Frights

Even after death, the famous are not always at peace. Their bodies become the objects of intrigue, blackmail and daring thefts that span centuries and continents. From Michelangelo’s clandestine transport to Florence, through the ransom‑driven kidnapping of Charlie Chaplin’s coffin, to Lenin’s wartime rail odyssey and the Romanovs’ mysterious journey from revolution to canonisation, these macabre tales reveal a hidden world where the dead continue to travel, be stolen, and sometimes even resurrect as new myths....