robbing

We discuss the very real story of the grave robbers that tried to steal Abraham Lincoln's bones and use them for ransom. We also think this story would make a great plot for National Treasure 3 just in case Nicholas Cage is listening.

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Part three of a three part series dedicated to the naturalist and explorer, John Kirk Townsend. In 1839, Townsend published his journal as a book entitled "A Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains to the Columbia River". The journal recounts the then 24 year old's trip from Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River in 1834, with fellow naturalist and professor Thomas Nuttall. 

This narration is slightly abridged by the narrator and is based on an old printing where some excerpts of the original journal were omitted. For a complete version of Townsend's book, go to this link:

http://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/narrative-of-journey-across-rocky-mountains-to-columbia-river

For free e-book versions go to www.gutenberg.org here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45238

W. Lindquist's paper :Stealing from the Dead:Scientists, Settlers, and Indian Burial Sites in Early-Nineteenth-Century Oregon 

link: https://www.ohs.org/research-and-library/oregon-historical-quarterly/upload/04_Lindquist_Stealing-from-the-Dead_OHQ-115_revised.pdf

An ethnohistorical review relating to Fort Vancouver

https://www.nps.gov/fova/learn/historyculture/upload/Ethnohistorical-Overview-by-Deur-Accessible-PDF.pdf

To learn more about early 19th century Phrenologists, their role in racist policies, and Samuel Morton's  Crania Americana: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMVzPCOut1w

In this episode, we dig deeply into the troubling history of obtaining human bodies for anatomical dissection and medical education.  From disappearing parents to New York Riots to companies that offer body parts for rent, we can guarantee a fascinating though sometimes morbid excursion through medical history.  You will meet a lot of people who weren’t afraid to get their hands dirty, with side trips into stone babies, a children’s game we don’t recommend you try at home, and an unexpected message from the research desk.  Thanks as always to the crew at Pitt’s Center for Teaching, the folks at Freesound, and Venetia M. Guerrasio,  author of Dissecting the Pennsylvania Anatomy Act: Laws, Bodies, and Science, 1880—1960.

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Necrophilia, the entire episode is about necrophilia.  Look, it's gross, but it's also really funny!  There's no murder in this one just people who died of normal stuff so it's fun!  We know though, it's like really, really gross.

Story by H.P. Lovecraft, read by Julie Hoverson
Cover art by Brett Coulstock
Music by Kevin MacLeod

A pair of jaded reprobates need bigger and bigger thrills

...like stealing

...from the dead.

(Keep in mind, these stories were recorded when Julie was still learning how to mix and work with audio - so the sound quality may be a little ... patchy.)