28 January

Burke is hanged in the Lawnmarket before a crowd estimated at 25,000 or more.

Burke and Hare Executed

Two Irish labourers killed sixteen people in Edinburgh in 1828 and sold the bodies to an anatomy lecturer. Only one of them hanged.

Richard Loeb is killed by a fellow inmate at Stateville Penitentiary.

Leopold and Loeb Convicted

Two rich Chicago students killed Bobby Franks, 14, in 1924 to prove they could commit a perfect crime. A pair of glasses gave them away.