Ep 72 - Burke & Hare and the Inevitability of Death

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Having a dead body on your hands could prove lucrative in 19th century Edinburgh, if you knew the right people...and infamous duo Burke and Hare certainly did.

Why were people paying so much for corpses back in the day? Do the ends ever justify the means in murder? And what method would YOU use to protect a grave if you had to? 

The secret ingredient is...bark!


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