By all accounts, Elizabeth Browrigg (1720-1767) was a respected midwife who was married to a painter and led a normal middle-class life…until she went all American Horror Story. Because of her status in her community, The London Foundling Hospital gave… Read More ›
Skeletal Collection
The 800 Skulls and Bones of the Martyrs of Otranto on Display
Antonio Primaldo and his 800 companion martyrs, known as the “martyrs of Otranto“, were killed on a hill outside the Italian town by Ottoman Turk invaders. On August 14, 1480 after Ottoman Turks besieged and conquered the village of Otranto,… Read More ›
The skeleton of William Burke, body snatcher on display
William Burke and William Hare were murderers who went on a 10 month killing spree in 1828, and sold the bodies of their 16 victims to Dr. Robert Knox, an anatomy lecturer, to be dissected at the medical school. Prior… Read More ›
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