A grave disservice to bodies

Mystery at cemetery

They’re lucky dead men tell no tales.

Tomb raiders ransacked a mausoleum at Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx and removed six caskets from a wall — including one that was later found with no remains inside, according to cops.

“It’s a weird one,” said one police official, who was baffled by the nature of the crime.

Workers at the cemetery discovered the ghoulish scene Tuesday and notified police at around 1:30 p.m., cops said.

The caskets had all been lying on the floor and were tampered with, though only one was actually opened.

When officers found it, there were no remains inside — though it’s unclear if it was empty before the break-in.

“Its not a Confederate soldier. It’s not anti-Semitic. There’s no graffiti. Right now we’re thinking it’s criminal mischief,” a police source told The Post.

It didn’t appear that any valuables had been taken from the unopened caskets.

The source said the opened coffin was put into the mausoleum in the 1970s, while the oldest dates back to before the 1940s.

Cops planned to have the Medical Examiner’s Office go to the mausoleum Wednesday to determine whether any of the other bodies or remains were destroyed.

At 400 acres, Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the largest burial sites in New York City and is the final resting place of many historic and prominent figures — including Miles Davis, Joseph Pulitzer, and Fiorello La Guardia.

The name “George” was chiseled over the doorway of the targeted mausoleum. The tomb is modestly tucked into some trees near Woodlawn’s Syringa plot.

“They’re very upset,” a cop said of the George family. “For them, it’s very traumatic.”

Locals said they were creeped out by the macabre break-in.

“It’s wrong somebody would do this,” said José Mangual, 49, who has lived near the cemetery for 30 years.

“I feel sorry for the family — all the families who come to bring flowers, to pay their respects. It’s wrong and its disrespectful,” he added.

“I hope they catch whoever did this.”