Burke and Hare

Edinburgh

In 1827, William Hare and William Burke became laborers in _.

Edinburgh University

Whenever there’s elderly lodger died from natural causes, Burke and Hare would creep into the cemetery, dig their coffins, snatch their bodies, put each body in a tea chest, and carry it to _’s medical school.

Dr. Robert Knox

a well-known anatomy lecturer who desperately needed corpses for anatomy lessons offered them around £7 and 10 shillings for the corpse.

burking

In November 1827, when a lodger fell unwell, Burke suffocated him by covering his mouth and nose while holding him down; this smothering method became known as "_."

Ann and James Gray

Burke and Hare managed to get away with murder for 11 months before Irishwoman Margaret Docherty's body was found by , two visitors to Hare's boarding house.

Hare

The Lord Advocate of the court attempted to coax a confession from one of the four because he needed more proof to convict, and he chose _.

January 28, 1829

Burke was later found guilty of three murders and hung on , in front of up to 25,000 cheering spectators.

Dr. Monro

Burke's corpse was openly dissected by _, a rival of Dr. Knox, in the anatomical theater of Edinburgh University's Old College, drawing so many onlookers that a small riot broke out.

West Port Murders

Burke and Hare were responsible for 16 total murders, which came to be known as the .

Anatomy Act 1832

It improved the availability of cadavers by allowing the dissection of unclaimed remains from workhouses within 48 hours.

Thomas Tuite

In November 1825, _, a bodysnatcher, is apprehended by a guard in Dublin, Ireland, with five bodies and a pocket full of sets of teeth.

Abraham Lincoln

In November 7, 1876, ____’s body is taken by a group of forgers who break into Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, and hold it hostage.

November 1825

In _, Thomas Tuite is apprehended by a guard in Dublin, Ireland, with five bodies and a pocket full of sets of teeth.

November 7, 1876

In , Abraham Lincoln's body is taken by a group of forgers who break into Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois, and hold it hostage.

November 1827

In , when a lodger fell unwell, Burke suffocated him by covering his mouth and nose while holding him down; this smothering method became known as "burking."

Helen McDougal

The both of them met them Burke and moved into a rented house — managed by Hare and Margaret.

Hare and Margaret

The both of them met them Burke and Helen McDougal moved into a rented house — managed by _.

£7 to £10

They carried the body to Dr. Knox's office at night after loading it inside a tea chest. For each body, they received _.

Margaret Docherty

Burke and Hare managed to get away with murder for 11 months before Irishwoman _’s body was found by Ann and James Gray, two visitors to Hare's boarding house.

London

Knox, whose reputation was in ruins, relocated to _ in an effort to rebuild his medical profession.