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Indianapolis Graverobbing: A Syndicate of Death

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Availability:In StockContributor:Chris FlookSeries:True CrimePublish date:2023-08-21Pages:194
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781540258083ISBN-10:1540258084UPC:9781540258083Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, Historical, African American & BlackBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCPB4RMQAK

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.


Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781540258083ISBN-10:1540258084UPC:9781540258083Book Category:History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:United States, Historical, African American & BlackBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCPB4RMQAK
Publisher: History Press

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Chris Flook

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