The Real Story Behind the Bones in Benjamin Franklins Basement In 1998, human remains were found in the basement of Benjamin Franklin's former home in London Learn why they were there This incredible discovery led to thorough investigations and there's an answer for why Benjamin Franklin had human remains on his property
Were Human Remains Found in Ben Franklins London Home? No, that's the not the case, but when one hears that human remains from about a dozen bodies were found in an underground room at Franklin's 18th-century London home, it's perhaps natural to
The 1,200 Buried Bones in the Benjamin Franklin House For more than two centuries, hundreds of human bones have rested (in peace) under the London home of Benjamin Franklin — one of the founding fathers of the U S But the secret of these bones isn’t quite as horrific as you might suspect
The Skeletons in Benjamin Franklin’s Basement - History Things LONDON, 1998 – Renovators were working on turning Benjamin Franklin’s ambassadorial abode in London into a museum and stumbled across a shocking discovery: over 1200 human bones had been buried in a pit in the basement
Craven Street Bones - Benjamin Franklin House It was interrupted by the discovery of human and animal bones under the floor of what is today the House’s Seminar Room (originally the garden in Franklin’s day) A coroner determined that the bones were more than 100 years old; therefore an inquest was not required
The Mysterious Skeletons in Ben Franklins Basement As the Benjamin Franklin House website reports, "The human remains derive from over 15 individuals and show dissection marks from surgical instruments " For example, someone had obviously taken a trepanning device and drilled holes into skull bones
The Secret Bones In Benjamin Franklins Basement - Londonist Body snatchers and 'resurrectionists' thrived, stealing dead bodies and selling them to the scientists It seems 36 Craven Street was the perfect place for an anatomy school: Hewson was