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Execution of William Burke
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Execution of William Burke
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Execution of William Burke who murdered the poor, lost and lame of Edinburgh and then supplied their bodies to anatomists for dissection.

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Keywords: Body-snatchers; Criminal; Execution; Murder; Resurrectionists; Victim; Criminals; Homicide; William Burke; Walter Geikie
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