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along in the process. Then, tired of waiting for people to get sick and die, they started offing people willy-nilly. Thirteen murders later they got nabbed, and Hare testified against Burke for immunity. Burke was hanged in January 1829, and his corpse was publicly dissected before a standing-room-only crowd at the Edinburgh Medical College.
Here Is Where: Discovering America's Great Forgotten History
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