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Burke & Hare: The West Port Murders
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Length:
23 minutes
Released:
Aug 6, 2017
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Podcast episode
Description
The story of William Burke and William Hare, two Irish men living in Edinburgh in 1827, who spied an opportunity to make money through murder. Now known as simply the Burke and Hare murders or The West Port Murders, this is dark history that took advantage of a very unique and grisly opportunity.
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Music was recorded by me © 2017
For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com
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Connect with me at Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast
Or find me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories
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Music was recorded by me © 2017
Released:
Aug 6, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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