William Cunningham, the Ghoul of Cincinnati

Criminalia

Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Resurrectionist William Cunningham was actively stealing bodies from grave sites around Cincinnati from 1855 to 1871. He was well known, and he was something of a legend. He once returned to the same gravesite at which he had earlier been caught digging – after he’d bought those who had detained him a drink. He dressed the bodies he stole. And, he had a “villainous bald head.”

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1:47.0	It's said that this body snatcher once returned to the same grave site at which he had earlier been caught digging.
2:00.0	After he'd bought those who'd had detained him, a drink.
2:04.0	It's also said he dressed the bodies he stole, and that he had a, quote, villainous, bald head.
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