Comments on: 6 Restless Corpses: Heads of State Edition

By: OkieMelissa

OkieMelissa — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:04:21 +0000

Regarding the final peak at Lincoln’s body, I just get the image of a group of men (sexist but realistic) prying off the lid, looking in and saying something to the effect of ‘yep, that’s him’.

What an elite, but strange experience. And here I thought I was a big deal for seeing Lincoln’s hat at the Smithsonian!

By: dr. knowitallowitz

dr. knowitallowitz — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:43:57 +0000

palatenye-b lah person, and renz, they said “fidel” stop getting on them,gah

By: shirley

shirley — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:29:50 +0000

we visited Lincolns tomb in Springfield Il back about 20 years ago and we were almost locked inside..the clerk who was locking up for the night said it actually had happened before..lol

By: Southern Buddhist

Southern Buddhist — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Sounds like there’s a sociology paper waiting to be written about the link between autocratic societies and the penchant for displaying preserved leaders.

By: Spike Mike

Spike Mike — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 06:14:00 +0000

He wasn’t what you would consider a politician, but Alexander the Great’s body was stolen and/or moved around several times for various reasons. The most importantly was the fact that after he died whoever brought his body back to Egypt had a legitimate claim to be Pharoah of Egypt! Look it up it’s all quite interesting. God I sound like a nerd. I swear I’m only part nerd.

By: Cynthia Wenslow

Cynthia Wenslow — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:56:00 +0000

Update on the final 2 Romanov children. They were positively identified by DNA analysis and the results published online 9 March 2009.

By: Renz

Renz — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:35:00 +0000

it’s not Ridel Ramos. It’s Fidel Ramos

By: Vee

Vee — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:31:59 +0000

I think you meant “interment” not “interment.”

By: Southern Buddhist

Southern Buddhist — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:53:40 +0000

Love this stuff. My husband and I were talking about the Lincoln-era fad for holding corpses for ransom, and we imagined the conversation that might happen between a corpse-napper and a modern cynical type like ourselves:

Napper: I’m holding the corpse of your beloved hostage. I want ransom.

Us: Or what, I’ll never see them alive again???

Them: If you don’t pay me, I’ll send them to you — piece by piece.

Us: So if I hold out long enough, I’ll get them all back? Okay, but you’ll be out postage.

I guess this, plus the stinky goo factor, is why corpse-napping never caught on. It is far more civilized that kidnapping and terrorizing an actual conscious person, though.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:46:04 +0000

When I was visiting Graceland a couple of years ago, they told us that the reason Elvis was was buried in the Meditation Garden was because thieves attempted to steal his body from the local Forest Hill Cemetery. His dad got permission to move the bodies of Elvis and his mom to the estate. There were at least three graves when I visited, including his grandmother.