Completed chapters are marked in this color.

Assigned chapters are marked in this color.

48 of 48 (100%) sections assigned

48 of 48 (100%) sections completed

This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: msfry

SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
0 Preface and Introduction. The Resurrectionist Movement—Its Contributing Causes and Results  msfry PL OK
1 Ch.1 Early Prohibition of Dissection  msfry PL OK
2 Ch.2 Tales of the Resurrectionists—Students  ColleenMc PL OK
3 Ch.3 Tales of the Resurrectionists—Doctors  ColleenMc PL OK
4 Ch.4 Tales of the Resurrectionists—Professional Body-Snatchers  johnb2 PL OK
5 Ch.5 The Early Life of Burke and Hare  williamjones PL OK
6 Ch.6 Negotiations With Doctors  Maeve PL OK
7 Ch.7 New Prospects  GregGiordano PL OK
8 Ch.8 Qualms of Conscience  johnb2 PL OK
9 Ch.9 Unknown Victims  Ciufi PL OK
10 Ch.10 Old Mary Haldane and her daughter Peggy  Ciufi PL OK
11 Ch.11 A Narrow Escape  Ciufi PL OK
12 Ch.12 Jealousy  johnb2 PL OK
13 Ch.13 “Daft Jamie”  johnb2 PL OK
14 Ch.14 Daft Jamie on the Dissecting Table  johnb2 PL OK
15 Ch.15 The End Approaches  johnb2 PL OK
16 Ch.16 An Ill Excuse  johnb2 PL OK
17 Ch.17 The Arrest of Burke and M‘Dougal  williamjones PL OK
18 Ch.18 Public Excitement  williamjones PL OK
19 Ch.19 The Indictment against Burke and M‘Dougal  williamjones PL OK
20 Ch.20 Public Anticipation of the Trial  Ciufi PL OK
21 Ch.21 The Trial of Burke and M‘Dougal  Ciufi PL OK
22 Ch.22 The Trial  Ciufi PL OK
23 Ch.23 Burke Sentenced to Death  johnb2 PL OK
24 Ch.24 The Interest in the Trial  johnb2 PL OK
25 Ch.25 Burke’s Behaviour in Prison  johnb2 PL OK
26 Ch.26 “The Complicity of the Doctors”  LittlePatterson PL OK
27 Ch.27 The Legal Position of Hare and his Wife  Cemerson PL OK
28 Ch.28 Burke’s Spiritual Condition  johnb2 PL OK
29 Ch.29 Lecture on Burke’s Body  KevinS PL OK
30 Ch.30 Hare’s Position after the Trial  Ciufi PL OK
31 Ch.31 Hare’s Case before the High Court of Justiciary  williamjones PL OK
32 Ch.32 Popular Feeling against Hare  williamjones PL OK
33 Ch.33 The Confessions of Burke  Ciufi PL OK
34 Ch.34 Murderers, but not Body-Snatchers  johnb2 PL OK
35 Ch.35 Burke’s Account of his Life  Ciufi PL OK
36 Ch.36 The Fate of Hare  johnb2 PL OK
37 Ch.37 Dr. Knox’s Connection with Burke and Hare  Ciufi PL OK
38 Ch.38 Inquiry into Dr. Knox’s Relations with Burke and Hare  Ciufi PL OK
39 Ch.39 English Newspapers on the West Port Tragedies  johnb2 PL OK
40 Ch.40 The Relations of the Doctors and the Body-Snatchers  johnb2 PL OK
41 Ch.41 “Burking” in London  williamjones PL OK
42 Ch.42 The Passing of the Anatomy Act  williamjones PL OK
43 Ch.43 Conclusion  williamjones PL OK
44 44 APPENDIX - The Case Against Torrence and Waldie  johnb2 PL OK
45 45 APPENDIX - Interview with Burke in Prison  williamjones PL OK
46 46 APPENDIX - Confession of Bishop and Williams, the London “Burkers”  msfry PL OK
47 47 APPENDIX - Song and Ballads  silverquill PL OK