I watched a documentary the other day about Ian Rankin. He was discussing his writing, Edinburgh and getting rid of his character of Inspector Rebus. I haven't read any of the Rebus novels, 'The Flood' was the first book of his that I have read. The documentary was a tour around Edinburgh and the different places that the character had encountered. The documentary included real cases that had occur ed in Edinburgh alongside brief details of the fictional cases in his books.
The programme mentioned Burke and Hare who were two serial killers who ran a hostel. Their murdered victims were then sold by them by anatomists for dissection. I hadn't heard of them until recently, there was a programme about them on the other day too. The story is quite macabre and terrible, it conjures up lots of ideas for short stories from various angles.
The programme was interesting even if you are unfamiliar with Rankin, it is worth a watch if it is on again.
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