The graves of famous people have been plundered for hundreds of years. Bodies and body parts have been stolen by guards trusted to keep corpses safe, scientists determined to study them, and even admirers with good intentions (i.e. Thomas Paine)…. Read More ›
Last year the Drents Museum in the Netherlands displayed a large Buddhist statue as part of their “Mummies: Life Beyond Death” exhibit. This was the first time that this statue had been presented outside of China. Why was a statue… Read More ›
In the Cathedral of Otranto are five large display cases that contain the bones of the “martyrs of Otranto.” The skulls face the cathedral’s visitors and are mixed with long bones and bones of the pelvis. In one of the… Read More ›
When Leo Bonten, a 53-year-old Dutch man, needed to have his right leg amputated earlier this year because the broken limb became infected, he was inspired to turn his amputated leg into a floor lamp. But this bit of morbid… Read More ›
The ‘Lord of Patience’ is a gruesome 3’8″ tall statue that depicts a seated Jesus covered in blood and open wounds, and is costumed in a wig and clothes. This wooden 18th century figure is displayed at a church in San Bartolo Cuautlalpan, Mexico,… Read More ›
Last year DigVentures, a London-based archaeology group, unearthed the bones of a gigantic dog from a shallow grave, about 20 inches deep, in the ruins of Leiston Abbey, Suffolk. Archaeologists estimate that the canine stood more than 7ft tall on its hind… Read More ›
In September 2012 construction workers renovating a townhouse in Edinburgh made a gruesome discovery in the garden…human bones in a shallow grave. According to The Scotsman, researchers now think it’s likely these remains may belong to the unfortunate victims of… Read More ›
According to legend, the bones of St. Nicholas secrete a sweet liquid, called manna, that is supposed to have healing powers. This legend of the manna of St. Nicholas starts in the 4th century in the town of Myra in… Read More ›
The London Dungeon, opened since 1975, is a tourist attraction and interactive experience that recreates morbid historical events using gallows humor. To maintain the gruesome ambience, the London Dungeon is decorated with skeletons and torture devices. It turns out that… Read More ›
When a Norwegian man named Bredo Morstøl died from a heart condition in 1989, his daughter Aud Morstøl and his grandson Trygve, huge cryonics advocates living in Colorado, had his body packed in dry ice and shipped it to the… Read More ›
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