Series: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Season: Season 3
Episode Number: 7
Air Date:
Duration: 60 min
During the year 1827 in Edinburgh, Scotland, John McGregor must take care od his alcoholic wife Aggie. He works for Dr. Knox and must lug large boxes of tanbark to his medical academy. When John learns that the boxes actually contain the murdered victims of two bodysnatchers Burke and Hare, he decides to get rid of his wife by getting her drunk and leaving her on the body snatcher's doorstep. The plan is successful, but John is overtaken by remorse. Unfortunately, he ends up to be Burke and Hare's next victim.
Andrew Duggan
John McGregor
Elsa Lanchester
Aggie McGregor
William Smith
Tommy Lad
John Hoyt
Dr. Knox
Arthur Malet
Burke
Janine Gray
The Wench
Michael Pate
Hare
William Beckley
Becker
Brendan Dillon
The Bartender