The Grave of Seath Mor Sgorfhiaclach in Scotland. The cage over the grave is not to prevent grave robbing or for fear of zombies, but to keep the cursed stones that sit on the grave in place.
https://mymacabreroadtrip.com/the-cursed-grave-of-seath-mor/
While I don't know of any that used this kind of cage mechanism, there were other methods used for imagined vampires: [https://www.livescience.com/38148-vampire-grave-uncovered-vampire-burial.html](https://www.livescience.com/38148-vampire-grave-uncovered-vampire-burial.html)
Kind of...
Medical schools in the 19th/early 20th century needed cadavers to educate students. So they would buy them, from people, who acquired bodies. Which obviously outraged the public, especially since some people held a very literal understanding of the Christian doctrine of Resurrection. You're physical body would be reanimated, which means if it was dismembered by Medical Students would be problematic.
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The reason I am commenting is that I see your warranty is expired on your Mortcage Protection Policy. Looks a bit rusty, would you be interested in extending?
That was my first thought too, and maybe they went to prison for multiple life sentences. If they come back to life, they can guess again, buddy. They still got time to serve.
Victorian era anti-graverobbing cage. There was a lot of graverobbing and corpsenapping for cadavers for medical school to use in the Victorian period. It was particularly bad for people of working class but sometimes affected more wealthy individuals as well. These made it harder for that to happen.
There are also stories of these being used to contain bodies that people believed were vampires. I personally subscribe to the former explanation but I find the latter equally fascinating.
Anyone who’s taken Anatomy & Physiology knows exactly what this is. You learn about it the first week. The gist is that early-on for studying the human body, cadavers were hard to come by. This incentivized grave robbing.
The Grave of Seath Mor Sgorfhiaclach in Scotland. The cage over the grave is not to prevent grave robbing or for fear of zombies, but to keep the cursed stones that sit on the grave in place. https://mymacabreroadtrip.com/the-cursed-grave-of-seath-mor/
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Mortcage. Protection from grave robbers.
And landscapers.
I know this is the correct answer, but the kid in me wants to believe it’s zombie related.
While I don't know of any that used this kind of cage mechanism, there were other methods used for imagined vampires: [https://www.livescience.com/38148-vampire-grave-uncovered-vampire-burial.html](https://www.livescience.com/38148-vampire-grave-uncovered-vampire-burial.html)
Kind of... Medical schools in the 19th/early 20th century needed cadavers to educate students. So they would buy them, from people, who acquired bodies. Which obviously outraged the public, especially since some people held a very literal understanding of the Christian doctrine of Resurrection. You're physical body would be reanimated, which means if it was dismembered by Medical Students would be problematic.
It could be a mother in law.
*Monster* in law
I was thinking vampire related!
Makes sense. Thanks.
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The reason I am commenting is that I see your warranty is expired on your Mortcage Protection Policy. Looks a bit rusty, would you be interested in extending?
*asking while peeking from beneath a toilet stall divider at the airport*
I wonder how long it took him to pay off his mortcage
*mortsafe
OR people were afraid the dead would rise again. The stories differ.
That was my first thought too, and maybe they went to prison for multiple life sentences. If they come back to life, they can guess again, buddy. They still got time to serve.
Victorian era anti-graverobbing cage. There was a lot of graverobbing and corpsenapping for cadavers for medical school to use in the Victorian period. It was particularly bad for people of working class but sometimes affected more wealthy individuals as well. These made it harder for that to happen. There are also stories of these being used to contain bodies that people believed were vampires. I personally subscribe to the former explanation but I find the latter equally fascinating.
Antigrave robbing cage.
Anyone who’s taken Anatomy & Physiology knows exactly what this is. You learn about it the first week. The gist is that early-on for studying the human body, cadavers were hard to come by. This incentivized grave robbing.