Defintely Burke and Hare should have been on the list.
And my nominee(s) for most unjustly unknown criminal duo: the criminal lawyers--in all senses of the phrase--Howe and Hummel of NYC in the Gilded Age. H & H were as crooked as corkscrews.
An excellent recent book on H & H is SCOUNDRELS AT LAW . http://www.amazon.com/Scoundrels-Law-Lawyers-Gangsters-Starlets/dp/0061714283
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Burke and Hare?
Defintely Burke and Hare should have been on the list.
And my nominee(s) for most unjustly unknown criminal duo: the criminal lawyers--in all senses of the phrase--Howe and Hummel of NYC in the Gilded Age. H & H were as crooked as corkscrews.
An excellent recent book on H & H is SCOUNDRELS AT LAW .
http://www.amazon.com/Scoundrels-Law-Lawyers-Gangsters-Starlets/dp/0061714283
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