In the United States, it used to be illegal to donate your body to science; The only the human body and organs that could be studied were those of executed prisoners, and the supply of those didn't meet the demand. In came, the body snatchers. The stealing of bodies from their graves began as a means to conduct scientific study and research, and it was. Once body snatching was no longer needed, that didn't mean that it didn't continue. Even in modern day, body snatching still occurs, and some people take it farther than fathomable.
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