Burke & Hare
The pimps and the prostitutes and the body-snatchers. The brothels and dens of iniquity.
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
