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A Blast from the Past: Victorian Coffin Torpedoes!

A Blast from the Past: Victorian Coffin Torpedoes!

by Maledicta | Apr 15, 2018 | Oddities and Curiosities

  On the night of January 17, 1881, a would-be body snatcher by the name of Dipper was killed by a blast in a Mount Vernon, Ohio cemetery. The attempted grave-robbery was a three-man operation, according to the Stark County Democrat. The explosion broke the leg...

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