Body Snatching in Old New York

Learn all about the gruesome history of “body snatching” in NYC with a tour of Lower Manhattan this month. From noon to 2pm (running October 14, 21, 28, 29 and 31), you’ll visit the scene of an infamous riot caused by medical students stealing corpses, meet an entrepreneur whose body was stolen for ransom, learn of the hunted head of a thespian, and hear about a patriot whose bones may have been turned into buttons. These stories may seem larger-than-life but they’re all true!