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Obituary Bandits & Grave Robbers

30 Morbid Minutes

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What Is Necro Cannibalism?

In ancient rome, spectators would drink the blood of fallen gladiators to cure any ailments they had. King charles two was a big believer in eating people and making tinctures from human skulls that he also thought could cure various ailments, including headaches. In sixteenth and seventeenth century, european high society developed a fascination with mummies. And it became practice to eat mummies or more specifically, grind up mummies into a powder and mix that powder with different tin tinctures to cure various ailments.

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