stackyFACTSDuring the intense medical boom of the eighteen hundreds, the lucrative black market demand for fresh human cadavers caused a terrifying surge in nighttime grave robbing.
During the intense medical boom of the eighteen hundreds, the lucrative black market demand for fresh human cadavers caused a terrifying surge in nighttime grave robbing. Desperate families began purchasing specialized iron coffins rigged with powerful, hidden gunpowder charges on the lid mechanism. If an unauthorized thief attempted to pry the heavy box open, the coffin violently detonated, successfully protecting the deceased by severely injuring the intruder.
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