Rest In Peace

True Weird Stuff

Rest In Peace

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Published on Oct 18, 2024, 11:00:00 PM
Total time: 01:20:14

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Today's True Weird Stuff - Rest In Peace

London in the early 1800s had a graveyard problem. A lack of space led to unsanitary burial practices as the smell of rotting corpses and overflowing sewers consumed the city. One such place was Enon Chapel, a church in which the pastor was getting paid to allow bodies to be buried in the chapel's basement. But a man nicknamed "Graveyard Walker" made it his mission to put an end to these filthy practices.

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