![]() ![]() At the end of their dance of death, the shadow of the gallows looms. A new final chapter examines evidence that has come to light in recent years and reflects on the extraordinary power the story still has for present-day readers.īurke and Hare, poor Irish immigrants, became the central actors in a vortex of desperation and greed, of scientific rivalry, corruption and love. We delve into their past, their personalities and the circumstances that led them to resort to murder as a money-making scheme. In this third edition of his acclaimed book, Owen Dudley Edwards lays bare the unvarnished, human story behind the infamous pair and vividly reconstructs the drama of their trial. We delve into their past, their personalities and the circumstances that. ![]() So begins the criminal career of the most notorious double act in the history of serial murder. Here is the unvarnished, human story behind the infamous Burke and Hare murders. They make a profit of £3.10s.Īfter this encouraging outcome, Burke and Hare decide to suffocate another sickly tenant. Instead of burying the body, the landlord, William Hare, and his friend William Burke fill the coffin with bark and sell the corpse to Dr Robert Knox, an ambitious anatomist. Arthur Conan Doyle, Owen Dudley Edwards (Editor, Introduction by) 4.14 avg rating 414,461 ratings published 1887 9202 editions. At Christmastide, 1827, in a boarding house in Edinburgh's West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. 128,642 ratings 3,196 reviews shelved 222,925 times. ![]()
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