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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.
It was the basis of the horror films The Body Snatcher (1945) and The Flesh and the Fiends (1959; called Mania in the United States). William Burke and William Hare were a pair of infamous murderers for profit who killed their victims and sold the corpses to an anatomist for purposes of scientific dissection.
- John Philip Jenkins
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.
The murders committed by Burke and Hare in Edinburgh inspired others to murder for profit. The most notable case was committed by a gang of men who became known as the London Burkers.
The murders committed by Burke and Hare in Edinburgh inspired others to murder for profit. The most notable case was committed by a gang of men who became known as the London Burkers.
Burke’s skeleton is still on display at Surgeon’s Hall in Edinburgh next to his death mask and the life mask of Hare’s face. Despite his obvious involvement in the murders, his accomplice Hare was released in February 1829 and escaped across the border into England.
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Oct 20, 2023 · Take a grisly tour of Edinburgh in the footsteps of its two famous body snatchers. Once home to notorious serial killers William Burke and William Hare, the Scottish city reveals how they...
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