# Event Details - **Event Name**: Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: In celebration of the Halloween season, LMMM presents a lecture by James Henry, an NYC tour guide and veteran docent at Green-Wood Cemetery.About this EventIn celebration of the Halloween season, the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum will present the lecture, Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science.The presentation will be led by James Henry, a New York City tour guide and a nine-year veteran docent at Brooklyn's historic Green-Wood Cemetery. Light refreshments will be served following the presentation.This talk will explore the dark underbelly of medical history and the 100-plus-year reign of the body snatchers. Driven by a severe shortage of legal cadavers for medical training, professional "ghouls" built a lucrative seasonal industry by secretly exhuming fresh corpses from local burial sites. https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/38efaf60-aa25-11f1-abda-d1c1d0c990ef-rimg-w987-h740-dc787868-gmir.jpg This illicit trade disproportionately targeted marginalized communities, igniting public fury and violent “anatomy riots,” including New York City’s massive 1788 uprising. While families fought back with creative defensive measures to protect their dead, the grim business of body snatching persisted for generations, until modern anatomy laws and shifting medical practices claimed to shut it down. Or did they? Join us for a thrilling evening of true crime as we find out where all the bodies aren't buried.Images above: Thomas Rowlandson “Grave-robbers, with death pictured as a nightwatchman” (1755), pen and ink, with watercolor (Courtesy of The Public Domain Archive, Wellcome Collection, England), PK Clover Coffin-Torped (US Patent Office), Mortsafes in Logierait kirkyard (Martyn Gorman_wikicommons) - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/norwalk/grave-objections-a-history-of-body-snatching-for-science/100001997056351306 - **Event Categories**: science-fair, workshops - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 2 hours - Location: Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 92.55, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Norwalk - **state**: CT - **country**: United States - **location**: Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum - **lat**: 41.108568 - **long**: -73.4154439 - **full address**: Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events4/banners/7449d7ed9fba5d41e7c7e38295bb6cd9cc821a7acf241072389055cb5a634af5-rimg-w1200-h600-dcf8f8e8-gmir.jpg?v=1786756024 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science being held? - **A:** Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science takes place on Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 20 Oct, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Avenue, Norwalk, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science? - **A:** Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science is organized by Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Grave Objections: A History of Body Snatching for Science is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Norwalk, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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