Cemetery Guns and Grave Torpedoes
To prevent scavenging by man or beast explosive booby traps were used and could be triggered with tripwire or by wrenching open the coffin. The practice was banned in the 1820s in Britain, afterwards the less lethal mortsafes were turned to to keep the freshly departed safe in their tombs.
http://www.guns.com/2012/08/06/cemetery-guns-grave-torpedoes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
To prevent scavenging by man or beast explosive booby traps were used and could be triggered with tripwire or by wrenching open the coffin. The practice was banned in the 1820s in Britain, afterwards the less lethal mortsafes were turned to to keep the freshly departed safe in their tombs.
http://www.guns.com/2012/08/06/cemetery-guns-grave-torpedoes/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortsafe
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