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Thumbnail sketch of the crimes and capture of these infamous Edinburgh murderers.
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A synopsis of the story of these serial killers.
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Burke and Hare--Murder for Money?
Profile of these infamous criminals. [The Scotsman]
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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.
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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
Supply rose to meet demand in nineteenth-century Edinburgh. Unfortunately, the demand was for fresh corpses. [Modern Drug Discovery]
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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
Lurid and moralizing account of his crimes, trial, and execution. Includes excerpts from an interview with the condemned murderer. From the Newgate Calendar.
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