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  1. 5 days ago · Fortunately, the local medical school is in need of some cadavers for scientific experimentation, and after a few false starts — never try rolling a body in a barrel down a steep cobblestone walkway — Burke and Hares fortunes are looking up.

  2. Jun 19, 2024 · Burke and Hare (2010) “Burke and Hare” is a dark comedy based on the true story of two 19th-century grave robbers who inadvertently spark a profitable business by providing...

  3. Jun 14, 2024 · Irishmen William Burke and William Hare murdered at least 16 victims in Scotland in 1828. Each corpse was sold to Dr. Robert Knox at Edinburgh University for dissection. Burke was hanged in front of 25,000 people in January 1829, but Hare was freed, no charges, no trial.

  4. Jun 29, 2024 · Burke and Hare would become arguably the most infamous killing couple in the whole of Great Britain. According to Burke’s own official confession, they killed 17 unfortunates and had an understanding with the lead dissector, famous in his field, Dr Knox.

  5. Jun 10, 2024 · William Hare, like William Burke, was an Irish navvy (a manual labourer) who had come across to Scotland to work on the Union Canal in the 1820s. Born near Newry, Ireland he was described as being uncouth, illiterate and quarrelsome, altogether a thoroughly unpleasant person by all accounts.

  6. Jun 21, 2024 · Daniel Downie at Monkey Barrel Comedy Club Edinburgh Summer 2020

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  7. Jun 19, 2024 · Decoding the Prisoners' Leather Notebook - Burke and Hare Burke and Hare were notorious murderers in England. They killed 16 people over nearly two years and committed numerous...

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