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.
Learn more at the author’s website here: http://burkeandhare.com/anatomymurders.htm
