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Burke and Hare murdered two lodgers in June, "an old woman and a dumb boy, her grandson", as Burke later recalled in his confession. [56] While the boy sat by the fire in the kitchen, his grandmother was murdered in the bedroom by the usual method. Burke and Hare then picked up the boy and carried him to the same room where he was also killed.
"The Body Snatcher" is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). First published in The Pall Mall Gazette in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of the surgeon Robert Knox (1791–1862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders in 1828.
An English Murder is a crime novel by Cyril Hare. [1] Published in 1951, it combines traits of classical Golden Age murder mystery – a group of guests in a snowed in country house – with the realities of post-war Britain.
Burke & Hare (also known as Burke and Hare, The Horrors of Burke and Hare and The Body Snatchers) is a 1972 horror film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Derren Nesbitt, Harry Andrews, and Glynn Edwards. [1] It is based on the true story of the Burke and Hare murders, and was the last film to be directed by Sewell. [2]
Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark (4 September 1900 – 25 August 1958) was an English barrister, judge [1] [2] and crime writer under the pseudonym Cyril Hare. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Life and work
"The Bramble Briar", "The Merchant's Daughter" or "In Bruton Town" (Roud 18; [1] Laws M32) is a traditional English folk murder ballad that tells the story of how two brothers murder a servant who is courting their sister. There are many versions of the song going by a number of different titles.
The closed circle of suspects is a common element of detective fiction, and the subgenre that employs it can be referred to as the closed circle mystery. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Less precisely, this subgenre – works with the closed circle literary device – is simply known as the "classic", "traditional" or "cozy" detective fiction.
Tom Walls, Yvonne Arnaud, Winifred Shotter, Robertson Hare: The Price of Things [3] [2] Crime drama: Elinor Glyn: Elissa Landi, Stewart Rome: Raise the Roof [2] [3] Musical: Walter Summers: Betty Balfour, Maurice Evans, Jack Raine: Realities [3] Short film: Comedy: Bernard Mainwaring: Ian Harding, Laurence Ireland, Dodo Watts: Rookery Nook [3 ...