Body — Snatchers

: To avoid detection, snatchers typically only stole the body, leaving behind clothes and jewelry, as stealing personal property carried much harsher legal penalties than "disturbing a grave".

In the 18th and 19th centuries, "body snatchers" (also known as resurrectionists) were individuals who exhumed recently buried corpses to sell them to medical schools for anatomical dissection. Body Snatchers

Published in 1884, this Gothic short story was directly inspired by the Burke and Hare murders. : To avoid detection, snatchers typically only stole

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: The practice largely ended with the Anatomy Act of 1832 , which legalized the use of unclaimed bodies from hospitals and workhouses for medical research, effectively destroying the black market.

: The story follows a medical student named Fettes who is tasked with receiving bodies for his professor. He eventually recognizes one of the "donations" as a man named Gray, whom he had seen alive and well just hours before.