Bodies For Sale - The Burke And Hare Murders
In 1828, medical universities in Edinburgh, Scotland were in dire need of cadavers for students to dissect. As a result, grave robbers were digging up corpses and selling them for huge sums of money. William Hare and William Burke came up with a diabolical scheme. They would murder people staying at Hare's boarding house, and sell the bodies to the universities. By the time they were caught, the two had murdered at least 16 people. Join me as I explore the chilling, true crime case of the Burke and Hare murders.