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Burke and Hare
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» Broadside Regarding the Burke and Hare Trials  - Transcription of a contemporary broadside which describes Burke's hanging and gives information on some of the murder victims. Also a PDF facsimile of the broadside, and commentary. From the National Library of Scotland.
» Burke & Hare - A synopsis of the story of these serial killers.
» Burke and Hare--Murder for Money? - Profile of these infamous criminals. [The Scotsman]
» Burke and Hare--The Bodysnatchers - Information on bodysnatching in 19th-century Britain, how the infamous duo operated, and what happened after they were caught.
» Burke, William (1792-1829) - Biographical entry on the convicted murderer, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.
» Graverobbers and Dr. Robert Knox - Two-part essay on Burke and Hare follows up on the murderers' best customer and their female companions, after William Burke was hanged.
» The Corpus and the Hare - Supply rose to meet demand in nineteenth-century Edinburgh. Unfortunately, the demand was for fresh corpses. [Modern Drug Discovery]
» The Crime Web: William Burke and William Hare - Biographies of the killers and of their customer Dr. Robert Knox. Recounts the story of the murders, the trial, and the aftermath.
» The Resurrectionists - The dark side of Edinburgh's fame for its medical schools was the trade in cadavers. Photographs of city landmarks accompany the story of Burke and Hare.
» The Story of Burke and Hare - Thumbnail sketch of the crimes and capture of these infamous Edinburgh murderers.
» Wikipedia: William Burke and William Hare - Biographical article on the immigrant laborers who briefly had a lucrative trade in murder.
» William Burke - Lurid and moralizing account of his crimes, trial, and execution. Includes excerpts from an interview with the condemned murderer. From the Newgate Calendar.
» William Burke & William Hare - Multi-part essay on the killers and their string of victims.
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Last Updated: 2007-04-07 05:35:15
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