Burke and Hare: The West Port Murder - How Grave Robbers Became Serial Killers

Burke and Hare: The West Port Murder - How Grave Robbers Became Serial Killers

In 1828, the poorest residents of Edinburgh vanished. Their bodies were sold to anatomists. When Margaret Docherty's body was found hidden in straw, it revealed that Burke and Hare, two Irish immigrants, had become serial killers. This historic true crime case exposed how Edinburgh's medical school created a market for fresh corpses... (Part 1 of 2).


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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.


Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.


Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton


Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.


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