The Burke and Hare Murders

<p>The <strong>Burke and Hare murders</strong> were a series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in <a title="Edinburgh" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to <a title="Robert Knox" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Knox">Robert Knox</a> for <a title="Dissection" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection">dissection</a> at his <a title="Anatomy" href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy">anatomy</a> lectures.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Our theme song was written and performed by Anna Bosnick. If you’d like to support the show on a per episode basis, you can find</span> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/citationpod"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">our Patreon page here</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.  Be sure to check</span> <a href= "http://citationpod.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our website</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for more details.</span></p>