Burke and Hare murders

GPTKB entity

Properties (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf criminal case
gptkbp:advocacy high
gptkbp:appeal insanity plea
gptkbp:applicationDate January 28, 1829
gptkbp:associated_with grave robbing
medical ethics
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Greyfriars_Kirkyard
gptkbp:casualties anatomy students
16 confirmed
gptkbp:community_engagement fascination
horror
gptkbp:court none
gptkbp:cultural_impact inspired horror genre
gptkbp:duration none
short
gptkbp:famous_for murderer
gptkbp:fate disappeared
gptkbp:finish not recorded
gptkbp:fledgingPeriod successful
gptkbp:hasBranchesIn Hare
gptkbp:historical_significance highlighted need for legal supply of cadavers
gptkbp:historicalContext 1827-1828
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burke and Hare murders
gptkbp:inspiration literature
films
theater plays
selling corpses
gptkbp:involved gptkb:William_Burke
gptkb:William_Hare
co-conspirator
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:Scottish_police
gptkbp:judges none
Lord Justice Clerk
convicted
public spectacle
gptkbp:legacy mystery
infamy
gptkbp:location gptkb:Edinburgh
unknown
gptkbp:occupation cobbler
laborer
gptkbp:outcome none
legal reforms
guilty
Burke_executed
Hare_acquitted
gptkbp:partnerships Hare
Burke
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Edinburgh
gptkbp:prominence body snatching
accomplice
gptkbp:public_perception villain
coward
gptkbp:ratifies recorded
gptkbp:represents remains uncertain
gptkbp:resultedIn anatomy act of 1832
gptkbp:rite not available
gptkbp:sacraments gruesome
gptkbp:technique hanging
suffocation
murdering victims
selling bodies