Burke and Hare saw a financial opportunity and took up a trade in murder to sell cadavers to doctors teaching anatomy in the early 19th century in Edinburgh.
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Alan McNairn
Alan McNairn
Alan McNairn holds degrees in biology, art history, and archaeology. He is the author of books on art, history, and architecture. Read More
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Unexplained Mysteries
Overtoun Bridge: Where Dogs Leap to their Deaths
by Alan McNairnby Alan McNairnThe Overtoun Bridge dog deaths may rest in their superior sense of smell. Dogs are attracted to the scent of prey and there is plenty below the bridge.
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Major Crimes in History
The Mystery of Germany’s Hinterkaifeck Farmhouse Murders
by Alan McNairnby Alan McNairnThe Hinterkaifeck murders occurred on March 31, 1922, when six people were butchered to death at a rural homestead in Germany. The case remains unsolved.
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Over 100 hollow, knobby, metallic polyhedrons with 12 sides have surfaced at excavation sites mostly around central Europe, but no one knows what they are.