Osher Lifelong Learning Institute- Grave Robbing

Alan Rumrill discusses the 19th century history of grave robbing in New England. He provides explanations about why it was common at the time for paid grave robbers to visit cemeteries in the dark of night to dig up recently buried bodies. Alan Rumrill has been chronicling the history of Cheshire County, scary and otherwise, for over 35 years. His “Monadnock Moments” can be heard regularly on WKBK radio, and his “Moments in (Local) History” can be read in The Keene Sentinel.