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 ...

According to Dr Findlater, Burke and Hare's murderous spree, which lasted for 12 months between 1827 and 1828, was inspired by a realisation that corpses could be turned into cash.

Burke & Hare A decade ago, U.K. shingle Fragile Films resurrected the treasured Ealing Studios brand, and "Burke & Hare" reps their closest attempt yet to match the tone and content of such ...

'Body snatchers' Burke and Hare killed 16 people in the city in 1828; Irish migrants sold the bodies of their victims on for medical research; By RACHEL WATSON . Published: 03:46 EDT, ...

When an elderly boarder who owed Hare money died from natural causes in 1827, they delivered the corpse to an anatomist, Robert Knox, who paid well for a fresh body in good shape.

Jesse Blumberg as Burke and Craig Colclough as Hare. (Courtesy Liza Voll/Boston Lyric Opera) When asked why he thought illicit body trade from the 19th century would make good fodder for an opera ...

Edinburgh’s most notorious serial killers, William Burke and William Hare were a pair of Irish immigrants who terrorized the Scottish capitol in the 1820’s. Together they murdered 17 and sold ...

ARTISTS Joyce Gunn Cairns and Mary Archibald have created an unsettling exhibition examining the ‘careers’ of West Port murderers Burke and Hare in a provocative new light at the Central ...

Burke & Hare A decade ago, U.K. shingle Fragile Films resurrected the treasured Ealing Studios brand, ... Burke and Hare have somehow stumbled into the lucrative trade of body-snatching.