 The infamous murderer and alleged graverobber William Hare may have stayed in the Black Bull Hotel during his escape to Ireland after turning King's evidence against William Burke ("Main article West Port murders).John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer and road-builder, died in Moffat and is buried there.In 1935, the remains of the victims of the Lancaster murderer, Dr Buck Ruxton, were found in a stream near The Devil's Beef Tub.