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Chris Baker: The Ghoul of Richmond

courtesy of Special Collections and Archives Tompkins-McCaw Library, VCU

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Author The Dead BellPosted on August 9, 2014April 13, 2018Categories 19th Century, Funeral History, Medical History, VirginiaTags ghouls

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