Body Snatching | St Cuthbert’s Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Mention the watchtower and most people have probably finished with the graveyard’s darker links to the past, but there’s so much more than that if you care to step inside.
Mention the watchtower and most people have probably finished with the graveyard’s darker links to the past, but there’s so much more than that if you care to step inside.
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.
No one knows what happened to William Hare following his release from custody in 1829. Put onto a mail coach to Dumfries, Hare disappeared after being recognised.
On 1 August 1832, Britain passed the Anatomy Act in an attempt to address the shortage of bodies available…
Body snatching prevention doesn’t come more sturdy than a mortsafe. Iron cages placed over graves to protect your loved ones from the resurrection men.
Before the demand from anatomy schools for fresh cadavers grew to such an extent that body snatching became a…
Body snatching in and around Aberdeen was rife at the beginning of the 19th century and anatomy students targeting…
Long before Burke and Hare had perfected the subtle art of Burking, two women from Edinburgh were doing just…
Come across an iron cage in the middle of a churchyard and you’d be forgiven for wondering what it…