Burke & Hare: They Murdered 16 People and Sold the Bodies to Doctors
In 1828 Edinburgh, two Irish immigrants discovered a deadly shortcut to cash: kill the living, sell the corpses to anatomists, and never dig a single grave. Over ten months William Burke and William Hare smothered at least sixteen victims — the poor, the forgotten, the convenient — then delivered the still-warm bodies for profit. Host Alexander Lawson uncovers the West Port murders, the immunity deal that saved one killer, and the scandal that forced medicine to change forever. Listen now.
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