Historical, Horror

Burke and Hare: Body Snatchers, Serial Killers, Ulstermen

Dark historian Andrew Johnston of Alternative Ulstours returns to the scene of the crime with his 2025 Fringe sell-out show. Scotland's notorious grave robbers William Burke and William Hare weren't Scottish and never robbed a grave, but the diabolical duo were arguably the first modern serial killers, half a century before Jack the Ripper. Dig in, as Andrew reclaims the Ulster-born ghouls for the north of Ireland in this informative and entertaining talk. Come back to the whisky-soaked, blood-stained slums of Georgian Edinburgh, where no body was safe from Burke and Hare!

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    • Spoken Word
    • £10.00
    • 7-29 August 2026
    • 50 minutes
    • Greenside @ Riddles Court
    • subvenue Pickle Studio
    • Age 12+ (Guideline)
    • warning
      Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes
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    Greenside @ Riddles Court

    322 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PG

    EH1 2PG

    Pickle Studio

    (Venue No. 16) 322 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PG

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