Harvard discovers three of its library books are bound in human flesh

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[Perdogg]

There's something undeniably creepy about big, expansive libraries. The hushed whispers, the almost artificial quiet, and the smell of dusty tomes combine to create a surreal experience. But when it comes to creepy libraries, Harvard University might take the cake... you see, three of its books are bound in human skin.

[logic101.net]

What is much more creepy about Harvard is what they teach there!

[MrB]

hehe... first thought as well...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xAGIqVzu6k

[Jewbacca]

Mohel, not Rabbi.

He also had a special wallet. You could rub it and it would turn into a suitcase.

[Organic Panic]

If it were discovered in a private collection the owner would be thrown in jail and all his property confiscated.

[kitchen]

“The Joy of Cooking”
“Larousse Gastronomique”
“Mastering the Art of French Cooking”

Yikes! I just checked and all my copies are cloth bound. Same with the Pellaprat and Escoffier volumes. They must be the student editions.

[dangus]

If you can spell “anthropodermic” with your seven scrabble letters, you’re cheating ;^).

[Oatka]

There was a French general who requested that when he died, his skin would be used to create a regimental drum so he would always lead his men into battle.

It’s a wonder Patton didn’t do something like that. (Hmm, maybe he did, but his heirs tore up the request.)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Perdogg. As long as they aren't cookbooks, or anatomy texts, I guess I'm okay.

[BenLurkin]

[COBOL2Java]

Maybe it came from Edgar.

[null and void]

Rules for Radicals, The Communist Manifesto, and Mao’s Little Red Book.

The last one is going to upset the Native American community...

[null and void]

I knew a kid who was born without eyelids.

The Mohel provided the tissue for a transplant.

The kid’s OK now.

Except he’s a little cockeyed...

[metesky]

“Paulie, get the bolt cutters! We’re goin’ to Plan B.”

[Tzimisce]

...the Necronomicon?

[SunkenCiv]

One of the books is half of a two-volume work on basketball, the other volume is bound in shirts.

[DesScorp]

This has been debunked by testing on the tissues. It's sheep, not human.

That Harvard Book Bound In Human Flesh Isn’t Actually Bound In Human Flesh

[wildbill]

Just a guess, but I think they may be bound in human skin instead of flesh.

After all, flesh would be thicker, even if mummified, and wouldn’t fit on a shelf too well, eh?

[SunkenCiv]

I don’t even want to know how you know that. ;’)

Of course, we can run wild with imagination on the authors’ names.

“Ed P. Dermis”