THE STORY
As medical science advanced in the 18th and 19th centuries, doctors and students needed something that was surprisingly difficult to obtain — human bodies for anatomical study.
The legal supply couldn't keep up with demand.
That shortage gave rise to the resurrectionists — men who entered cemeteries under the cover of darkness, opened freshly dug graves and supplied medical schools with the bodies they desperately needed.
Join us as we uncover this unsettling chapter in medical history and explore what happened when the pursuit of knowledge collided with questions of ethics, class and human dignity.
