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Revisiting Rest In Peace: The Church Built Over a Pit of Corpses

Revisiting Rest In Peace: The Church Built Over a Pit of Corpses21 Aug1 h 19 min

<p>Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting Rest In Peace: The Church Built Over a Pit of Corpses</p>

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<p>In the 1800s, London was&nbsp;running out of room for the dead. At Enon Chapel, bodies were crammed beneath the church floor while worshippers gathered above the stench of decay. As overcrowded graveyards became a public health nightmare, George &ldquo;Graveyard&rdquo; Walker exposed the horrors hiding beneath the city&rsquo;s chapels and burial grounds.</p>