Send us a text We explore the notorious tale of body snatchers William Burke and William Hare, who murdered 17 people in 1820s Edinburgh to sell their bodies to medical schools. Their gruesome business emerged from a shortage of legal cadavers when only executed criminals' bodies could be used for dissection. • Edinburgh was a center for medical science in the 1800s with "operating theaters" designed for students to observe procedures • Families used creative methods to protect graves includ...
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Send us a text We explore the notorious tale of body snatchers William Burke and William Hare, who murdered 17 people in 1820s Edinburgh to sell their bodies to medical schools. Their gruesome business emerged from a shortage of legal cadavers when only executed criminals' bodies could be used for dissection. • Edinburgh was a center for medical science in the 1800s with "operating theaters" designed for students to observe procedures • Families used creative methods to protect graves includ...
Send us a text We revisit the mysterious disappearance of Maura Murray, diving into new evidence and examining the strange circumstances surrounding her vanishing after a car crash in rural New Hampshire in 2004. • Maura Murray disappeared after crashing her car on Wild Ammonusic Road in Haverhill, New Hampshire on February 9, 2004 • Before her disappearance, Maura had been involved in several incidents including shoplifting at West Point and credit card fraud at UMass • She had packed up he...
Wicked Wanderings
Send us a text We explore the notorious tale of body snatchers William Burke and William Hare, who murdered 17 people in 1820s Edinburgh to sell their bodies to medical schools. Their gruesome business emerged from a shortage of legal cadavers when only executed criminals' bodies could be used for dissection. • Edinburgh was a center for medical science in the 1800s with "operating theaters" designed for students to observe procedures • Families used creative methods to protect graves includ...
