Incidents of necrophilia

Necrophilia is a pathological fascination with dead bodies, which often takes the form of a desire to engage with them in sexual activities, such as intercourse.

[3][4] Roman-Jewish historian Flavius Josephus (37 – c. 100 AD), whose works are the main source for Herod's life and character, says nothing about any necrophilia on his part.

[5] Remains of pottery from the Moche civilization represent dead skeletal figures engaged in sexual intercourse with living humans.

[8][9][10] According to criminologist Herschel Prins, it was said that until the 19th century, if a betrothed girl in Central Europe died before her marriage day, the spouse could still carry out the ceremony by copulating with the body.

[15][16] The Dirlewanger Brigade sexually violated corpses of Polish women and girls they killed during the Warsaw Uprising and Wola Massacre.