![]() However, human remains are usually sold with little to no backstory and can circulate in the trade for many decades, changing hands multiple times, so it's difficult to know exactly where they come from. A 2019 editorial published in the BMJ estimated that there are likely thousands of human skeletons from medical education sources in private possession in the U.K., with medical students encouraged to buy bones for their studies in the 20th century. Most of the human skulls and bones that Live Science documented in this investigation appeared to be medical or anatomical specimens that could be decades or centuries old. A Facebook spokesperson told Live Science in 2020 that once they become aware that a group has violated their policies they take action against them. sellers offering up looted skulls and other human remains in private Facebook groups. For example, Wired reported in 2019 that Instagram had a booming human skull trade, and a 2020 Live Science investigation found U.S. This isn't the first story to highlight the role of social media in the human remains trade. A Meta spokesperson told Live Science: "We’ve removed the violating content brought to our attention and will continue to remove content in line with our policies." That's pretty goth for a group of rich kids.The human remains trade appears to be thriving on Facebook and Instagram even though Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, prohibits the sale of body parts and bodily fluids on its platforms under its terms and policies. "On the west wall, hung among other pictures, an old engraving representing an open burial vault, in which, on a stone slab, rest four human skulls, grouped about a fools cap and bells, an open book, several mathematical instruments, a beggar's scrip, and a royal crown." ![]() A few years later another group broke in and found a gruesome scene: Rooms outfitted with black and red velvet, pentagrams on the walls, and photos of an alternate society in Germany. In 1876 a group calling itself "The Order of File and Claw" - named so because of what they used to break into The Tomb - wrote a pamphlet about what they found inside. No one knows exactly what's inside the The Tomb but there have been a few expeditions inside by curious outsiders. In the early 19th century, Skull and Bones rented out various on-campus halls where they would hold late night discussions. But in 1856, they finally constructed " The Tomb," a windowless, brownstone where Bonesmen would meet privately every Thursday and Sunday. And who can forget the rumor that initiates are given a gift of $15,000 and a guaranteed lifetime of financial security just for being tapped to join the Skull & Bones society? These wildly different stories about the rituals function as a way to make sure everything seems ridiculous while allowing everything to seem possible.Ī semi-occult, secretive brotherhood like Skull and Bones needs a semi-occult, secretive lair where they can hold their initiation ceremonies and all night salons. There are also stories of having to jump in a pile of mud, or maybe wrestle another initiate in a pile of mud. ![]() In some versions initiates lie in a coffin while they're carried through a crypt while Bonesmen chant " reborn, reborn." And in other versions initiates are made to lie naked in a coffin and describe their personal sexual history in a room full of their bros. There are multiple stories having to do with an initiation that takes place inside of a coffin. The initiation rituals of the Skull and Bones are some of the most interesting parts of their society, not because of how weird they are (and they're very weird), but because no one's actually sure which ritual is true and which is an exaggeration. ![]()
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