Ep 44 - The Resurrection Men - Burke & Hare
“In the shadowed closes of Edinburgh, death became a business.”
In 1828, as medical science expanded in Scotland, demand for cadavers outpaced legal supply. Into that gap stepped William Burke and William Hare — two men who realised fresh bodies commanded a price.
What began as opportunistic profit…
Burke and Hare - The Anatomy of Murder
Edinburgh, 1828. In the fog-soaked alleyways of the city’s West Port, two Irish labourers discovered something chilling: in a city desperate for scientific progress, a fresh human body was worth a fortune. William Burke and William Hare lured at least sixteen of Edinburgh’s most vulnerable souls to…
THE MURDER BUSINESS
This week on Devious Backstories, Handy & Maal dive into the horrifying true story of William Burke and William Hare—two men whose names became synonymous with one of history's most disturbing murder sprees.
In 1820s Edinburgh, medical schools desperately needed bodies for anatomical research. Inst…
William Burke & William Hare Part 2
In Part Two, we pick up with the murder of Mary Docherty—the killing that unraveled Burke and Hare's deadly operation. We follow the investigation, the discovery of crucial evidence, and the arrests that shocked Edinburgh. We also examine the trials, William Hare's controversial immunity deal, Will…
The Dark History of Edinburgh _ Witches_ Grave Robbers _ Underground Streets _ Scottish History
Close your eyes and step beneath the cobbled streets of Edinburgh, where a secret city of poverty, crime, and forgotten souls lies buried. A story of witch trials, grave robbers, and the dark history carved into the very stones of Scotland's capital.Between the 16th and 18th centuries, over 3,000 p…
William Burke and William Hare
William Burke and William Hare were killers who murdered victims in the city of Edinburgh and sold the bodies to an anatomist who needed cadavers for lessons. They killed at least sixteen people in one year, but their greed made them reckless, and they were ultimately caught. Join Mike and Gibby a…
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