Had Netflix been around in the early 19th century, the story of Burke and Hare would have made one binge-worthy docu-series.

It all started in a Scottish boarding house in 1827, when William Hare’s tenant sneakily skipped out on the rent — by dying.

Offended by this personal affront, and not one for waste, Hare and his friend, William Burke, decided to sell the lodger’s body to medical science — or more specifically, anatomist Dr Robert Knox — recouping the lost rent and netting a tidy profit. 

Then they got greedy.