Another neglected American horror legend from Balladeer’s Blog to help celebrate Halloween Month.
THE CORPSE-SMITH OF CONNECTICUT
Connecticut is known for its lost cemeteries and graveyards. The Stamford area was supposedly the central territory for the macabre figure called the Corpse-Smith of Connecticut. Also known as the Cadaver Master and the Carrion Engineer this ghoulish character was once a mortal man.
Around the late 1770s the Corpse-Smith was a new arrival from Europe but his exact nationality is no longer known. The man was a brilliant scientist and had made extensive studies of the funerary arts of many High Civilizations from the past including Egypt and Sumer.
The Corpse-Smith combined those arts with his own scientific brilliance and had made incredible advances in the preservation and study of corpses. Like so many geniuses this man was far ahead of his time. Continue reading
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