4 most horrific robberies of all time

In many cases, this sacred resting place is visited by thieves. Let us point through the most horrifying robberies of all time through the article below.

During the 1800s, corpse thieves in the US and England broke into graves and stole the body for sale to surgeons for medical research purposes. The criminals who participated in the blasphemy are called "robbers".

1. The shocking theft

One of the victims of the murder was Mr. John Scott Harrison , son of US President William Henry Harrison and father of President Benjamin Harrison.

According to an article published in the Ohio History magazine in 1950, Sir John Scott Harrison was buried in a private area of ​​the family in the North Bend, Ohio cemetery in 1878. At this time, the corpse is a problem spread everywhere; Doctors need dead bodies to perform surgery for medical research purposes, but it is illegal to use anonymous bodies for surgery. To protect Harrison's remains, his family preserved the body in a cellar and inserted large rocks.

Although placed in a security cellar, thieves still steal John Scott Harrison's body

However, that measure did not stop those who stole corpses . At Mr. Harrison's funeral, funeral attendees discovered that the nearby new tomb of the man named Augustus Devin was completely empty. One of Harrison's children was a friend of the Devin family, so he volunteered to join the team looking for the body of Augustus at Cincinnati Medical School. When they arrived, instead of finding the body of Augustus, they discovered that Sir John Scott Harrison's body was hanging on a black parachute in a nude state. Soon after, the body of Augustus Devin was found in a saltwater tank at Michigan Medical University.

2. Charlie Chaplin's corpse and ransom

The symbol of mute cinema, Charlie Chaplin, died in December 1977, three months later, his grave was " visited " by poachers.

According to the current Associated Press article, the coffin containing Chaplin's corpse disappeared, the traces of the lawn showed that it was possible that the casket had been dragged to a nearby valley and returned on one. truck. Initially, the investigating agency did not find any clues related to the thief, some even believed that crazy fans stole his body to take him to rest in England - Chaplin's hometown.

King Charlie Chaplin is also a victim of theft.

Two months later, the truth of the thieves was revealed when they demanded a ransom worth £ 332,000 (equivalent to 1.2 million today, about 56 billion). The grave thieves are Bulgarian and Greek immigrants.

However, Chaplin's wife had no intention of paying the ransom; instead, she cheated two burglars into a trap so police could follow their call for money. As a result, the police captured 1 of 2 thieves at a phone booth in Lausanne, Switzerland. Chaplin's body was found at a cornfield 19 km away from the cemetery and cremated shortly afterwards, while the ashes were buried in a grave surrounded by concrete walls.

3. Successful theft

Thieves of the 19th century tycoon Alexander Turney Stewart have successfully implemented his ransom plan. Stewart is one of the best examples of a miraculous hand-to-hand story: Starting as an immigrant, he created a dry empire and became one of the richest people of all age.

The family of the financier Alexander Turney Stewart paid a sum of money to the thieves to redeem his body

Two years after his death (1976), Stewart's body disappeared from his grave at St. Mark's Cathedral, Bowery County, New York, USA . Thieves demand a ransom worth $ 20,000 (equivalent to $ 500 thousand today, about 10 billion). According to an article published in The Desert News in 1898, detectives were unable to investigate the identities of corpse thieves, so the Stewart family had to pay ransom to get his body back. Finally, his body was buried again at the Cathedral of Incarnation , Garden City, New York, USA.

4. The cannibals of Bhakkar

One of the most horrific robberies occurred in Bahkkar district, Punjab region, Pakistan . Here, two brothers Farman Ali and Arif Ali were arrested twice for stealing corpses and eating parts of their bodies stolen.

Portrait of two thieves and flesh-eaters.(Daily Mail photo)

The Independent of England reported that in 2011, the two brothers were sentenced to two years in prison for stealing five bodies and eating them. A video recorded by the Pakistan Information Station, posted on Youtube, showed that the bodies were eaten with many parts and the soup filled with human bones.

By April 2014, Farman Ali and Arif Ali were arrested again when a child's head was found in their home, according to the New York Times. This time, they received a sentence of 12 years in prison.