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Victorian 'Coffin Torpedoes' Blasted Would-Be Body Snatchers

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At least 12 body-snatching scandals were reported in 1878, including that of Ohio congressman John Scott Harrison. If someone tried to remove a buried body, the torpedo would fire out a lethal blast of lead balls when the lid was pried open. For the most part, coffin torpedoes seem to have been used very little, says anthropologist.

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Victorian 'Coffin Torpedoes' Blasted Would-Be Body Snatchers

On the night of January 17, 1881, a would-be body snatcher by the name of Dipper was killed by a blast in a Mount Vernon, Ohio cemetery. The attempted...

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