Some Obscurish facts
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In the 1800s, Burke and Hare were responsible for at least sixteen murders, committed to obtain body parts for surgeons to dissect and study. But one of them became a victim of the body parts mania himself. Some of the skin from William Burke's body was circulated to ghoulish collectors after he was hanged in 1829 for his crimes. Who ended up with some of it? Charles Dickens had a piece of Burke's skin, which he used as a bookmark
In the 1800s, Burke and Hare were responsible for at least sixteen murders, committed to obtain body parts for surgeons to dissect and study. But one of them became a victim of the body parts mania himself. Some of the skin from William Burke's body was circulated to ghoulish collectors after he was hanged in 1829 for his crimes. Who ended up with some of it? Charles Dickens had a piece of Burke's skin, which he used as a bookmark