Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York were all renowned for body snatching activity as criminals raided graveyards at night, removing newly buried corpses from their coffins.
fɪlɐdˈɛlfiə, bˈɔltɪmˌoːɹ ænd nˈuː jˈɔːɹk wɜːɹ ˈɔːl ɹᵻnˈaʊnd fɔːɹ bˈɑːdi snˈætʃɪŋ æktˈɪvᵻɾi æz kɹˈɪmɪnəlz ɹˈeɪdᵻd ɡɹˈeɪvjɑːɹdz æt nˈaɪt, ɹᵻmˈuːvɪŋ nˈuːli bˈɛɹid kˈɔːɹpsᵻz fɹʌm ðɛɹ kˈɔfɪnz.