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Mixed archive

Strange wills, stolen bodies and conditions from the grave, from the ancient world to now.

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What do the mixed archive estate cases show?

A burial instruction is only as good as the landowner's consent, and once remains left the grave no court treated them as property.

Stories
1
Years
1809 to 1809
Main regions
North America
Legal traditions
Common law
Updated
30 October 2026

Every case in mixed archive, best-known first

Best-known first: cases from 1900 on, then the United States, then Europe, and the people most read about on English Wikipedia each month. Fiction, scripture and legend come last.