Anatomy Murders
Up the close and down the stair,
Up and down with Burke and Hare.
Burke''s the butcher, Hare''s the thief,
Knox the man who buys the beef.
—anonymous children''s song
On Halloween night 1828, in the West Port district of Edinburgh, Scotland, a woman sometimes known as Madgy Docherty was last seen in the company of William Burke and William Hare. Days later, police discovered her remains in the surgery ...
Up the close and down the stair,
Up and down with Burke and Hare.
Burke''s the butcher, Hare''s the thief,
Knox the man who buys the beef.
—anonymous children''s song
On Halloween night 1828, in the West Port district of Edinburgh, Scotland, a woman sometimes known as Madgy Docherty was last seen in the company of William Burke and William Hare. Days later, police discovered her remains in the surgery ...
