CRIME ARCHIVE BURKE & HARE

Hardback, 1st edn. William Burke and William Hare - notorious killers of the 1820s - stalked the streets of Edinburgh in search of fresh 'merchandise' for the doctors' dissecting tables. This is Scotland's most gruesome crime. Crime Archive reveals the facts using original files, witness statements, confessions, trial reports and illustrations held at The National Archives of Scotland, The National Library of Scotland, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and The National Archives. Chapter headings include : Edinburgh's Dark Side; Fresh Corpse for Sale; Serial Killers at Large; Murder Will Out; Trial and Execution; The Sordid Aftermath. Illus., Sources & Reading + Index. 112pp. 16mo. h/back. Pictorial covers, dw. not required. F.