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unusual facts about Burke and Hare



Anatomy murder

During the 19th century, the sensational serial murders associated with Burke and Hare and the London Burkers led to legislation which provided scientists and medical schools with legal ways of obtaining cadavers.

The Flesh and the Fiends

The Flesh and the Fiends (US title Mania) is a 1960 British horror film starring Peter Cushing as medical doctor Robert Knox, who purchases human corpses for research from an obliging pair named Burke and Hare.


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Grim Scary Tales

# "Burke and Hare" – 4:17 - Brendan "Dynes" Burke and William Hare