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WORKMEN have dug up the remains of ten bodies hidden beneath the former London home of Benjamin Franklin, the founding father of American independence.



The remains of four adults and six children were discovered during the £1.9 million restoration of Franklin’s home at 36 Craven Street, close to Trafalgar Square. Researchers believe that there could be more bodies buried beneath the basement kitchens.



Initial estimates are that the bones are about 200 years old and were buried at the time Franklin was living in the house, which was his home from 1757 to 1762, and from 1764 to 1775. Most of the bones show signs of having been dissected, sawn or cut. One skull has been drilled with several holes. Paul Knapman, the Westminster Coroner, said yesterday: “I cannot totally discount the possibility of a crime. There is still a possibility that I may have to hold an inquest.”



The principal suspect in the mystery is William Hewson, like Franklin a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the husband of Polly Stevenson, the daughter of Franklin’s landlady, Mary Stevenson.



In the early 1770s Dr Hewson was in partnership with William Hunter, who, with his brother John, was one of the founders of British surgery. Dr Hunter and Dr Hewson ran a school of anatomy in Soho, but after an argument Dr Hewson left to live in Franklin’s house, where he is believed to have established a rival school and lecture theatre. Dr Knapman added yesterday: “It is most likely that these are anatomical specimens that Dr Hewson disposed of in his own house, but we are still not certain about the bones’ exact age or origin.”



Evangeline Hunter-Jones, deputy chairman of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House, the charity concerned with restoring the property and opening it to the public, said: “The bones were quite deeply buried, probably to hide them because grave robbing was illegal. There could be more buried, and there probably are.” ….read more here..

Have a heapin helpin of hospitality! WORKMEN have dug up the remains of ten bodies hidden beneath the former London home of Benjamin Franklin, the founding father of American independence.The remains of four adults and six children were discovered during the £1.9 million restoration of Franklin’s home at 36 Craven Street, close to Trafalgar Square. Researchers believe that there could be more bodies buried beneath the basement kitchens.Initial estimates are that the bones are about 200 years old and were buried at the time Franklin was living in the house, which was his home from 1757 to 1762, and from 1764 to 1775. Most of the bones show signs of having been dissected, sawn or cut. One skull has been drilled with several holes. Paul Knapman, the Westminster Coroner, said yesterday: “I cannot totally discount the possibility of a crime. There is still a possibility that I may have to hold an inquest.”The principal suspect in the mystery is William Hewson, like Franklin a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the husband of Polly Stevenson, the daughter of Franklin’s landlady, Mary Stevenson.In the early 1770s Dr Hewson was in partnership with William Hunter, who, with his brother John, was one of the founders of British surgery. Dr Hunter and Dr Hewson ran a school of anatomy in Soho, but after an argument Dr Hewson left to live in Franklin’s house, where he is believed to have established a rival school and lecture theatre. Dr Knapman added yesterday: “It is most likely that these are anatomical specimens that Dr Hewson disposed of in his own house, but we are still not certain about the bones’ exact age or origin.”Evangeline Hunter-Jones, deputy chairman of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House, the charity concerned with restoring the property and opening it to the public, said: “The bones were quite deeply buried, probably to hide them because grave robbing was illegal. There could be more buried, and there probably are.” ….read more here..

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01/13/2010 09:53 PM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE Sounds like an episode of "Bones" -- they need to get the real-life forensic anthropologist on this. Could Ben Franklin have been a serial killer?????

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01/13/2010 09:57 PM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE Franklin was known to have been interested in anatomy, along with other pursuits. In those days, people would steal bodies from graveyards and sell them to doctors and others with medical interests. So, possibly he bought cadavers to study and then buried them, rather than dump them in a alley. He would not have been alone but one among many to do this. Imagine all the secretly buried bodies from now until back forever to yet be found in the UK. Just, please, gain some perspective. Although I can already see the way this thread will go. Franklin was known to have been interested in anatomy, along with other pursuits. In those days, people would steal bodies from graveyards and sell them to doctors and others with medical interests. So, possibly he bought cadavers to study and then buried them, rather than dump them in a alley. He would not have been alone but one among many to do this. Imagine all the secretly buried bodies from now until back forever to yet be found in the UK. Just, please, gain some perspective. Although I can already see the way this thread will go.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE dissecting a putrid body, contracted septicemia and died in 1774, aged 34."





yuck... you had to have REALLY wanted to be a Dr back then to stomach that...

Hope is the thing with feathers

That perches in the soul,

And sings the tune--without the words,

And never stops at all....

Emily Dickinson "Dr Hewson fell victim to his own researches at an early age. He accidentally cut himself while, contracted septicemia and died in 1774, aged 34."yuck... you had to have REALLY wanted to be a Dr back then to stomach that...

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE The principal suspect in the mystery is William Hewson, like Franklin a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the husband of Polly Stevenson, the daughter of Franklin’s landlady, Mary Stevenson.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE I wasn't gonna say he might have been a Satanic Illuminatus!

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I was :P I was :P

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE Saw a show on this recently. It was illegal then to experiment on dead bodies. Autopsies. So people would bring the bodies to the house undercover so they could learn things to help others. Then the bodies were buried secretly. No mystery. No satanic stuff going on. Just a doctor and franklin learning about the human body to further medical research. the same things are done today but no one gets put in jail anymore or hung as a witch.

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01/13/2010 10:06 PM

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE And I thought getting into med school was hard, today!



At least I didn't have to work on putrid cadavers or risk a prison sentence obtaining a cadaver to learn on. Hell, at NYU where I went to med school, we had an abundance of cadavers and could literally check them out from the storage morgue so each group of three or four students had one available. It was a hell of a way to learn anatomy, however.



Now if the tuition hadn't been so damned high! And I thought getting into med school was hard, today!At least I didn't have to work on putrid cadavers or risk a prison sentence obtaining a cadaver to learn on. Hell, at NYU where I went to med school, we had an abundance of cadavers and could literally check them out from the storage morgue so each group of three or four students had one available. It was a hell of a way to learn anatomy, however.Now if the tuition hadn't been so damned high!

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE I question whether some of you can read at all.

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Yeah they can, but its only title deep. Yeah they can, but its only title deep.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE Let's dig up old Ben, scan him with a full body scanner, take a census, give him a swine flu shot, collect back taxes, charge him with a crime, and throw that fucker in the hole.

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When blacks have identity it is called pride.

When indians have identity it is called culture.

When Jewish people have identity it is called history.

When WHITES have identity it is called Racism.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE Did Ben Know?

OMGDid Ben Know? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 787775





wow what if it came out it was old BF himself. can you imagine the foreign press with this one"





"America's founding father, the serial killer."



"America's Father, taught its country well"



"America, Killing people since 1757" wow what if it came out it was old BF himself. can you imagine the foreign press with this one""America's founding father, the serial killer.""America's Father, taught its country well""America, Killing people since 1757"

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE No big shocker here. I bet they find the same thing 200 years from now under the current elite's homes.



Bunch of fucking satanists.

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Report Copyright Violation Re: 10 DEAD BODIES FOUND UNDER BEN FRANKLINS HOME DATE TO TIME HE LIVED THERE I question whether some of you can read at all.



Yeah they can, but its only title deep.

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*Shakes head* I, too, despair of reading comprehension. Perhaps if I edit the OP then perhaps it may be easier to understand?







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The principal suspect in the mystery is William Hewson, like Franklin a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the husband of Polly Stevenson, the daughter of Franklin’s landlady, Mary Stevenson.



In the early 1770s Dr Hewson was in partnership with William Hunter, who, with his brother John, was one of the founders of British surgery.



Dr Hunter and Dr Hewson ran a school of anatomy in Soho, but after an argument Dr Hewson left to live in Franklin’s house, where he is believed to have established a rival school and lecture theatre.



Dr Knapman added yesterday: “It is most likely that these are anatomical specimens that Dr Hewson disposed of in his own house, but we are still not certain about the bones’ exact age or origin.”



Evangeline Hunter-Jones, deputy chairman of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House, the charity concerned with restoring the property and opening it to the public, said:



“The bones were quite deeply buried, probably to hide them because grave robbing was illegal. There could be more buried, and there probably are.” ….read more here..

like Franklin a Fellow of the Royal Society, and the husband of Polly Stevenson, the daughter of Franklin’s landlady, Mary Stevenson.In the early 1770s Dr Hewson was in partnership with William Hunter, who, with his brother John, was one of the founders of British surgery.Dr Hunter and Dr HewsonDr Knapman added yesterday: “, but we are still not certain about the bones’ exact age or origin.”Evangeline Hunter-Jones, deputy chairman of the Friends of Benjamin Franklin House, the charity concerned with restoring the property and opening it to the public, said:“The bones were quite deeply buried, probably to hide them. There could be more buried, and there probably are.” ….read more here.. Quoting: CaptainZero





Maybe that will help. *Shakes head*I, too, despair of reading comprehension. Perhaps if I edit the OP then perhaps it may be easier to understand?Maybe that will help.