The Janet Rogers Murder
The Janet Rogers Murder
Episode Summary
In March 1866, Janet Rogers had gone to her brother’s farm to help him out for a while. Two days after her arrival, Janet was found savagely and brutally murdered.
Murder most foul: 1866 Perthshire murder axe slaying remains unsolved – The Courier
Solving a murder in the family – BBC News
New examination of 150-year-old unsolved Perthshire murder – BBC News
PressReader.com – Your favorite newspapers and magazines.
rinderpest virus in 19th century – Bing
Scotland’s Inventions | Scotland.org
Forgandenny, a Place in History | Home
Murder most foul: 1866 Perthshire murder axe slaying remains unsolved – Evening Exp
The Mount Stewart Murder
by Chris Paton
Synopsis
In March 1866, Janet Rogers travelled to the Perthshire-based farm of her brother, William Henderson, to help with chores while he looked for a new domestic servant. Three days later she was found dead in the farm kitchen, killed by multiple blows from an axe. Ploughman James Crichton was suspected of the atrocity, and after a lengthy investigation was arrested and tried in Perth, with the case duly found non-proven.
Was Crichton the guilty party? If not, why did William Henderson try to frame him? Why was the previous servant on the farm sacked, and why did she wait eight months to accuse Crichton of being responsible? And what led to Henderson being driven insane, ultimately to end his days in a Perthshire lunatic asylum?
The murder investigation remains the UK’s oldest unsolved murder case. Just who was the killer at Mount Stewart Farm?
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A Murder, a Shooting Spree, and a Royal Pardon
A Murder, a Shooting Spree, and a Royal Pardon
Episode Summary
TRIGGER WARNING – This episode contains strong language, so listener discretion is advised.
A murder, a shooting spree and a royal pardon. Nobody could have predicted the shocking events that took place in Glasgow, that all started with a murder in a town almost 40 miles away.
Meehan v. Beltrami in case of Deadly Innocence | HeraldScotland
James Griffiths | Glesga Keelies Message Board
1960s Nutters in Glasgow – James Griffiths – General West End Chat – Pat’s Guide to Glasgow West End
Patrick Meehan – Peterman.org.uk
A madman on the rampage – Daily Record
WolfieWiseGuy: James Griffiths – Demented Gunman
The Griffiths Incident – 15 July 1969 – Glasgow Police Museum
Famed defence lawyer Joe Beltrami dies at 83 – Law Society of Scotland
The Ferris Conspiracy: Amazon.co.uk: Ferris, Paul, McKay, Reg: 9781840183887: Books
Deadly Innocence: Amazon.co.uk: Beltrami, Joseph: 9781851582976: Books
The Ferris Conspiracy
Paul Ferris with Reg McKay
Synopsis
On Glasgow’s meanest streets life started well for the young Paul Ferris. How did he become Glasgow’s most feared gangster, deemed a risk to national security?
Arthur Thompson, Godfather of the crime world and senior partner of the Krays, recruited young Ferris as a bagman, debt collector and equaliser. Feared for his capacity for extreme violence, respected for his intelligence, Ferris was the Godfather’s heir apparent. But when gang warfare broke, underworld leaders traded in flesh, colluding with their partners – the police. Disgusted, Ferris left the Godfather and stood alone.
They gave him weeks to live.
While Ferris was caged in Barlinnie Prison’s segregation unit accused of murdering Thompson’s son, Fatboy, his two friends were shot dead the night before the funeral and grotesquely displayed in a car on the cortége’s route. Acquitted against all the odds, Ferris moved on, determined to make an honest living.
They would not let him.
The National Crime Squad, MI5, the police and two of the country’s most powerful gangsters saw to that. A maximum-security prisoner, Ferris is known as ‘Lucky’ because he is still alive.
This is one man’s unique insight into Britain’s crime world and the inextricable web of corruption – a revealing story of official corruption and unholy alliances.
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Left Behind
Left Behind
Episode Summary
Marion Hodge and Helen Wilkie’s tragic stories may be ten years apart, but the outcome for their children was the same, they were left behind to grow up without their mothers after they suddenly disappeared from their lives.
Marion Hodge
Helen Wilkie
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Murder move in missing woman case
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Missing person case is re-opened
1984 Hodge, Marion Pagan – (07/06/1984) – PorchlightEurope
Hodge, Marion Pagan – (07/06/1984) – Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified
Appeal over woman missing for 25 years | HeraldScotland
Appeal focuses on missing Marion – Daily Record
MUM MURDER ARREST; Cops hold man 22 years after Marion killing. – Free Online Library
Gala days: researching a Scottish tradition | National Museums Scotland Blog
Remembering Pan Am Flight 103 — FBI
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Galloway Police Dedicated Phone Line on 01387 242355 (UK)
Refuge – 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247 (UK) or nationaldahelpline.org.uk
The Law Killers
by Alexander McGregor
Synopsis
True crime from Dundee, covering the most fascinating and shocking cases from the last century. Having reported on many of them first-hand, journalist Alexander McGregor has unique insight into the cases and his stories are as chilling as they are compelling. In The Law Killers Alexander examines some of the country’s most fascinating and chilling cases and peels back the civilised layers of our society to reveal what lies beneath.
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Assumptions Made
Assumptions Made

Episode Summary
Most of us have made assumptions about things sometimes, but when it comes to police making assumptions, it’s a whole different ball game.
Sandy Drummond
Nick Randall
Oversteer | Morris Marina Owners Club & Ital Register | INFORM – PRESERVE – DRIVE – ENJOY
New leads in Sandy Drummond murder case – The Courier
Sandy Drummond Has Scotland Perplexed • Enormous Crime
The Death of Sandy Drummond : UnresolvedMysteries
Unsolved Murder of Sandy Drummond : UnresolvedMysteries
Unsolved: Sandy Drummond – Murdered by Jujitsu – YouTube
PressReader.com – Your favorite newspapers and magazines.
Breakthrough claimed in Sandy Drummond murder case – The Courier
Guardbridge, Main Street, Paper Mill | Canmore
Crimewatch axed: Tayside and Fife cases that featured on hit BBC show – The Courier
Fatal accident inquiry – Wikipedia
Contact Police Scotland – Police Scotland
Who we work with | Crimestoppers
Boarhills Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland
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Crimestoppers UK anonymously on 0800 555 111 or crimestoppers-uk.org
Nicholas Randall – Strange deaths in the Scottish Highlands — StrangeOutdoors.com
Police chiefs probing claims hiker Nicholas Randall was murdered and case hushed up
Nicholas Randall – Strange deaths in the Scottish Highlands — StrangeOutdoors.com
Top law officer probes Angus whistleblower’s cover-up claims over hiker’s deatrh – The Courier
West Highland Way body identified | Walkhighlands
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Edinburgh, East and Fife | Missing man’s body found in tent
Skeleton in tent is body of city climber | The Scotsman
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The Bridge of Orchy | And how do you cross over a river? Why… | Flickr
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The Helen Priestly Murder
Helen Priestly
Episode Summary
TRIGGER WARNING – This episode contains child sexual abuse references, so listener discretion is advised.
When eight year old Helen Priestly went missing, the answer to what happened to her was more unexpected than anyone could ever have thought.
Bad blood and the vile death of little Helen – Daily Record
Name of girl murdered around 60 years ago.. — Digital Spy
Aberdeen memorial for girl, 8, killed by neighbour in 1934 is restored
Recalling the murder of an Aberdeen child which shocked Scotland
City of blood – The Scottish Sun
Crime scene photos of murder that shocked Aberdeen go public | The Scotsman
Blood and Granite: True crime from Aberdeen eBook: Adams, Norman: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
In Pictures: Old Aberdeen – 1930 to 1990 – Evening Express
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The George Murdoch Murder
The George Murdoch Murder
UPDATE October 2022:
The murder of Aberdeen Taxi Driver George Murdoch took place on 29thof September 1983, with the 39th anniversary having just passed. While George Murdoch’s murderer has still not been brought to justice, there have been a number of developments in the case.
Reward Increase:
The reward for information on who killed George has now been further increased and now stands at £50,000.
New Information Received:
Following information being received through social media, DI James Callander, the lead detective working on George Murdoch’s murder case, released fresh and potentially significant information to the papers and media. He was for anyone who knows of a male, likely now in his 60s, or 70s, who is small and of stocky build, with a local accent, who frequented Wilson’s Sports Bar, on Market St, Aberdeen in 2015, perhaps still does, and is known to wear or have worn an Iron Maiden T Shirt, to please contact Police on 101, or send a private message on the FB page Appeal for Information Aberdeen Taxi Driver Murder 1983 – George Murdoch. Alternatively, an email can be sent to jdhallfield@mail.co.uk
Also, on the 11th October, the lead detective on George’s murder case, lead, DI James Callander, appeared again on the programme CrimeWatch to give an update on George’s case.
If you know of an individual, in his 60s or 70s, matching this description, who has been known to wear such a T-Shirt, George Murdoch’s family and the police urge you to come forward if you can help at all.
UPDATE 19.08.2022:
UPDATE:
It was recently the 38th anniversary of George Murdoch’s murder and his family have renewed their appeal for information regarding the murder. There is a reward which has been recently doubled and now stands at £20,000. So, if you were in the Aberdeen area in 1983 or knew anyone who was in the area during this time who might remember something about this horrific murder, then the family would really like to hear from you with any information you may have, however small or insignificant you think it might be, as anything you might know could really help this investigation. One particular detail is regarding cheese wire usage in the area at the time. Uses for cheesewire may have been dehorning cattle, cutting large blocks of ice in the fishing industry, cutting clay in sculpting or cutting cores in the offshore industry. But do you know of any other uses or professions that haven’t been mentioned, and if so, this would also be valuable information that the police and George Murdoch’s family would love to know about.
Please, if you know anything at all, contact either the Police on 101 in the UK or contact the family directly on their Facebook page at Appeal for Information Aberdeen Taxi Driver Murder 1983 – George Murdoch
If there is anything you or anyone you know remembers from September 1983 in Aberdeen, then this could be invaluable in finding out who murdered George Murdoch, and finally give his family the closure they have been waiting for.
Episode Summary
A taxi driver working in Aberdeen on the night of 29 September 1983 picked up a seemingly harmless fare, but two miles into the journey things took a deadly turn.
- Road where George was found
- George and his wife Jessie in 1977
- Replica of cheesewire
- The scene of the murder at station road
- Police at the murder scene
- George Murdoch
- George Murdoch’s taxi at murder scene
- Sealed off – station Road, Pitfodels, where George was found dead.
- Police and dogs involved in the search following the murder
- The Mercat Cross
- Appeal Poster
The Last Fare eBook: McKay, Robina S.: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
World Population Review – Aberdeen Population
Who was Scotland’s cheese wire killer? The brutal murder of an Aberdeen taxi driver – Daily Record
George Murdoch murder: Dozens of calls about 1983 Aberdeen killing – BBC News
George Murdoch murder: Police remain optimistic about finding 1983 killer – BBC News
George Murdoch – True Crime Library
Family of ‘Cheese Wire Killer’ victim still seek justice 35 years on | Press and Journal
Renewed bid to find Aberdeen cheese wire killer 35 years on – BBC News
Reward for information about murdered Aberdeen taxi driver extended | Press and Journal
Family of murdered taxi driver George Murdoch publishes book about unsolved case | Press and Journal
‘Police chiefs to blame for “cheese wire killer” getting away’ | Press and Journal
Blood and Granite: True crime from Aberdeen eBook: Adams, Norman: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store
10,000 reward to catch murderer who killed taxi driver 31 years ago – Evening Express
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The Last Fare
by Robina S McKay
Synopsis
Thursday 29th Sept 1983. It had been a miserable, dreich day in Aberdeen and rain was still falling, as taxi driver, George Murdoch, made his way along Queens Rd. Up ahead, he spotted a young guy attempting to flag down a cab. Pulling in for him, he stopped and his passenger climbed into the seat behind him. As he indicated to pull out, George glanced at the clock dial. This would be his last fare of the night. Soon, he’d be heading home to his wife and the warm meal she’d have waiting for him. But George would not make it home that night, nor any other.
His nightmare was only just beginning…………
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The Karen Buckley Murder
The Karen Buckley Murder
Episode Summary
In April 2015, Irish nurse Karen had arrived in Glasgow a few months earlier to study at Caledonia University. Taking some time out from studying, Karen was on a night out at a nightclub with her university friends. Just before 1am she said goodnight to her friends and left the nightclub, she was never seen alive again.
- Map of Karen’s last movements, where handbag and remains found
- Aerial photo of High Craigton Farm
- Photo of Karen Buckley
- Photo of Pacteau
- Photo of Karen Buckley
- Pacteau’s Bedroom
- Photo of the Sanctuary Nightclub
- Photo of Pacteau outside nightclub
- Photo of Karen’s mum and dad, John and Marian, making appeal to find Karen
- Photo of flat Dorchester Avenue
- Photo of gathering at vigil in George Square
- Photo of John and Marian Buckley
- Photo of where Karen’s body was found
- Photo of Pacteau's Flat
- CCTV image of Pacteau about to purchase caustic soda
- Karen with her three brothers
- Photo of the double doors Karen’s body was found behind
- Photo of Kelvin Way Street where Pacteau parked his car and murdered Karen
- Photo of mourners laying flowers at vigil in George Square
- Photo of Karen’s funeral
- Photo of Karen’s funeral
- Photo of Karen
- Photo of Karen
- SSE Hydro in Glasgow
Glasgow Tourism and Visitor Plan
Judge calls Karen Buckley’s murder a ‘brutal, motiveless attack on a defenceless young woman’
Timeline Of Karen Buckley’s Murder | News – Clyde 2
Karen Buckley: Man arrested over student’s death – BBC News
Karen Buckley death: Man, 21, charged with murder of trainee nurse – Daily Star
Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau jailed for life – BBC News
Karen Buckley murder: Watch killer reveal moment he first laid eyes on student nurse – Mirror Online
Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau jailed for at least 23 years | UK news | The Guardian
Karen Buckley murder – Mirror Online
Karen Buckley murder: Timeline of events | The Scotsman
Karen Buckley: Timeline of disappearance and death
Timeline: The Karen Buckley murder case
Karen Buckley murder: Man admits ‘evil’ killing of Irish student in Glasgow – BBC News
Family of murdered Karen Buckley thank ‘˜very many people’ for support | Belfast News Letter
Police fear Karen Buckley’s evil murderer Pacteau had ‘stalked other women’ – Herald.ie
Karen Buckley murderer Pacteau gets life, with a minimum sentence of 23 years
Memorial mass to mark one year since murder of Karen Buckley – STV News
Twisted killer jailed for life for ‘motiveless’ murder of student Karen Buckley – Daily Star
Karen Buckley murder: what we know now – Independent.ie
Man pleads guilty to Karen Buckley murder | UK news | The Guardian
Alexander Pacteau admits brutal murder of student Karen Buckley | ITV News
Man Admits Murder Of Karen Buckley – Heart Scotland
Karen was ‘our little angel’ – BBC News
Karen Buckley: How Alexander Pacteau killed her and tried to destroy her body
Alex Pacteau: The making of the evil monster who murdered Karen Buckley – Irish Mirror Online
‘My son is innocent’, says mother whose son was seen talking to Karen on CCTV
Karen Buckley funeral: Hundreds mourn “utterly inappropriate” death | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Monster killer Alexander Pacteau moved jail after riot over drug checks
Cork nurse murderer Alexander Pacteau moved to new jail for being ringleader in prison riot
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Clipper Maid of the Seas
Clipper Maid of the Seas
Episode Summary
A seemingly routine flight from London on the way to New York would forever change many lives as it passed over a small town in Scotland.
- Jaswant Basuta
- David Dornstein
- Thomas Flannigan
- Kathleen Flannigan
- Joanne Flannigan
- The remains of the forward section from “Clipper Maid of the Seas” on Tundergarth Hill
- Sherwood Crescent Crater
- Replica of the suitcase that contained the bomb
- Reproduction of the plastic explosive placed inside a cassette recorder
- Reconstruction of Wreckage from Pan Am Flight 103
- Mary’s House Clothes Shop in Malta
- Memorial to the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 at Dryfesdale Cemetery in Lockerbie
- Lockerbie
- Stained glass window in Lockerbie’s Town Hall representing the victims of Pan Am Flight 103 and the countries they came from
Remembering Pan Am Flight 103 — FBI
BBC NEWS | Magazine | ‘I missed the Lockerbie flight by minutes’
Jaswant Basuta | View from the Mirror (blackcablondon.net)
PA103 Archives: Victim: David Scott Dornstein (syr.edu)
Destroyed by the curse of Lockerbie | UK news | The Guardian
Lockerbie orphan is found dead in Thai hotel | The Independent
Pan Am Guilty of ‘Willful Misconduct’ – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com)
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial – Wikipedia
Scottish Court in the Netherlands – Wikipedia
Lockerbie Trial, Verdict and Appeal – scotcourts.gov.uk
The Lockerbie Bombing: The Tragic True Story Of Pan Am Flight 103 (grunge.com)
Libya Admits Culpability In Crash of Pan Am Plane – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Lockerbie: The Gaucis and compensation (timesofmalta.com)
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