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The Rise of Resurrection Men
In Edinburgh, Scotland, Dr. Robert Knox was a highly respected surgeon. He found what he believed to be a very reliable pipeline of fresh bodies. The name Resurrection Men is kind of a tongue in cheek name that was given to grave robbers. Throughout 1828, Burke and Hare supplied Knox with nearly 20 corpses.