Merlin Entertainments' Edinburgh Dungeon is to host the rising from the grave of two of the city's most notorious inhabitants.

Set in a graveyard, Burke and Hare; the Business of Murder is the latest addition to the attraction's range of actor-led exhibitions and introduces visitors to Scotland's most infamous serial killers. Between November 1827 and October 1828, William Burke and William Hare killed 17 victims by smothering, before selling the corpses to Dr. Robert Knox of Edinburgh Medical College who used them as material for dissection at his anatomy lectures.

They were finally caught after an anonymous tip-off to the police led investigators to Knox's classroom where the body of Burke and Hare's last victim was found. Hare was offered immunity from prosecution if he testified against Burke, the latter subsequently being hanged and - ironically - publicly dissected. Burke and Hare; the Business of Murder is due to open on 13 February.

In addition to the Dungeon brand, Merlin Entertainments operates SEA LIFE, Madame Tussauds, LEGOLAND, The Merlin Entertainments London Eye, Gardaland, LEGOLAND Discovery Centres, Alton Towers Resort, Warwick Castle, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures and Zoo, Underwater Adventures, Heide Park and Earth Explorer.