bodysnatchers
Stealers of cadavers
Bodysnatchers are people who steal corpses, historically from graves to sell to medical schools for dissection.
The practice was common in the 18th and 19th centuries when legal cadavers were scarce.
The term extends to science fiction, where bodysnatchers are aliens who take over human bodies: Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Informally, a bodysnatcher is anyone who recruits people away from their current positions.
Those who exhume corpses illegally
- cadaversBodies after death
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
- exhumationRecovering buried remains
corpses · graves · cemetery · night · shovel · sack · Edinburgh · surgeons
Unlawful seizure of person
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- captorsThose holding prisoners
criminals · trafficking · smuggling · theft · children · missing · recovery · pursuit
Forcible entry into territory
- podsEnclosed natural containers
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- duplicatesIdentical reproductions
- doppelgangersGhostly identical strangers
imposters · extraterrestrial · aliens · parasites · hosts · assimilation · infiltration · replacement
resurrectionists
Those who exhume corpses illegally
- cadaversBodies after death
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
exhumation · corpses · graves · cemetery · night · shovel · sack · Edinburgh · surgeons · ghouls
abduction
Unlawful seizure of person
- ransomPayment for captive's release
- victimsThose who suffer harm
- disappearanceAct of going missing
captors · criminals · trafficking · smuggling · theft · children · missing · recovery · pursuit · authorities
invasion
Forcible entry into territory
- podsEnclosed natural containers
- replicantsArtificial beings duplicating humans
- duplicatesIdentical reproductions
doppelgangers · imposters · extraterrestrial · aliens · parasites · hosts · assimilation · infiltration · replacement · clones
terror
Extreme, overwhelming fear
chilling · nightmare · gothic · uncanny · creepy · paranoia · B-movie · remake · Sutherland · Kidman
- cemeteriescemetery, graves, grave, burial, headstones
- Victorian supernaturalghosts, seance, spiritualism, mediums, haunted house
bodysnatchersundertakers
Funeral service professionals
morticians · funeral directors · embalmers · gravekeepers · coroners
bodysnatchersprotectors
Those who guard others
guardians · liberators · survivors · freedom fighters · individualists