Directory of Burke and Hare Resources

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William Burke (1792-1829) and William Hare (b. about 1792) murdered between 13 and 30 people in Edinburgh in 1827 and 1828. They sold the corpses to be used as cadavers. After they were caught, Hare turned King's Evidence and escaped the noose. Burke was hanged in January 1829.

Resources in This Category

• Edinburgh Notes: Burke and Hare

  http://www.edinburghnotes.com/people/burke-hare.html
  A synopsis of the story of these serial killers.

• H2G2: Burke and Hare - The Bodysnatchers

  http://h2g2.com/dna/h2g2/classic/A702802
  Information on bodysnatching in 19th-century Britain, how the infamous duo operated, and what happened after they were caught.

• Online Encyclopedia: William Burke (1792-1829)

  http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/BUN_CAL/BURKE_WILLIAM_17921829_.html
  Biographical entry on the convicted murderer, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.

• The Corpus and the Hare

  http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/mdd/v03/i08/html/10time.html
  Supply rose to meet demand in nineteenth-century Edinburgh. Unfortunately, the demand was for fresh corpses. [Modern Drug Discovery]

• The Resurrectionists

  http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/burke.html
  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 Scotsman: Burke and Hare - Murder for Money?

  http://www.scotsman.com/news/arts/burke_and_hare_murder_for_money_1_465293
  Profile of these infamous criminals.

• Trivia-Library.com: Graverobbers and Dr. Robert Knox

  http://www.trivia-library.com/b/life-after-trial-graverobbers-and-dr-robert-knox-part-1.htm
  Two-part essay on Burke and Hare follows up on the murderers' best customer and their female companions, after William Burke was hanged.

• Wikipedia: Burke and Hare Murders

  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders
  Biographical article on the immigrant laborers who briefly had a lucrative trade in murder.

• William Burke

  http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng601.htm
  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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