An American spent years robbing graves to furnish his house with bones and corpses (3 photos + 1 video)

Pennsylvania police have solved a case that takes the concept of "skeletons in the closet" to a terrifying level. 34-year-old Jonathan Christ Gerlach converted his home into a creepy private gallery and warehouse, displaying human remains looted from Dauphin County cemeteries.





The discovery was accidental. Patrol officers stopped Gerlach's car for an inspection and discovered the trunk filled with skulls and bones. But the real shock awaited law enforcement during a search of his Harrisburg home.

Hundreds of body fragments were stored in the rooms. Some bones were neatly arranged on shelves like souvenirs, others were assembled into bizarre structures, and some decomposing remains were even hanging from hooks. Furthermore, a mountain of jewelry, which he had removed from the dead bodies right in their coffins, was confiscated from the "collector."



Satisfied customers left positive reviews for the man on social media.

He obtained his trophies from old and poorly guarded rural cemeteries, digging up coffins under cover of night. The resulting "materials" were resold through closed social media groups to other connoisseurs of the macabre.

The investigation revealed that Gerlach wasn't just a lone madman. The most terrifying aspect of this story is the motive. It turns out that Gerlach was part of an entire network of "collectors." He was a key link in a large-scale underground operation spanning several states. So this isn't just the madness of a lone wolf; a massive body parts trafficking ring is currently being uncovered in the United States through closed social media groups.