Scene of the Crime
Criminal prosecutor Jean-Daniel Tenthorey was the first person on the scene at the graveyard. “It looked like only a hole,” he explained. “A big hole, with earth on each side, and the cross of wood was put on one side.” Shortly after, they received a phone call from a person claiming he was behind the body-snatching crime.
Grave of Charlie Chaplin. Photo By Denis Cameron/Shutterstock
The man on the other end of the line had a thick European accent and said he had a picture to prove that he did, indeed, have the late actor’s coffin. As you can imagine, he demanded one million Swiss francs (£1.5 million today) to get it back.