Reconstructs the events surrounding the murder of a young boy in London in 1831 and investigates the trade in human corpses carried out by body snatchers who would rob graves or commit murder to supply medical colleges with fresh cadavers.
year: 2004
call number/section: 364.1
subjects: murder, london, case studies, poor, history, 19th century, body snatching, homicide, london (england), london (england), social conditions