Humans are a sentimental lot. We keep souvenirs of our vacations and mementos of big moments in our lives. There is a whole industry that’s built up around scrapbooking.
Some souvenirs are a little more gruesome than others, like the titanium plate used in a man’s skull that he kept after re-growing the missing chunk of his cranium.
Unlike the skeleton sold at a yard sale, some souvenirs are acquired in less legal ways.
For a multitude of reasons, human relics of famous people have been coveted and stolen. Geronimo, Napoleon Bonaparte, Mussolini, Anne Boleyn, Saint Nicholas and Thomas Paine have all had parts of their remains stolen for monetary, mystical and military trophy reasons.
Time magazine has the complete list of the top 10 famous stolen body parts.