St Fittick’s Church, Nigg, Aberdeen | The Story of Mrs. Spark
Body snatching in and around Aberdeen was rife at the beginning of the 19th century and anatomy students targeting…
Body snatching in and around Aberdeen was rife at the beginning of the 19th century and anatomy students targeting…
If you’re interested in the macabre story of the now infamous murderers Burke and Hare, you’ll know that William Burke…
Being a body snatcher came with a few fundamental rules. It wasn’t just about digging up a cadaver and…
Long before Burke and Hare had perfected the subtle art of Burking, two women from Edinburgh were doing just…
How and when did a body snatcher know that a cadaver for available for the taking? Covering the more usual methods of procurement, this post sheds some light on how body snatchers found their latest ‘subjects’.