BWW Scotland editor Natalie O'Donoghue selects her top picks of shows returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

The gruesome tale of Irish men William Burke and William Hare, who killed and sold bodies to medical students, prompting a major change in medical law.

During the 19th Century the Scottish capital of Edinburgh was leading the way in medical advancements. None more so than in the study of the anatomy of the human body, but this in turn lead to a ...

Best Edinburgh ghost tours: Top underground and haunted walking tours to do in 2025 These top Edinburgh ghost tours are sure to get your spine tingling this winter.

Murderous plots That’s what happened in 1827, when William Burke and William Hare, Irish immigrants living in Edinburgh with their wives, became resurrectionists.

Take a grisly tour of Edinburgh in the footsteps of its two famous body snatchers Once home to notorious serial killers William Burke and William Hare, the Scottish city reveals how they got rich ...

Returning to the store, she learns that starting tomorrow, she will be conducting a four-day literary tour of Edinburgh normally done by Edwin, who has suddenly gone to London on very important ...

William Burke and William Hare were thought to have killed at least 16 people in the Capital in the early 1800s – and their legacy casts a long shadow over the city.

Burke, with accomplice Hare, ran the body-snatching operation in the then-grim West Port district of Edinburgh. They ended up being two of Scotland's most gruesome immigrants.

Two of the most infamous criminals in Victorian Britain, Burke and Hare have been the subject of several horror films, some great, some ghastly. The post The Cinematic Legacy of Graverobbers Burke ...

Two of the most infamous criminals in Victorian Britain, Burke and Hare have been the subject of several horror films, some great, some ghastly.