What the records say
- When
- 1828
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 16
- Coordinates
- 55.95° N, 3.19° W
- Description
- series of murders committed in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1828
Burke and Hare murders
1828 series of killings in Edinburgh, Scotland
The Burke and Hare murders were a series of sixteen murders committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures.
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