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The Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures.
Sep 9, 2011 · A black comedy film directed by John Landis, based on the true story of two 19th-century Irish immigrants who sold dead bodies to a medical school in Edinburgh. Starring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tom Wilkinson and Tim Curry, the film explores the friendship, love and morality of the notorious murderers.
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- Comedy, Crime, History
- John Landis
- 2011-09-09
Burke & Hare is a 2010 British black comedy film, loosely based on the Burke and Hare murders of 1828. Directed by John Landis from an original screenplay by Nick Moorcroft and Piers Ashworth, the film stars Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis as William Burke and William Hare respectively.
The story of Burke and Hare, infamous grave-robbers and murderers in 19th century Edinburgh. Burke and Hare, Edinburgh’s most ghoulish residents! In contrast to the increase in numbers of executions in the wake of the Bloody Code, the Judgement of Death Act 1823 saw the number of crimes punishable by death in Britain drop dramatically.
William Burke and William Hare (respectively, born 1792, Orrery, Ireland—died January 28, 1829, Edinburgh, Scotland; flourished 1820s, Londonderry, Ireland) were a pair of infamous murderers for profit who killed their victims and sold the corpses to an anatomist for purposes of scientific dissection. Hare immigrated to Scotland from Ireland ...
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The Burke and Hare murders - plus those of a gang called the ‘London Burkers’ - galvanised Parliament into finally doing something about the lack of bodies available to the medical profession for dissection.
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Feb 12, 2024 · Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis star as two grave robbers who sell corpses to a medical school in 19th-century Edinburgh. The film by John Landis is a pitch-black comedy that adapts a true story of crime, ethics, and science.
