Andrew Johnston - Burke & Hare

Dark historian Andrew Johnston of Alternative Ulstours returns to the scene of the crime with his 2025 Fringe sell-out show. Scotland's notorious grave robbers William Burke and William Hare weren't Scottish and never robbed a grave, but the diabolical duo were arguably the first modern serial killers, half a century before Jack the Ripper. Dig in, as Andrew reclaims the Ulster-born ghouls for the north of Ireland in this informative and entertaining talk. Flash back to the whisky-soaked, blood-stained slums of Georgian Edinburgh, & a reminder that 1 half of the infamous duo once resided in near by Maddiston.

Featuring - Andrew Johnston