AUDIO: Chaplin body theft recalled

In March 1978, in the small village of Corsier, on the edge of Lake Geneva thieves dug up and stole the body of Charlie Chaplin and demanded a million Swiss Francs from the Chaplin family for its safe return. The BBC’s Mike Lanchin hears from one of the men involved in tracking down the grave-robbers.

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