Who are famous body snatchers?

Famous body snatchers include William Burke and William Hare, notorious in 19th-century Edinburgh for selling corpses to medical schools. Their gruesome activities eventually led to the Burke and Hare murders, highlighting the desperate demand for anatomical study during that era. Another notable figure is Dr. Robert Knox, a prominent surgeon who unwittingly benefited from their crimes, as he purchased the bodies for dissection. Their actions spurred changes in laws regarding the supply of cadavers for medical research.