100 Dead Bodies Found Under Tram Rail Line
By Gudheart
@gudheart (12659)
November 18, 2015 8:12am CST
I read some news this morning about the new tram line that was being built in Manchester City Center. The workers were in the process of digging up for construction when they came across 100 plus dead bodies and remains.
Researchers state that they are from the 18th century. I have been to the city center many times and it is horrible to think all that time there were dead bodies underneath where we walked.
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Metrolink engineers have uncovered what is thought to be a 200-year-old Unitarian Chapel graveyard - beneath Cross Street
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@Auntylou (4262)
• Oxford, England
18 Nov 15
In the UK lately, every time a major building work takes place, archaeologists are entitled to dig, to see if anything interesting can be found before it is built over.
This is happening in Oxford at the moment and they have found all sorts of interesting objects
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@kevin1877uk (36987)
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18 Nov 15
You just don't know what under your foot. I wouldn't have liked to have been the person who discovered them.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Nov 15
there is no mass killing involved
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@sofssu (23660)
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19 Nov 15
@arthurchappell Its good to know that there were no mass killings.. and its just a normal cemetery.
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@Castlerock34 (2255)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
18 Nov 15
Oh my god!! That is absolutely insane to think about. I wonder if they are going to spend time trying to identify who these people are
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@gudheart (12659)
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19 Nov 15
@Castlerock34 I might have gotten that wrong, apparently it was a graveyard of some sort.
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@Castlerock34 (2255)
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
19 Nov 15
@gudheart Oh ok. So it was an unmarked graveyard?
@ReViewMeMedia (3786)
• United States
18 Nov 15
That's really, really creepy, at least they'll be able to notify the people who have missing loved ones that they found them.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Nov 15
there are several large communal burial sites under the Manchester city centre - this is a new find though
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Nov 15
Now they should expect some apparitions to happen because those souls resting in peace were disturbed!
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@antonbunot (11146)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Nov 15
@Auntylou Okay, they say that to see is to believe . . I hope one night you see an apparition or a ghost. Just let us know if it happens any night soon!
I am just kidding!
I am just kidding!@Auntylou (4262)
• Oxford, England
23 Nov 15
@antonbunot No, I don't believe in any of that stuff
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@EugenesDDen (310)
• Ireland
18 Nov 15
Anything to do with archaeology is fascinating.
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