Organ theft is not just a hit man for trafficking victims. But it turns out long before that, many famous people who were stolen organs for later collection. Stolen their organs after death. Who are they?
Here are 7 famous people whose organs were stolen as reported by TIME:
Here are 7 famous people whose organs were stolen as reported by TIME:
Bones Santa Nicholas
Current Middle Ages, body parts of saints attracted pilgrims from the Christian world because of his conviction to show miracles. Well, relics of ancient aka body parts of famous people that possessed only a few areas that could make cash cow, the other regions were jealous and paying gangs of thieves to steal the relic.
well-known case is the theft of body parts Santa Nicholas, who modeled a custom of Santa Claus. Santa Nicholas mentioned Framework emits a fragrant odor, and it is considered very valuable.
Years 1087, Bari, one of the Italian city hiring, another version says pirates to steal bones that Santa Nicholas of Myra, a city in Turkey. Well, stealing Santa's bones still celebrated in Bari with the annual celebration with parades and fireworks.
Current Middle Ages, body parts of saints attracted pilgrims from the Christian world because of his conviction to show miracles. Well, relics of ancient aka body parts of famous people that possessed only a few areas that could make cash cow, the other regions were jealous and paying gangs of thieves to steal the relic.
well-known case is the theft of body parts Santa Nicholas, who modeled a custom of Santa Claus. Santa Nicholas mentioned Framework emits a fragrant odor, and it is considered very valuable.
Years 1087, Bari, one of the Italian city hiring, another version says pirates to steal bones that Santa Nicholas of Myra, a city in Turkey. Well, stealing Santa's bones still celebrated in Bari with the annual celebration with parades and fireworks.
Bone Geronimo
Apache Indian tribe hero and enemy's most feared America and Mexico at the time, Geronimo, always escape from the pursuit of the enemy that invaded the land occupied by the tribe for 30 years before being arrested in 1886. Geronimo died of pneumonia in exile since 1909.
Having fallen too, like Geronimo is not allowed to rest peacefully. In 1909, six members of a secret group of Yale's Skull and Bones, including Prescott Bush, the grandfather of U.S. President-46 George W. Bush, the grave Geronimo located in the complex funeral POWs Indians Apache at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Nah, 2006 Researchers from New Haven, Marc Wortman discovered a letter from one member of Skull and Bones, Winter Mead to the other members Trubee Davison F, which reads thus:
"The Terrible Geronimo Framework valuable, have been excavated from his tomb at Fort Sill by your club .. now safe inside the tomb and bone together with his thigh bone, bridle and saddle horn. "
word 'tomb' is the second in that sentence is the headquarters suspected secret organization comprised of red brick located in New Haven. F Trubee Davison is a former CIA Personnel Director and President of the American Natural History.
descendants of Geronimo to send a letter to President George W. Bush, asking for help to the bones of Geronimo returned to his place.
fact, in 2009, a descendant of Geronimo assisted by a lawyer who is also a former official in the Attorney The U.S. Supreme Court and Ministry of Justice, Ramsey Clark sued the parties responsible, including U.S. President Barack Obama, to restore the bones Geronimo. But unfortunately, the lawsuit because the Fort Sill mental state emphatically aka hoax story lies.
"There is no evidence to indicate the bones of Geronimo scattered but in the grave," said the head of the funeral Jeff Houser, as reported by the New York Times.
Apache Indian tribe hero and enemy's most feared America and Mexico at the time, Geronimo, always escape from the pursuit of the enemy that invaded the land occupied by the tribe for 30 years before being arrested in 1886. Geronimo died of pneumonia in exile since 1909.
Having fallen too, like Geronimo is not allowed to rest peacefully. In 1909, six members of a secret group of Yale's Skull and Bones, including Prescott Bush, the grandfather of U.S. President-46 George W. Bush, the grave Geronimo located in the complex funeral POWs Indians Apache at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
Nah, 2006 Researchers from New Haven, Marc Wortman discovered a letter from one member of Skull and Bones, Winter Mead to the other members Trubee Davison F, which reads thus:
"The Terrible Geronimo Framework valuable, have been excavated from his tomb at Fort Sill by your club .. now safe inside the tomb and bone together with his thigh bone, bridle and saddle horn. "
word 'tomb' is the second in that sentence is the headquarters suspected secret organization comprised of red brick located in New Haven. F Trubee Davison is a former CIA Personnel Director and President of the American Natural History.
descendants of Geronimo to send a letter to President George W. Bush, asking for help to the bones of Geronimo returned to his place.
fact, in 2009, a descendant of Geronimo assisted by a lawyer who is also a former official in the Attorney The U.S. Supreme Court and Ministry of Justice, Ramsey Clark sued the parties responsible, including U.S. President Barack Obama, to restore the bones Geronimo. But unfortunately, the lawsuit because the Fort Sill mental state emphatically aka hoax story lies.
"There is no evidence to indicate the bones of Geronimo scattered but in the grave," said the head of the funeral Jeff Houser, as reported by the New York Times.
Heart Anne Boleyn
Henry VIII divorced his first wife, he married a woman more intelligent and modern, Anne Boleyn. Because never blessed with a boy, Henry was frustrated and thought her marriage to Boleyn. Boleyn only gives Henry a daughter and a miscarriage commute.
Mr. King then accused Boleyn affair with the ordinary people, including the brother Henry himself. Boleyn was soon arrested and beheaded at the Tower of London in 1536. Then the king asked Boleyn heart is taken.
Boleyn Henry then keep the heart in a heart-shaped box, which was placed in a niche in secret church in Suffolk. The heart was then rediscovered 300 years later, the alias in 1836 and reburied in the church.
Henry VIII divorced his first wife, he married a woman more intelligent and modern, Anne Boleyn. Because never blessed with a boy, Henry was frustrated and thought her marriage to Boleyn. Boleyn only gives Henry a daughter and a miscarriage commute.
Mr. King then accused Boleyn affair with the ordinary people, including the brother Henry himself. Boleyn was soon arrested and beheaded at the Tower of London in 1536. Then the king asked Boleyn heart is taken.
Boleyn Henry then keep the heart in a heart-shaped box, which was placed in a niche in secret church in Suffolk. The heart was then rediscovered 300 years later, the alias in 1836 and reburied in the church.
Brain Benito Mussolini
In 1966, 21 years after Benito Mussolini was executed, the United States (U.S.) gives the brain Mussolini to his widow, Rachele Mussolini. In a note Rachele, he wrote to his horror that he had found the U.S. had 'taken half a brain "and explained that the U.S. should find out' what makes someone a dictator '.
Families shocked when the U.S. took part of his brain, not just as an object of study but also trophies terrible. 43 Years later, the grandson of Mussolini, Mussolini's Alesandra sit in the European parliament, told police that someone selling glass bottles in which Mussolini's brain and blood left on e-Bay at a price of 15 euros. e-Bay and then immediately delete this sales list.
In 1966, 21 years after Benito Mussolini was executed, the United States (U.S.) gives the brain Mussolini to his widow, Rachele Mussolini. In a note Rachele, he wrote to his horror that he had found the U.S. had 'taken half a brain "and explained that the U.S. should find out' what makes someone a dictator '.
Families shocked when the U.S. took part of his brain, not just as an object of study but also trophies terrible. 43 Years later, the grandson of Mussolini, Mussolini's Alesandra sit in the European parliament, told police that someone selling glass bottles in which Mussolini's brain and blood left on e-Bay at a price of 15 euros. e-Bay and then immediately delete this sales list.
The body of Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine, accomplished debater in history, hero of the U.S. Revolution and the French as well as the first to write a 'United States of America', died in a drunken and poor in Manhattan.
Only six people attended his funeral were subsequently embodied in the poetry of Berrima :
Poor Tom Paine! There he lies / Unfortunately Tom Paine! There he lies Nobody laughs and nobody cries / No one laughs and no one to cry Where he has gone or how he fares / Where he went and how Nobody knows and nobody cares / Nobody knows and nobody cares.
fact after death, Paine can not 'rest'. 10 years later, a journalist and admirer of Paine, William Cobbet, digging his grave and took his body and then shipped to the UK. Cobbet hope he can build a tomb worthy of Paine.
Cobbet never have any money, so the body stays in the attic Paine Cobbet. Until Cobbet death, Paine's body disappeared. Some say it's a knob bones. In 1930, a woman claimed to have a jaw bone Brighton Paine. Unfortunately Tom Paine!
Thomas Paine, accomplished debater in history, hero of the U.S. Revolution and the French as well as the first to write a 'United States of America', died in a drunken and poor in Manhattan.
Only six people attended his funeral were subsequently embodied in the poetry of Berrima :
Poor Tom Paine! There he lies / Unfortunately Tom Paine! There he lies Nobody laughs and nobody cries / No one laughs and no one to cry Where he has gone or how he fares / Where he went and how Nobody knows and nobody cares / Nobody knows and nobody cares.
fact after death, Paine can not 'rest'. 10 years later, a journalist and admirer of Paine, William Cobbet, digging his grave and took his body and then shipped to the UK. Cobbet hope he can build a tomb worthy of Paine.
Cobbet never have any money, so the body stays in the attic Paine Cobbet. Until Cobbet death, Paine's body disappeared. Some say it's a knob bones. In 1930, a woman claimed to have a jaw bone Brighton Paine. Unfortunately Tom Paine!
Penis Napoleon Bonaparte
Doctors who performed autopsies on Napoleon in 1821 allegedly cut off his penis and gave it to the pastor on the island of Corsica. Penis, which should not deserve to preserved, a comparison has been made over the years with a piece of leather, eel and beef jerky.
in 1927, when the penis is on display in Manhattan, New York, TIME watch. In 1977, a New Jersey urologist bought it for U.S. $ 3 thousand and store it under the bed until he died 30 years later.
daughter inherits the urologist Napoleon's penis and offered approximately U.S. $ 100 thousand. Source
Doctors who performed autopsies on Napoleon in 1821 allegedly cut off his penis and gave it to the pastor on the island of Corsica. Penis, which should not deserve to preserved, a comparison has been made over the years with a piece of leather, eel and beef jerky.
in 1927, when the penis is on display in Manhattan, New York, TIME watch. In 1977, a New Jersey urologist bought it for U.S. $ 3 thousand and store it under the bed until he died 30 years later.
daughter inherits the urologist Napoleon's penis and offered approximately U.S. $ 100 thousand. Source
Foot soles Francis Xavier
In the 16th century, Santa Francis Xavier spent much time on foot, spread Christianity to Italy, France, Spain, Malaysia, Japan, Sri Lanka and India. Saint Francis Xavier died at sea on his way to China.
When a group of Christians to dig his grave a few months later, they were surprised that his body was still intact. In the body of the human body exhibit in Goa, India, a Portuguese national woman biting a big leg that Francis Xavier.
Unexpectedly, blood spurting from the leg. She was later arrested when residents followed a trail of blood that spilled down to his house.
In the 16th century, Santa Francis Xavier spent much time on foot, spread Christianity to Italy, France, Spain, Malaysia, Japan, Sri Lanka and India. Saint Francis Xavier died at sea on his way to China.
When a group of Christians to dig his grave a few months later, they were surprised that his body was still intact. In the body of the human body exhibit in Goa, India, a Portuguese national woman biting a big leg that Francis Xavier.
Unexpectedly, blood spurting from the leg. She was later arrested when residents followed a trail of blood that spilled down to his house.
