity in Nineteenth-Century America

• Thomas W. Laqueur, The Work of the Dead: A Cultural History of Mortal Remains

• University of Pennsylvania Archives — history of medical anatomy programs

• Smithsonian National Museum of American History — “Resurrectionists and Medical Education”

• Pennsylvania Anatomy Act of 1883

• Philadelphia Cemetery History Project

• Forensic psychology research on necrophilic fixation and post-mortem objectification

• Academic studies on cultural memory and death practices

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