Resurrection Blues and Shock to the System
In this episode Suzie goes in search of the Resurrection Man and Trevor tells the shocking tale of Walter Summerford. What the history?
WHAT THE HISTORY?
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Sources:
THE RESURRECTION MEN
Bay N, Bay B 2010, ‘Greek anatomist Herophilus: the father of anatomy’, Anatomy and Cell Biology Journal, v. 43 (4); 2010 Dec, pp. 280-283 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3026179/
Hypno C 2018, ‘The Resurrection Men – Body Snatching in 19th Century Britain’ https://owlcation.com/humanities/resurrectionists-body-snatching-in-19th-century-britain
Levinson D n.d ‘Body Snatching’ https://www.britannica.com/topic/body-snatching#ref1179705
Ravilious K 2013, ‘Haunt of the Resurrection Men’, Archaeology Magazine, https://www.archaeology.org/issues/89-1305/features/737-royal-london-hospital-burials
Ruxton D 2017, ‘‘The Irish Times’ 19th century guide to digging up a dead body’ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-irish-times-19th-century-guide-to-digging-up-a-dead-body-1.2953684
Skulls in the Stars 2013, ‘The Resurrection Men: When people would kill to get into cemeteries’ https://skullsinthestars.com/2013/01/23/the-resurrection-men-when-people-would-kill-to-get-into-cemeteries/
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey 1831, ‘John Bishop, Thomas Williams, James May. Killing: murder’ Old Bailey Online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18311201-17-defend279&div=t18311201-17
WALTER SUMMERFORD
Paying a Divine Debt: The Unfortunate Story of Walter Summerford – Swale Life
Walter Summerford: Everything comes in threes, no wait fours? – The Folklorist
The British officer who was struck by lightning four separate times – The Vintage News
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
Fade out – Shock Treatment (Shock Treatment OST)
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