The Resurrectionists of St Charles - Body Snatching, Riots, and Mayhem!

In this video we investigate the events related to the Resurrectionists of St Charles, Kane County, Illinois, in the late 1840s, which included the macabre and somewhat common practice of grave robbing for the training of medical students, specifically for the Franklin Medical College of St Charles. In this instance, however, the discovery of the practice led to a violent uprising, with tragic repercussions for the college faculty and students.

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IMAGE CREDITS
David Rumsey Collection, www.davidrumsey.com
Illinois Digital Archives, www.https://www.idaillinois.org/
St Charles History Museum
Wellcome Collection, wellcomecollection.org
Old Book Illustrations, www.oldbookillustrations.com
www.billiongraves.com
theohioproject.net
US Library of Congress, www.loc.gov
US Census Records, www.familysearch.org
AI: Bing Image Creator
Enrique Simonet, Wikimedia
murdermischiefmayhem.com
The British Library, www.bl.uk
George H Weaver, Beginnings of Medical Education in and Near Chicago
greecehistoricalsociety.org
Iowa Digital Library, digital.lib.uiowa.edu
Proceedings of the Illinois State Legislature
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www.familysearch.org
Lewis A Norton, Life and Adventures of Colonel L. A. Norton
Illinois Digital Newspapers, https://idnc.library.illinois.edu (Western Citizen, The Miners Express)
www.newspapers.com (Belleville Advocate, Davenport Weekly Gazette, Illinois State Register, The New York Times)
Henry Lewis
DeKalb County Marriage Records, www.familysearch.org
Evan Finch, www.flickr.com
www.lookandlearn.com
Kim Traynor, wikimedia.com

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06 One horse and cart pass at walk, BBC
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
A big thanks and shout out to local St Charles historian, Steve Gibson, and to Eric Krupa of the St Charles History Museum, for their tremendous help and support in the making of this video!

TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00:00 Titles and Opening
00:00:23 Introduction
00:01:29 Sources
00:02:12 Travelers
00:08:14 First Confrontation
00:14:31 St Charles Riot
00:18:54 Barry's Plan
00:22:14 Norton's Journey
00:26:47 Aftermath
00:32:15 Closing

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