Baby Brian: An Infant Found Incorrupt 37 Years After Burial – Fr. David Axtmann – 08/06/2026
The Catholic Morning Show
Fr. David Axtmann joins Bo Bonner on The Catholic Morning Show to tell the story of Brian Thomas Gallagher, an infant who lived less than an hour in 1982 and whose body was found seemingly incorrupt when it was disinterred 37 years later in Highmore, South Dakota. Fr. Axtmann walks through the timeline — the accidental discovery during reinterment, the funeral director's testimony, the mother holding her son again after nearly four decades, and the five years the family kept the story private. He also explains how the story finally went public, why it has brought comfort to parents grieving miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss, and what it means that the Diocese of Rapid City has opened an active investigation into its miraculous nature.