The Burke and Hare murders were a series of 16 killings committed over a period of about ten months in 1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland. They were undertaken by William Burke and William Hare, who sold the corpses to Robert Knox for dissection at his anatomy lectures.

Writing to the Weekly Scotsman, a Leith correspondent says : — ‘In your journal some time ago, I read a powerful narrative of the Burke and Hare atrocities in the West Port of Edinburgh, the writer of which was of opinion that Helen MacDougall had died unknown, and that the accounts of her death in different localities were unworthy of belief. Well, I can vouch for the currency of one rumour, at any rate.’

Resources:

Trove Newspapers & Gazettes:- https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/

Free Settler of Felon - Jen Willetts:- https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/searchaction.php?page=5&surname=&ship=earl%20of%20liverpool%201831&firstname=

BDM – marriage

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search/result?3

https://search.findmypast.com.au/search-world-records/new-south-wales-parish-registers-christ-church-cathedral-newcastle

Court Record Search

https://www.scottishindexes.com/adentry.aspx?adid=830139

The Stentmaisters – Burke and Hare

https://falkirklocalhistorysociety.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/burke-hare-helen.pdf

West Port murders; : or an authentic account of the atrocious murders committed by Burke and his associates; containing a full account of all the extraordinary circumstances connected with them. Author Thomas Ireland

https://archive.org/details/b20443304

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