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,
Apology for Murder an injunction. PRC then changed the title to "Apology for Murder". Much acclaimed B movie director Edgar G. Ulmer, who was working at PRC at the time "Apology for Murder" was made, claimed during a conversation with Peter Bogdanovich that he wrote the original "Single Indemnity" script for producer Sigmund Neufeld. However, he erroneously believed that the film made from it was finally released under the title "Blonde Ice", which is a totally different film produced by Film Classics. Tough reporter Kenny Blake (Beaumont) falls in love with sultry Toni Kirkland (Savage) who is married to a much older man