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Talk: The Spunkers

“In revolutionary era Boston, The Spunker’s Club was a secret group of men who committed one of society’s most despised crimes.  They were not greedy common criminals but prominent Bostonians who, in order to further scientific understanding, engaged in the gruesome act of grave-robbing.


You are invited to explore this macabre and provocative chapter in history with Boston City Tour Guide: Jim Denton. And learn how it evolved into sophisticated illegal activity that continues to scandalize the medical field even now.”


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