Indianapolis Graverobbing : A Syndicate of Death EPUB
by Chris Flook
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Surveying the sensational newspaper accounts as events unfolded, author and historian Chris Flook recounts this grisly tale of political intrigue and conspiracy.
In the fall of 1902, Indianapolis police uncovered a prolific graverobbing ring operating across the city. At the time, cemeteries across central Indiana were relieved of their dead by ghouls, as they were called, seeking fresh corpses desperately needed by the city's medical colleges. The ring was also accused of multiple murders. In Hamilton County, a former Confederate soldier named Wade West delivered stolen corpses by floating them down the White River. His counterpart in Indianapolis, Rufus Cantrell, an itinerant preacher and full-time graverobber known as the "King of the Ghouls," ransacked Indy's cemeteries for years before being caught.
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- Publisher:Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Publication Date:21/08/2023
- ISBN:9781439678480
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- Format:EPUB
- Publisher:Arcadia Publishing Inc.
- Publication Date:21/08/2023
- ISBN:9781439678480