The Body Snatcher
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Originally published | December 1884 |
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Authors | Robert Louis Stevenson |
Genres | Horror Fiction |
Adaptations | The Body Snatcher |
Publishers | The Pall Mall Gazette |
Publication type | Newspaper |
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ID | 845158 |
About The Body Snatcher
"The Body Snatcher" is a short story by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in the Pall Mall Christmas "Extra" in December 1884, its characters were based on criminals in the employ of real-life surgeon Robert Knox around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders.