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  Wikipedia: William Burke and William Hare http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Burke_and_William_Hare
Biographical article on the immigrant laborers who briefly had a lucrative trade in murder.
  Broadside Regarding the Burke and Hare Trials http://www.nls.uk/broadsides/broadside.cfm/id/15228
Transcription of a contemporary broadside which describes Burke's hanging and gives information on some of the murder victims. Also a PDF facsimile of the broadside, and commentary. From the National Library of Scotland.
  William Burke & William Hare http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/weird/burke/index_1.html
Multi-part essay on the killers and their string of victims.
  The Story of Burke and Hare http://members.fortunecity.com/gillonj/burkeandhare/
Thumbnail sketch of the crimes and capture of these infamous Edinburgh murderers.
  The Resurrectionists http://www.scotshistoryonline.co.uk/burke.html
The dark side of Edinburgh's fame for its medical schools was the trade in cadavers. Photographs of city landmarks accompany the story of Burke and Hare.
  Burke, William (1792-1829) http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/BUN_CAL/BURKE_WILLIAM_17921829_.html
Biographical entry on the convicted murderer, from the 1911 Encyclopędia Britannica.
  William Burke http://www.exclassics.com/newgate/ng601.htm
Lurid and moralizing account of his crimes, trial, and execution. Includes excerpts from an interview with the condemned murderer. From the Newgate Calendar.
  The Corpus and the Hare http://pubs.acs.org/subscribe/journals/mdd/v03/i08/html/10time.html
Supply rose to meet demand in nineteenth-century Edinburgh. Unfortunately, the demand was for fresh corpses. [Modern Drug Discovery]
  Graverobbers and Dr. Robert Knox http://www.trivia-library.com/b/life-after-trial-graverobbers-and-dr-robert-knox-part-1.htm
Two-part essay on Burke and Hare follows up on the murderers' best customer and their female companions, after William Burke was hanged.
  Burke & Hare http://www.wyrdology.com/edinburgh/burke-hare.html
A synopsis of the story of these serial killers.
  Burke and Hare--The Bodysnatchers http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A702802
Information on bodysnatching in 19th-century Britain, how the infamous duo operated, and what happened after they were caught.
  Burke and Hare--Murder for Money? http://heritage.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1267&id=197912005
Profile of these infamous criminals. [The Scotsman]

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