William Burke and William Hare are the world’s most notorious body snatchers.
Over a 12-month period during 1827–1828 they murdered over a dozen people in Edinburgh - Scotland and sold the corpses of their 16 victims to a local anatomy school desperate for fresh bodies to dissect and namely Dr Robert Knox.
Burke and Hare's alleged accomplices were Burke's mistress - Helen McDougal and Hare's wife - Margaret Laird.
For more information check out the following website: http://burkeandhare.com/
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