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archive: Grave Robbing

A ghostly Jean Baptiste, a 19th-century grave robber, stands on the desolate shore of the Great Salt Lake at night. He wears worn 1860s work clothes, his gaunt face illuminated by the moonlight, while mist rolls over the dark water behind him.

Jean Baptiste: Utah’s Exiled Grave Robber

November 12, 2012 April 24, 2026 Jennifer Jones7 comments

The Legend of Jean Baptiste Salt Lake City is home to one of the strangest true-ish legends that I’ve come

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