Ep. 139: The Burke and Hare Murders

In the early days of surgery, learning about anatomy was kind of a big deal. So having relatively fresh corpses to dissect was also a pretty big deal, which naturally led to *some* crime. This week, Hannah tells Katy about William Burke and William Hare, two men who figured out that they could make decent money by selling bodies to a doctor, and regular money by causing the bodies to be dead in the first place and then selling them (aka: they became serial killers and sold their victims' bodies to be dissected). Find out their near perfect murder method (and if you think you could do it!), how much they made (there IS math involved), how they finally got caught, and where you can see at least one of them now. It's not spooky, unsolved, or local, but it sure is weird and creepy. So fix a plate of leftovers, get something to drink, and settle in for our post Thanksgiving episode! Sources:https://archive.org/details/burkehare00burk/page/34/mode/2up?view=theaterhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murdershttps://www.in2013dollars.com/uk/inflation/1827?amount=155.35https://museum.rcsed.ac.uk/the-collection/key-collections/key-object-page/pocketbook-made-from-burkes-skinhttps://www.businessinsider.com/book-bound-in-serial-killers-human-skin-2014-11Support the showFollow us @thetaleswetellpodcast on Facebook and Instagram, or thetaleswetellpodcast.comSupport us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/join/thetaleswetellpodcast?Click here for merch!