• Describes the 1831 murder of a young orphaned vagrant and the ensuing sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest and trial of his killers, "resurrection men" who killed in order to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy.
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The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body-Snatching in 1830's London

The Italian Boy: A Tale of Murder and Body-Snatching in 1830's London

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Describes the 1831 murder of a young orphaned vagrant and the ensuing sale of his body to a London medical college, a case that led to the arrest and trial of his killers, "resurrection men" who killed in order to satisfy the demand for fresh cadavers for the study of human anatomy. 

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