In 1836, a group of boys went out rabbit hunting and ended up finding 17 tiny coffins hidden in a hillside cave near Edinburgh. At the time, people thought they were used for witchcraft or created as a memorial for men who had died at sea, but recent evidence suggests the dolls represent the 17 victims of serial killers Burke and Hare.
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