Digging Them Up

This documentary is the story of Ward Sutton, a certified mortician and undertaker. Sutton has the ability and proper credentials to locate mostly unmarked graves, dig up the bodies, and relocate them to proper resting places. Sutton is joined by Cheryl Johnson, a Professor of Forensic Anthropology at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, NC, who adds another fascinating dimension to this story with her “body farm” of the dead who assist her in teaching students.  Come along as we learn more about this most unusual occupation find out what they dig up!

Director | Martha Weeks Daniels

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