‘Making a Killing’: How Much Money Did Burke & Hare Make?
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.
What Ever Happened To William Hare
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.
Burke & Hare’s Final Victim | The Fall of Mary Docherty
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
Body Snatching Students of Scotland’s Medical Schools
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
Finding William Burke: The Relics of A Murderer
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
Who Were Edinburgh’s First Body snatchers?
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
Body Snatching In Edinburgh: The Notorious ‘Merry Andrew’
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
‘Top 10’ things to see at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Take a trip through Edinburgh’s iconic graveyard, Greyfriars, and discover my Top 10 body snatching sites to see whilst there.
