True Crime Scotland

Between 1968 and 1969, three women left the Barrowland Ballroom after a night of dancing. The all left with men of similar descriptions and they all were found dead close to their homes soon afterwards. All were brunette, all were mothers, all were menstruating at the time of their deaths, and all were strangled. The 3 killings were linked and the killer became known as Bible John. www.truecrimescotland.com (http://www.truecrimescotland.com/) for full details. Support us by following us : Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon  (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot) Credits : Researched, written and narrated by @TrueCrimeScot.  (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Music and sound by AndyM

Theresa Riggi was a mother who was said to have loved her children too much. When she and her husband entered in to a bitter custody war for the children, her obsession with controlling their fate had the most tragic and shocking outcome. www.truecrimescotland.com (http://www.truecrimescotland.com/) for full details. Credits : Researched, written and narrated by @TrueCrimeScot. (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/) Support us by following us : Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot)

Annie Börjesson's body was found washed up on the beech at Prestwick on Scotland's west coast. Officially the death was a tragic accident or a suicide, and there were no suspicious circumstances.  However, there were many unanswered questions and the Börjesson family are still to this day looking for answers. What really happened to Annie  Börjesson. www.truecrimescotland.com (http://www.truecrimescotland.com/) for full details. Credits : Researched, written and narrated by @TrueCrimeScot. (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/) Support us by following us : Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot)

Moira Anderson went missing on 23rd February 1957 after going to a local shop in the middle of a snow storm. 3 decades later, a woman who had known Moira discovered that her father had been the last person to see Moira alive and that he was likely yo have been her killer.  Part 2 looks at the case against Alexander Gartshore, a convicted paedophile, and how he managed to slip through the net of the initial police investigation. www.truecrimescotland.com (http://www.truecrimescotland.com/) for full details. Credits : Researched, written and narrated by @TrueCrimeScot. (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/) Support us by following us : Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon  (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot)

11 year old Moira Anderson went missing from her grandmothers home in Coatbridge when she went to buy butter from a local shop in the middle of a severe snow storm. Part 1 tells of the day she went missing. Part 2 is coming soon.  www.truecrimescotland.com (http://www.truecrimescotland.com/) for full details. Credits : Researched, written and narrated by @TrueCrimeScot. (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/) Support us by following us : Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon  (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot)

15 year old Kriss Donald was snatched from the street just yards from his home and became the innocent victim of a revenge attack by a group of Asian men who sought revenge for an incident that had occurred the night before. The killing of Kriss Donald was one of Scotland's most barbaric crimes and it was the country's first racially motivated murder. http://www.truecrimescotland.com for full details. Credits : Researched, written and narrated by @TrueCrimeScot. (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Support us by following us : Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon  (https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot)

Barry Wallace went out to celebrate Christmas with his colleagues from Tesco on 4th December 1999 and then went to a nightclub to meet some friends. 10 days later, a woman walking her dog on the beach at Troon discovered a severed head, and in the days before, limbs had been found in Loch Lomond by Police Divers. www.truecrimescotland.com for full details. Credits : Researched, written and narrated by @TrueCrimeScot (https://twitter.com/truecrimescot) . Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Sources and Reference: The Independent : 18th December 1999 The Guardian : 30th December 1999 The Scotsman : 19th September 2001 The Scotsman : 28th September 2001  The Glasgow Herald : 19th September 2001 The Glasgow Herald : 29th September 2001  The Guardian : 13th October 2001 The Scotsman : 13th October 2001 The Independent : 13th October 2001 Daily Telegraph : 15th October 2001 The Yorkshire Post : 18th December 2001 Daily Record : 13th January 2011 The Daily Mail : 6th November 2012 Belfast Telegraph : July 22nd 2015 The Mirror : 24th August 2015 Daily Record : 24th August 2015 Daily Record : 25th June 2018 BBC News Archives The Limbs in the Loch Murder by Patrick Greg WILLIAM FREDERICK IAN BEGGS v. HER MAJESTY'S ADVOCATE : XC997/03 Support us by following us : Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot (http://www.twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot

Anyone in the legal profession will tell you that, getting a conviction for a murder when there’s no dead body is extremely difficult.  But when the police investigation gathers enough compelling evidence to convince them that what began as a missing person inquiry is actually a murder investigation, and - that they have a suspect and enough physical and circumstantial evidence to convince a jury of their guilt, then there is no hiding place for a killer, no matter how well they have hidden their victim. Credits: Researched, written and narrated by TrueCrimeScot.  Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Sources and references: BBC News Archives : news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/s (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland) cotland/ The Scotsman : 15th May 2010 The Daily Record : 20th Feb 2012 The Daily Record : 27th Feb 2012 Edinburgh Evening News : 3rd march 2012 The Daily Mail : 15th March 2012 The Scotsman : 15th March 2012 The Independent : 15th March 2012 Edinburgh Evening News :  16th March 2012 The Independent : 18th April 2012 The Glasgow Herald : 26th June 2015 The Daily Record : 20th March 2018 Critical Evidence S02 - Ep08 Into Thin Air David Gilroy CRIMEWATCH Special : How they CAUGHT David Gilroy (May 2015) Support us by following us : Visit our website : http://www.truecrimescotland.com Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot  (http://www.twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot

13 year old school boy John Johnston disappeared when selling newspapers in Coatbridge in Lanarkshire in 1923 and was found in a go-cart being taking in to Glasgow by Susan Newell. Newell said her husband had killed the boy, but he had a solid alibi proving he was not responsible. Credits: Researched, written and narrated by TrueCrimeScot.  Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Sources and references: Glasgow Herald : June 25th 1923  Glasgow Herald : June 26th 1923 Glasgow Herald : September 10th 1923  Evening Times : Septemeber 20th 1974 The Daily Record : 19th July 2008 National Records of Scotland: Reference AD15/23/71, Precognitions against John and Susan Newell, Trial Papers, JC26/1923/12, Plan of House, RHP140163 Glasgow University : Forensic Medicine Archives Glasgow University : Case Files The Book of Glasgow Murders by Donald M. Fraser Support us by following us : Visit our website : http://www.truecrimescotland.com Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot  (http://www.twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot

Episode 2 : Lawrence Haggart 15 year old Lawrence Haggart was found beaten and burned on the floor of his living room in Larbert in the early hours of 16th March 1996. Police had suspected his 12 year old brother of murdering him out of jealousy of Lawrence's success on the football field. Credits: Researched, written and narrated by TrueCrimeScot.  Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Sources and references: BBC News Archives : news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/s (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland) cotland/ The Sunday Mail : 17th March 1996 The Scottish Sun : 16th April 2015 The Sunday Mail : 29th May 2005 The Sunday Mail : June 5th 2005 www.kerrydalestreet.co.uk The Daily Express : 22nd April 2012 Support us by following us : Visit our website : http://www.truecrimescotland.com Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot  (http://www.twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot

Many people in Scotland believe that Peter Manual was the last Scot to be executed when he was hanged in July 1958. There were two other Scotsmen hanged after Manuel, one of them being 19 year old Anthony Miller who was hanged 3 days before Christmas in 1960. This is the story of his crime and of his punishment. To hang. Credits: Researched, written and narrated by TrueCrimeScot.  Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music : https://www.fesliyanstudios.com Sources and References: The National : 13th May 2017 The Daily Record : March 30th 2002 BBC – Please Mister: The Tony Miller Story (2012) “The Pleader, an Autobiography” by Len Murray The Glasgow Herald : 6th June 1995 The Evening Times : 23rd September 2017 “Glasgow’s Black Heart: A city’s life of crime” by Douglas Skelton. Support us by following us : Visit our website : http://www.truecrimescotland.com Follow us on Twitter at @truecrimescot  (http://www.twitter.com/truecrimescot) Follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/truecrimescot Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/truecrimescot

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