Author talk at the Library of Birmingham
Join historian Kevin Goodman for a gripping talk about the "Diggum Uppers" - body snatchers who stole corpses to sell to medical schools across the West Midlands.
Explore the dark history of body snatching and grave robbing.
Known as Diggum Uppers, these people took bodies from graves and sold them to doctors for medical research.
The talk will cover stories from Birmingham, the Black Country, the Potteries and rural areas like Herefordshire and Warwickshire.
You’ll hear about the most infamous robbers, the doctors who helped them and how communities tried to stop them.
The talk includes real accounts and may not be suitable for children.
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