Clara tells Sabrina about a terrible pair of Williams, who decided that robbing graves was just too much work, and opted to end their victims lives before they entered the ground in the first place. Wanting to keep those medical schools stocked with fresh cadavers, but most importantly keep their pockets stuffed with cash, Burke and Hare fast-tracked their supply by offing people themselves. So grab your chests and a bottle of whisky, and join us in Edinburgh to hear all about the gruesome twosome!

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Most of Burke & Hare’s victims names were unknown, but here is a list of everyone as best as I could find: Donald (died of dropsy), Joseph (sick lodger), Abigail Simpson, Mary Paterson, “Old Woman”, “Englishman”, Mary Haldane, Effie, “Grandmother”, “Grandson”, “Drunk Woman”, “Unamed Lodger” (Hare only), Margagret Haldane, Mrs Ostler, Ann McDougal, Jamie Wilson, Mary Dougherty

SOURCES:

Wikipedia - Burke and Hare murders

Britannica - William Burke and William Hare

Historic UK - The Story of Burke and Hare

BBC - Anatomy and crime - Burke and Hare: The body snatchers

The University of Edinburgh - 5 things you didn’t know about Burke and Hare

History - BURKE AND HARE: THE EDINBURGH KILLERS WHO SOLD THEIR VICTIM'S BODIES FOR DISSECTION

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