CEMETERY ALARM
AIRED: Season 7, Episode 3
THE DETECTIVE: Wes Cowan
THE PLACE: Michigan, Ohio
THE CASE:
History Detectives tackles the case of a man who collects war munitions and has snapped up an item at an estate auction that looked like a Civil War-era weapon.
On closer inspection, and after consulting with other collectors, he decides he has a grave alarm, an explosive device meant to guard against grave robbers. Is this a grave alarm?
History Detectives unearths tales of body snatching and cadaver dissecting, unusual crimes and the most unlikely suspects.
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Find out about the dark practice of body snatching and it's history.
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