History Rage

S1 E01 - Cat Irving on Burke and Hare

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Episode notes

We are joined for our launch episode by Cat Irving, Conservator of Human Remains for the Surgeons Hall Museums of Edinburgh, and she is lifting the coffin lid on Edinburgh's most famous bodysnatchers.

Cat will be delivering an online presentation "Oh Mummy Where Art Thou - A Potted History of Preserving Human Remains" for the London Month of the Dead - you can purchase a ticket at this link:

https://londonmonthofthedead.com/tickets.html

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