its for a school project so any websites or info would be great
thanks
they were murderas in the victorian time if that helps
2007-12-30 01:57:21 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
the source of the first answerer is accurate, you can use it. here are other sites:
http://www.highlanderweb.co.uk/burkhare.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A702802
http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/burke.html
hope these helps
2007-12-30 02:15:50 · answer #1 · answered by pao d historian 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As the previous person said, look at the wiki for them but what I know is, Burke and Hare used to murder people in Victorian times for money and to sell them to doctors for dissections (public ones wereespecially popular then) I can't remember the names of the characters but similar body snatchers, who stole from the Thames are possibly based on Burke and Hare (though i dont know the exact dates) and are the fictitious creations of Charles Dickens.
2007-12-30 02:04:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Grave robbers who were selling bodies to be dissected - However they then decided to make a few more corpses available by killing.
Hare grassed up Burke then disappeared.
Burke had a bad ending, he was sentenced to death by hanging, after which his body was sent to Edinburgh University to be dissected for medical research - Irony of ironies !!!!!!!!!!
However PART of his body was preserved. Some of his skin was turned into a wallet which is now in the Edinburgh Police Museum - The exhibit has a big sign in front of it saying BURKE - LOL !!!
2007-12-30 07:35:18 · answer #3 · answered by David 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
19th century Edinburgh . Body snatchers who stole from graves to supply corpses to medical students.
Went on to murder people for the same purpose when the grave robbing became too difficult.
Hare was hung , Burke escaped any penalty by giving evidence for the prosecution
2007-12-30 04:38:15 · answer #4 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sold bodies to surgeons to disect.
After the naturally occuring bodies were not enough, they murdered to ensure a bigger supply.
They lived and worked in Edinburgh
2007-12-30 03:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they used to rob graves to sell the bodies for medical research but people started watching their relatives graves so they started killing a few people to make up the numbers
2007-12-30 02:46:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think they operated out of Scotland, am sure if you type their names into your PC you will get all the info you need.
2007-12-30 02:04:47 · answer #7 · answered by maz22 c 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they are nasty body snatchers if they got hung they deserved it thank goodness we dont live in them times again but murders today ought to be hung then our prisons wouldnt be overflowing
2007-12-30 02:07:21 · answer #8 · answered by Michael Schumacher fan 1956 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If this is for a school project get your weather sorted out from your whether and beware of murderers.......! ! !
2007-12-30 02:22:04 · answer #9 · answered by wunceinawhile 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No ,but i enjoyed the pies. ,,yum yum
2007-12-30 02:02:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋