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  • The Story of Burke and Hare

    Thumbnail sketch of the crimes and capture of these infamous Edinburgh murderers.

    members.fortunecity.com

  • Burke & Hare

    A synopsis of the story of these serial killers.

    www.wyrdology.com

  • Burke and Hare--Murder for Money?

    Profile of these infamous criminals. [The Scotsman]

    heritage.scotsman.com

  • 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.

    www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk

  • Wikipedia: William Burke and William Hare

    Biographical article on the immigrant laborers who briefly had a lucrative trade in murder.

    en.wikipedia.org

  • William Burke & William Hare

    Multi-part essay on the killers and their string of victims.

    www.crimelibrary.com

  • 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.

    www.trivia-library.com

  • The Corpus and the Hare

    Supply rose to meet demand in nineteenth-century Edinburgh. Unfortunately, the demand was for fresh corpses. [Modern Drug Discovery]

    pubs.acs.org

  • Burke, William (1792-1829)

    Biographical entry on the convicted murderer, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

    encyclopedia.jrank.org

  • 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.

    www.nls.uk

  • Burke and Hare--The Bodysnatchers

    Information on bodysnatching in 19th-century Britain, how the infamous duo operated, and what happened after they were caught.

    www.bbc.co.uk

  • 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.

    www.thecrimeweb.com

  • 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.

    www.exclassics.com

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