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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!
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Burke and Hare: Body Snatchers, Serial Killers, Ulstermen is by Andrew Johnston, listed under Spoken Word in the Fringe programme. It plays at Greenside @ Riddles Court, 322 Lawnmarket, EH1 2PG, 7 August to 29 August.
The show runs 50 minutes and is suitable for ages 12+. Tickets are £10. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes.