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  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    TV & RADIO

    May 02, 2023 2 minutes

    AN EYE FOR A KILLING

    Radio 4 and BBC Sounds

    Began Friday 28 April

    It’s hardly surprising that so many lurid stories of the horrendous crimes of William Burke and William Hare have come down to us through the years. In 1828, the duo embarked on a murder spree that

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