This week's episode takes us back the city of Edinburgh during the year 1828. Grace explores the end of Burke and Hare story and how their murder spree would go on to change not only the city of Edinburgh but medical history forever. Additionally it shows the true meaning of Karma's a B*tch  Sources mentioned:  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Murders-Spectacular-Edinburghs-Commission/dp/0812221761">Anatomy of Murders by Lisa Rosner </a><a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bzaxh2d2">Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal  </a><a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fedyf7yd">Supplement to the Trial of William Burke</a> <a href="https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24794">Bodies and Bureaucracy</a>

This week's episode takes us back the city of Edinburgh during the year 1828. Grace explores the end of Burke and Hare story and how their murder spree would go on to change not only the city of Edinburgh but medical history forever. Additionally it shows the true meaning of Karma's a B*tch Sources mentioned: Anatomy of Murders by Lisa Rosner Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal Supplement to the Trial of William Burke Bodies and Bureaucracy

This week's episode takes us back the city of Edinburgh during the year 1828. Grace explores the end of Burke and Hare story and how their murder spree would go on to change not only the city of Edinburgh but medical history forever. Additionally it shows the true meaning of Karma's a B*tch &nbsp;Sources mentioned: &nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Murders-Spectacular-Edinburghs-Commission/dp/0812221761" rel="noopener noreferrer">Anatomy of Murders by Lisa Rosner&nbsp;</a><a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/bzaxh2d2" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trial of William Burke and Helen M'Dougal &nbsp;</a><a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fedyf7yd" rel="noopener noreferrer">Supplement to the Trial of William Burke</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.24794" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bodies and Bureaucracy</a>

Burke & Hare: Murders for Medicine, Part 2

Follow Grace each week as she dives into the history of sex, death, and everything in between. Every episode she will take a look into the archives and sources looking to peel back the curtains of the past to show that history is not just something of dates and numbers. But of gossip, intrigue, and most importantly relatability. Showing that the stories that often got cast to the side and hidden, are actually the most interesting of all.&nbsp;

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Follow Grace each week as she dives into the history of sex, death, and everything in between. Every episode she will take a look into the archives and sources looking to peel back the curtains of the past to show that history is not just something of dates and numbers. But of gossip, intrigue, and most importantly relatability. Showing that the stories that often got cast to the side and hidden, are actually the most interesting of all. 

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