The Body Snatcher
by Robert Louis Stevenson Upper IntermediateA strange tale of grave robbing and murder in 1820s Edinburgh. Robert Louis Stevenson's classic horror story is based on the scandal of the real-life 'body-snatchers', Burke and Hare. Below is the trailer for a film version:
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