The Body Snatcher
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"Body Snatcher" redirects here. For other uses, see Body Snatcher (disambiguation).
"The Body Snatcher" is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894). First published in The Pall Mall Gazette in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of the surgeon Robert Knox (1791–1862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders in 1828.[1][2]
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Short story by Robert Louis Stevenson | |
Country | Scotland |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Supernatural horror |
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Publication type | Newspaper |
Publisher | Pall Mall Gazette |
Media type | Print (Newspaper) |
Publication date | December 1884 |
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