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195 // Supply and Deadman // The Shocking Burke and Hare Murders Talk Murder To Me

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William Burke and William Hare murdered at least sixteen victims and then sold their cadavers to Dr. Robert Knox, an anatomist and professor, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Burke and Hare were for profit killers whom cashed in on the low supply and high demand of cadavers for use of dissection by university students. William Burke was sentenced to death after his cohort William Hare turned King's evidence against him receiving full immunity for these heinous crimes.

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William Burke and William Hare murdered at least sixteen victims and then sold their cadavers to Dr. Robert Knox, an anatomist and professor, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Burke and Hare were for profit killers whom cashed in on the low supply and high demand of cadavers for use of dissection by university students. William Burke was sentenced to death after his cohort William Hare turned King's evidence against him receiving full immunity for these heinous crimes.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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