Ol' Benajmin Franklin had a few skeletons in the basement
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
November 12, 2019 7:16pm CST
Nope, I'm not saying that wrong. I know the saying is "a few skeletons in the closet", but in this case I really mean the basement.
Of course, the basement of his London home used to be a garden, and probably was in the days he lived there.
Ol' Mr. Franklin wasn't a mass murderer either, atleast not that anybody is aware of. The bones came from Resurrectionist that delivered the bodies to his friend William Hewson, who would dissect them.
Over 1,200 bones were discovered and found to belong to people of all ages.
Source: Google / The Guardian
(re-worded by me)
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@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
13 Nov 19
The house is Georgian {we have OLD stuff over here!} so the basement has probably always been a basement! I wonder if Franklin knew what Hewson was doing; it would have been a little on the illegal side.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
13 Nov 19
That article said it was originally a garden, or maybe they said it might have been? I think that Franklin did know what was going on but was to curious about the process and the findings to care about the illegality of it.
@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
14 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum really....but why would they do so
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Nov 19
@amitkokiladitya For Science. This was done in the name of science and discovery. Though there were those who wanted to prove that a body could be re-animated and come alive again.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
14 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum omg...really..this is something very strange and non biological to believe and think.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
14 Nov 19
I knew that story but had forgotten it--still creepy if you ask me!
@divalounger (6182)
• United States
14 Nov 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum I have a hard time with that too--I mean really, this is a horror movie in the making
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Nov 19
It is really creepy. I mean, I know they looked at it in a scientific way, but our modern minds can't quite wrap around the fact that they stole bodies to dissect.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
14 Nov 19
@divalounger Definitely would make for a good horror plot.
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