Episode 13
Death, Dissection & Grave Robbing
Why did Burke and Hare kill?
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society · History Hit
May 27, 202244m 46s
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Show Notes
<p>Genital warts fashioned into necklaces, teeth harvested from the battlefield and blood vessels eternalised in wax: these are some of the things that you might find inside Edinburgh’s <a href="https://museum.rcsed.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Surgeons’ Hall Museums</a>.</p><br><p>But who did they belong to? Kate is talking to Thomas Elliot, head of learning and interpretation, to find out.</p><br><p>*WARNING this episode includes themes of an adult nature*</p><br><p>Produced by Charlotte Long and Sophie Gee. Mixed by Lewis Mason.</p><br><p>Betwixt the Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society. A podcast by History Hit.</p>
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