Broadcast: 2nd December 1953

Starring: Bill Johnstone, Jay Novello, Jack Kruschen, Betty Harford, Jeanette Nolan

Added: Sep 08 2006

Edinburgh in 1826 was a city famous for medical schools. When a student entered medical school he studied anatomy and at school cut up a cadaver except there weren’t enough cadavers, executed criminals were the only limited source of supply therefore a new occupation sprang up and flourished – grave snatching and still the supply didn’t meet the demand. So as in every profession there were those who looked for shortcuts...