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‘Making a Killing’: How Much Money Did Burke & Hare Make?

5 December 202012 December 2020 By Suzie

Just how much money did Burke and Hare make on their ten month killing spree in Edinburgh? In this post, I’ve collected the figures together and taken a look.

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William Hare as he appeared in court via The National Galleries
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What Ever Happened To William Hare

28 November 202013 December 2020 By Suzie

Just what happened to William Hare after he was released from Calton Gaol in 1829? Let’s take a look at just a few of the theories out there.

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Hand colored engraving of Helen McDougal and William Burke via New York Acadamy of Medicine
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Burke & Hare’s Final Victim | The Fall of Mary Docherty

31 October 20206 December 2020 By Suzie

Burke & Hare’s Final Victim | The Fall of Mary Docherty After discovering the rich rewards of selling cadavers to anatomists when one of Hare’s lodgers, an old soldier named

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Interior of a dissecting room with cadavers laid out on tables. Drawing by Paul Ronard late 19th early 20thc via Wellcome Images
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Body Snatching Students of Scotland’s Medical Schools

3 October 202014 October 2020 By Suzie

Body Snatching Students of Scotland’s Medical Schools Before the demand from anatomy schools for fresh cadavers grew to such an extent that body snatching became a lucrative fulltime career in

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Finding William Burke: The Relics of A Murderer

20 September 20206 December 2020 By Suzie

Finding William Burke: The Relics of A Murderer If you’re interested in the macabre story of the now infamous murderers Burke and Hare, you’ll know that William Burke is spread

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Execution of the William Burke
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Who Were Edinburgh’s First Body snatchers?

13 September 20205 November 2020 By Suzie

Who Were Edinburgh’s First Body Snatchers? Long before Burke and Hare had perfected the subtle art of ‘Burking’, two women from Edinburgh were doing just that. Stifling a corpse and

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Resurrection Men 1792. Courtesy of the British Museum
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Body Snatching In Edinburgh: The Notorious ‘Merry Andrew’

11 July 202011 December 2020 By Suzie

Someone had to supply cadavers to the anatomy schools of Edinburgh beofre Burke and Hare came on the scene. It’s time to meet Edinburgh’s real body snatchers

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Top Ten Body Snatching sites to see at Greyfriars Kirkyard Edinburgh
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‘Top 10’ things to see at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh

23 May 20206 November 2020 By Suzie

Take a trip through Edinburgh’s iconic graveyard, Greyfriars, and discover my Top 10 body snatching sites to see whilst there.

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