Mortsafes, Grave Watchmen, and Grave Torpedoes

<p>Nineteenth-century body snatching turned burial into a security problem. In Ohio, contemporary reports described a Mount Vernon grave protected by an explosive device that killed one intruder and injured another. In Scottish churchyards, surviving records show heavy iron mortsafes, tackle for lowering and lifting them, watch-houses, and public vaults where coffins could wait until they were no longer useful to anatomists. These three stories trace how grief became engineering, night labor, community funding, and dangerous invention.</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast uses artificial intelligence in its research, writing, production, and narration. Episodes are editorially reviewed before publication.</p><p><br></p><p>#WeirdHistory #TheGraveTorpedoAtMountVernon #TheIronCagesBuiltOverGraves #TheWatchHousesAndVaultsForTheDead #Mortsafes</p><p><br></p><p>YES OR NO: Would you trust these grave defenses to stop body snatchers?</p>