In 1827, William Hare and William Burke became laborers in _______.
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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.
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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.
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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 "_____."
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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.
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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 _____.
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January 28, 1829
Burke was later found guilty of three murders and hung on ______, in front of up to 25,000 cheering spectators.
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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.
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West Port Murders
Burke and Hare were responsible for 16 total murders, which came to be known as the ______.
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Anatomy Act 1832
It improved the availability of cadavers by allowing the dissection of unclaimed remains from workhouses within 48 hours.
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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.
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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.
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November 1825
In _______, Thomas Tuite is apprehended by a guard in Dublin, Ireland, with five bodies and a pocket full of sets of teeth.
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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.
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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."
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Helen McDougal
The both of them met them Burke and ________ moved into a rented house — managed by Hare and Margaret.
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Hare and Margaret
The both of them met them Burke and Helen McDougal moved into a rented house — managed by _______.
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£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 _____.
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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.
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London
Knox, whose reputation was in ruins, relocated to _____ in an effort to rebuild his medical profession.
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