CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WKRC) - A university library has removed human flesh that was used to bind one of their older books after discovering its macabre history. In 2014, Harvard University's Houghton ...

For 90 years, a book about the soul after death was bound in human skin. Now, Harvard has removed the binding and apologized for its handling of the book.

Harvard removes human skin used as binding for 1880s book, apologizes The copy of Arsène Houssaye’s "Des destinées de l’âme" was found in the Houghton Library and has been part of the ...

Books bound in human skin — and the sometimes sensational stories surrounding them — have long occupied an odd place in the annals of the rare book world. Over the years, they have been ...

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it would be removing a book from its library that was bound with human flesh. >> Read more trending news. Harvard University said in a statement that it ...

A portrait of author Arsène Houssaye circa 1878. (Public domain) The French book, written by Arsène Houssaye and published in 1879, is a study on the soul and life after death, Harvard Library ...

The book has been in Harvard's library since 1934. The book is said to be bound with the skin of a deceased psychiatric patient. Harvard 's library said the human skin binding on one of its books ...

Harvard University announced Wednesday that it would be removing a book that was bound with human flesh. “Harvard Library acknowledges past failures in its stewardship of the book that further ...