Burke and Hare murders Burke and Hare murders 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. Edinburgh was a leading European centre of anatomical study in the early 19th century, in a time when the demand for cadavers led to a shortfall in legal supply. Scottish law required that corpses used for medical research should only come from those who had died in prison, suicide victims,
The "Frenchman's Garden" Murders made a film titled "The Frenchman's Garden" in 1977. The "Frenchman's Garden" Murders The Frenchman's Garden Murders were a series of 6 murders that were perpetrated in the town of Peñaflor, Province of Seville, Spain, between 1989 and 1904. The crimes were committed by Andrés Aldije Monmejá, known as "El Francés" for being a native of Agen, France, and José Muñoz Lopera. Both men had set up an illegal gambling house, robbing and murdering some of the visitors. After being condemned to the death penalty, both were executed by garrote on October 31, 1906 in the Pópulo Prison of Seville.