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Episode Summary
In 1889, two men on holiday on the Isle of Arran climbed Goatfell Mountain, however, only one came down alive. What actually happened on the mountain is still a mystery to this day, was it an accident or was it murder?
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Episode Summary
In 1889, two men on holiday on the Isle of Arran climbed Goatfell Mountain, however, only one came down alive. What actually happened on the mountain is still a mystery to this day, was it an accident or was it murder?
Please Be Advised – This episode may contain content that some may find distressing. As always, we advise listener discretion. This episode it not suitable for anyone under the age of 13.
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- Scottish mysteries: murder at the top of Goatfell | The Scotsman
- It’s a century since Arran was last in the news; then it was even more dramatic | Ian Jack | The Guardian
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- Ayrshireroots – Arran Murder
- Two Gold Rings, Supposed To Be Those Worn By The Lite Mr Edwin Rose, Murdered In Arran, Have Been Found | Dundee Courier | Saturday 12 October 1889 | British Newspaper Archive
- The Murder Of Ya Edwin Rose. | South Western Star | Saturday 07 September 1889 | British Newspaper Archive
- The Abran Tragedy.-Two Gold Rings, Supposed To Be Those Worn By The Murdered Tourist, Edwin Rose, Have Been Found, One | Dundee Courier | Saturday 12 October 1889 | British Newspaper Archive
- The Crown Authorities Have Decided That John W. Laurie, Charged With The Of Edwin Rose, In Last July, Is Not | Dundee Courier | Monday 30 September 1889 | British Newspaper Archive
- Aberdeen, Saturday, Nov. The Trial Of John Watson Laurie, Who Is Charged With The Murder Of Edwin Rose At Arran | Aberdeen Press and Journal | Saturday 09 November 1889 | British Newspaper Archive
- Laurie Sentenced To Death The Trial Of John Watson Laurie, On The Charge Of Murdering Edwin Rose At Goatfell, Arran. | Batley News | Saturday 16 November 1889 | British Newspaper Archive
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- Goatfell | National Trust for Scotland
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The Goatfell Murder: Amazon.co.uk: Smith, Calum: 9780954070489: Books
The Goatfell Murder
by Calum Smith
Synopsis
This is the true story of an infamous murder in the Scottish mountains. Taking place in 1898, the year Jack the Ripper committed the last of his murders, the murder of an English tourist, Edwin Rose, on Goatfell, in the Isle of Arran, was a sensation of the time.
July 1889, and Jack the Ripper has just committed the last of the Whitechapel murders. The Scottish press, however, are more interested in a sensational local case. The body of an English tourist, 32-year-old Edwin Rose, has been found battered and bloody and hidden beneath a boulder on the slopes of Goatfell, a mountain on the Isle of Arran. This is the story of the Goatfell tragedy of 1889 – the only murder, if it was a murder, ever committed on the Scottish mountains- including hitherto unpublished letters from John Watson Laurie, subsequently convicted for the crime, who became the longest serving prisoner in Scotland.
Scottish Murders is a production of Cluarantonn
Hosted by Dawn
Researched and Written by Dawn Young
Produced and Edited by Dawn Young
Shout out to Kirstin for requesting this case be covered
Introduction Voice Talent by Eleanor Morton
Production Company Name by Granny Robertson
Music:
Dawn of the Fairies by Derek & Brandon Fiechter