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        Murderous Musical YouTube take on the Burke and Hare Case

        09/22/2009 | | European & World History, Health, Medicine & Caregiving, History of Science, Web/Tech

        Sometimes fiction is stranger than the truth. Lisa Rosner, author of The Anatomy Murders: Being the True and Spectacular History of Edinburgh’s Notorious Burke and Hare, and of the Man of Science Who Abetted Them in the Commission of Their Most Heinous Crimes uncovered another questionable act, the Horrible Histories version of the story of Dr. Robert Knox.

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