Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting Rest In Peace: The Church Built Over a Pit of Corpses
In the 1800s, London was running out of room for the dead. At Enon Chapel, bodies were crammed beneath the church floor while worshippers gathered above the stench of decay. As overcrowded graveyards became a public health nightmare, George “Graveyard” Walker exposed the horrors hiding beneath the city’s chapels and burial grounds.
August 21st, 2026, 11:00 pm
True Weird Stuff
Revisiting Rest In Peace: The Church Built Over a Pit of Corpses
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Published August 21st, 2026, 11:00 pm
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Today's True Weird Stuff - Revisiting Rest In Peace: The Church Built Over a Pit of Corpses
In the 1800s, London was running out of room for the dead. At Enon Chapel, bodies were crammed beneath the church floor while worshippers gathered above the stench of decay. As overcrowded graveyards became a public health nightmare, George “Graveyard” Walker exposed the horrors hiding beneath the city’s chapels and burial grounds.
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