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The end was coming. On the morning of November 1st, 1828, police arrested

William Burke and Helen McDougal. The next day they arrested William Heron his wife Margaret.

This was All Souls Day, ironically enough.

The commemoration of all of the souls of those who had died.

Catholics prayed for the newly departed as they waited in purgatory to enter heaven.

And now William Burke, William Hare, and their wives were entering their own purgatory.

Dr Knox was working in the anatomy lab that day when he heard something outside.

He stuck his head out the window and spotted investigators in the yard below.

An anonymous tip led straight to his dissecting room.

Knox swore at the police, startling behavior for a distinguished doctor.

He threatened to blow their brains out.

He refused to allow them inside.

But the officers didn't flinch.

Knox's haughty attitude didn't intimidate them like it did some of his assistance.

The investigators... date them like it did some of his assistance.

The investigators pushed through the door and found Old Mary Dockardy's corpse,

cleaned and ready for dissection.

They called in James Gray, Anne Gray husband and was William Burke's relative.

James quickly identified Mary Doherty. The old woman suffered an undignified death

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