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'''William Burke '''and''' William Hare '''were two serial serial killers who killed 15 people in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh Edinburgh], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland Scotland], over a period of about ten months in 1828. The two men, who were from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster Ulster], sold the corpses of their 16 victims to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Knox Doctor Robert Knox] as dissection material for his well-attended anatomy lectures. Their alleged accomplices were Burke's mistress, Helen McDougal, and Hare's wife, Margaret Laird.
'''William Burke''' (???? - January 28th, 1829) and '''William Hare''' (???? - ????) were two serial killers who killed 15 people in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh Edinburgh], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland Scotland], over a period of about ten months in 1828. The two men, who were from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster Ulster], sold the corpses of their 16 victims to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Knox Doctor Robert Knox] as dissection material for his well-attended anatomy lectures. Their alleged accomplices were Burke's mistress, Helen McDougal, and Hare's wife, Margaret Laird. After they were caught in 1829, Burke was hanged, whilst Hare was able to get released without punishment.