Burke & Hare, sometimes called Burke and Hare or The Horrors of Burke and Hare, is a 1972 horror film, directed by Vernon Sewell, and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards. It is ...

Dr Sam Caslin from Liverpool University visits Edinburgh in search of historical sources that explain the motivation for the notorious murders of Burke and Hare. The film looks at the expansion of ...

The crimes of Edinburgh’s Burke and Hare, who murdered 16 people in order to sell the corpses for medical research, have inspired countless books and even a grisly rhyme.

Furious at Donald’s inconsiderate inability to stay alive long enough to pay his way, Hare lamented his lot to his friend and fellow Irishman, William Burke. It wasn’t long before they came up with a ...

William Burke lived from 1792 to 28 January 1829. His partner-in-crime, William Hare, lived from (probably) 1792 to 1859. The two are almost always paired together, being known simply as Burke and ...