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 The pay wasn't bad but that didn't really make up for the appalling nature of
the job. Surgeons were desperate to study anatomy and hone their craft but the
only bodies they were legally allowed to dissect were those of executed
criminals.
That's where the Resurrection Man came in. He supplied surgeons with fresh
corpses by digging them up as soon as they were buried. Only problem was people
believed that you wouldn't go to heaven on Judgement Day if your body was in
pieces.
Relatives would stand guard over the graves of loved ones for weeks until
they could be sure the corpse was too rotten to be of any use.
Resurrection Men
also had to deal with bodies buried up to twelve feet deep or encased in 'mortsafes',
metal frames padlocked around a coffin.
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