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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.
Mar 14, 2024 · 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 ...
- John Philip Jenkins
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.
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.
- Piers Ashworth, Nick Moorcroft
Sep 9, 2011 · A black comedy about two 19th-century grave robbers who find a lucrative business providing cadavers for an Edinburgh medical school. Directed by John Landis, starring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Tim Curry and others.
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- Comedy, Crime, History
- John Landis
- 2011-09-09
Learn how two Irish men became notorious for murdering and selling bodies to medical schools in 19th century Edinburgh. Discover the history of anatomy, dissection and body snatching in Europe.
Burke and McDougal were tried before a packed Edinburgh courtroom on Christmas Eve 1828. Burke was convicted of the murder of Docherty, while McDougal was released as the charge against her could not be proven. Burke was sentenced not just to death, but also to public dissection afterwards.
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