Burke amp Hare

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In the early 1800s, the so-called enlightened classes were in the process of establishing Edinburgh as the “Athens of the North”. The working class, on the other hand, were struggling to make ends meet. Sometimes through desperation, one unearths opportunity, however grim the prospect may be. • Credits: • Primary Audio recorded by JS • Research by Matt K • Scripting by Matt K • Background Audio courtesy of Epidemic Sound (epidemicsound.com) • Sponsors: • Huge thanks to Podcorn for sponsoring this episode. Explore sponsorship opportunities and start monetizing your podcast by signing up here: https://podcorn.com/podcasters/ • And to Fruit of the Bean Coffee, excellent coffee and excellent people. Check out their range here at: www.fruitofthebean.com • Sources: • BBC – Hunting for History – Burke and Hare • Broadside – ‘Execution, Confession, and a list of all the Horrid Murders committed by Burke, also the decision of Hare’s Case.: List of the 16 Mur-ders commited by Burke’ – available at the National Libraries of Scotland • Hare cross-examined by Henry Coburn • Hunting for History: Burke and Hare, BBC, 2010 • The Infamous Burke and Hare: Serial Killers and Resurrectionists of Nineteenth Century Edinburgh, R Michael Gordon • The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh's Notorious Burke and Hare and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes, L Rosner 2009 • The True Story of the Infamous Burke Hare, Owen Dudley Edwards, 2014 reprint • David Hayman In Search of Burke and Hare • P Kelbie 'Found: the faces of Burke and Hare: Mystery surrounds plaster masks of Scotland's infamous murderers discovered - along with a hangman's noose - in a cupboard in Inveraray jail', The Guardian, 1 Feb 2009 • Burke and Hare, William Roughead, 1921 • The Trial of William Burke and Helen M’Dougal, before the High Court of Justiciary, at Edinburgh. Edinburgh: Robert Buchanan, 1829. (available in full on Google Books) • Supplement to the Trial of William Burke Helen M’Dougal, • Appendix to the Trial of William Burke and Helen M’Dougal,

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