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cover of episode 68: Scotland's Serial Killing Duo Burke & Hare w/ Lisa Rosner - A True Crime History Podcast

68: Scotland's Serial Killing Duo Burke & Hare w/ Lisa Rosner - A True Crime History Podcast

2017/7/18
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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

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In 1828 two friends named William Burke and William Hare killed sixteen people in Edinburgh, Scotland and sold their bodies to an anatomist named Dr. Robert Knox. Dr. Lisa Rosner, author of "The Anatomy Murders", tells the story of this notorious duo of serial killers and the nefarious business of body selling in early 19th century Scotland.

The author's website: http://burkeandhare.com/anatomymurders.htm

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