
Burke & Hare
The pimps and the prostitutes and the body-snatchers. The brothels and dens of iniquity.
Feb. 03, 1972
01:31:00
R
Overview:
Two of the most notorious figures in the history of medicine, William Burke and William Hare were a pair of enterprising street thugs who provided anatomical specimens to the Edinburgh Medical College—often by robbing the graves of the recently dead, sometimes through even more nefarious methods.
Director: Vernon Sewell
Writer: Ernle Bradford