What was found in Ben Franklin's basement?

What was found in Ben Franklin's basement? In Ben Franklin's basement, specifically at his former London home at 36 Craven Street where he lived from 1757 to 1775, workers in 1998 found remains of about 10 human bodies, including 6 children, buried in basement pit, leading to sensational headlines. Investigation revealed that Franklin's friend and tenant William Hewson, an anatomist and early anatomist who ran anatomy school, conducted dissections of human bodies for medical education, which was illegal at time unless bodies were of executed criminals, so remains were secretly buried in basement. Franklin was aware of anatomy studies and interested in science, but not directly involved in dissections, as he was scientist who supported medical research. The bodies were not victims of murder but cadavers used for anatomical study, common practice for medical schools in 18th century that obtained bodies illegally from grave robbers. So what was found in Ben Franklin's basement was human skeletons from 18th century anatomy school run by William Hewson, not evidence of crimes by Franklin, but remains of medical dissection school.