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title: "The Murderous Story of Burke and Hare: The Anatomy Killers"
description: "The dark true story of William Burke and William Hare, who murdered at least 16 people in 1828 Edinburgh and sold their corpses to medical schools for dissection."
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datePublished: 2026-06-26
dateModified: 2026-06-26
author:
  - name: Dana Ortiz
    url: https://casualcriminalist.pub/author/dana-ortiz
publisher: Casual Criminalist
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The dark true story of William Burke and William Hare, who murdered at least 16 people in 1828 Edinburgh and sold their corpses to medical schools for dissection.
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