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Historians regard William Burke as one of Britain’s first serial killers. In the 1820s, Burke, who grew up near Castlederg, killed at least 18 people in Edinburgh. He and an accomplice, William Hare, sold the bodies of their victims to a surgeon for dissection. Burke was executed for his crimes in 1829. In the latest episode of the podcast, ‘dark historian’ Andrew Johnston digs deep into the story of the Tyrone killer.
