Resurrectionist (Body Snatcher)
Medical schools once had a serious corpse shortage—so they turned to “resurrectionists.” These daring (and illegal) entrepreneurs dug up freshly buried bodies and sold them to anatomy labs under cover of night.
The job was grisly and morally gray. Families started placing cages (mort safes) over graves to prevent theft. Some body snatchers became infamous, even turning to murder for fresh cadavers. With new laws allowing legal body donation, resurrectionists were no longer needed—nor missed.
