Once home to notorious serial killers William Burke and William Hare, the Scottish city reveals how they got rich from selling their victims to medical research.
This 2019 illustration shows grave robbers supplying corpses to medical students in Edinburgh, Scotland, during the 18th and 19th century. The Scottish capital offers tours themed around two famous body snatchers.’s capital, kidnapping and murdering 16 people for medical experimentation. This killing spree ended with a controversial court case that transfixed the nation.
But their business soon mutated into bloodlust. Burke and Hare’s killings became urgent and careless, says Caroline McCracken-Flesher, author of. “With their 16th murder, Burke and Hare seduced an apparently friendless old woman from Ireland,” says McCracken-Flesher, an English professor at the University of Wyoming. “Then they hid her corpse under a pile of hay used for bedding, as they waited for the anatomy labs to open.
Yet Knox never went to prison, protected by his lofty status and a lack of proof that he knew of Burke and Hare’s misdeeds, although the case ruined his reputation and career. Heightening the drama, Hare also avoided prison by giving testimony, which helped convict Burke of the 16 murders. Tourists can watch actors reenacting slivers of this ghastly tale at Edinburgh Dungeon, an underground attraction dedicated to the city’s eerie history. During its Ghosts and Gore events,, where he was then dissected and turned into souvenirs made from his skin, many of which can be seen in theHare, on the other hand, vanished after Burke’s trial. Although he ended his days in anonymity, his and his partner’s crimes endure in infamy.
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