Episodes
From a Scottish Castle to a Merseyside boozer, via the FBI’s most-wanted list, this is the incredible story of a missing masterpiece.
Published 08/25/23
A conspiracy theory that a cabal of gay judges threaten the justice system has gripped Scotland. A shiny lawyer with a dark secret claims to have a list that possesses the truth. 'Shiny Bob: The Devil's Advocate' OUT NOW on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts.
Published 06/05/23
Dr Julia Shaw unwraps Bad People’s choice of true crime podcasts in 2022.
She talks to Audrey Gillan, the acclaimed journalist whose podcast Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer reinvestigates horrific murders that shocked Glasgow over fifty years ago.
Julia also meets BBC social media and disinformation correspondent Marianna Spring to discuss her series Disaster Trolls, which investigates the trolling of victims of terror attacks by people who claim they never happened
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Published 12/21/22
Although so many questions remain unanswered, Audrey’s investigation comes to an end – at least for now.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston and Anna Miles
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona Macritchie
Published 12/07/22
Questions emerge about the way in which a suspect in Helen Puttock’s murder was eliminated, and Audrey revisits the crime scene to explore a lead that was never fully investigated.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston and Anna Miles
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona...
Published 11/30/22
Shocking new details emerge which question much of what we thought we knew about the murder of Helen Puttock.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston and Anna Miles
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona Macritchie
Published 11/23/22
Audrey builds up a picture of Irvine McInnes and uncovers startling new information that may explain how he became connected to the scene of Helen’s murder.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona Macritchie
Published 11/16/22
Audrey examines the ultimately doomed investigation into Helen Puttock’s murder. She tracks down some of those who worked on it, some who knew the man who ran it, and asks whether the hunt for the killer was destined to fail from the start.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston and Anna Miles
Sound Designer...
Published 11/09/22
In a dramatic monologue performed by Elaine C Smith, Helen’s sister Jean recounts her memories of their final night out at the Barrowland.
Sound Designer: Joel Cox
Published 11/02/22
Audrey meets members of Helen’s family who and revisits her interview with Helen’s sister, Jean, the woman described by the press as the “only witness in the case”.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona...
Published 10/26/22
The family of Jemima Macdonald share memories of her life and death and Audrey meets one relative who believes they have a photograph of her standing next to her killer.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and...
Published 10/19/22
Working with her old friend Andrew O’Hagan, Audrey attempts to build a picture of Jemima’s life and piece together how the murder split the family apart.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona...
Published 10/12/22
In his own words, Patricia’s son Alex reveals memories of his mother.
Music Credit: Mother Love by Martin Simpson, performed on guitar by Alex Docker
Published 10/05/22
Audrey and fellow journalist Cello, examine how the original police investigation went awry. And Audrey explores Patricia’s life and speaks to those affected by her death.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sounds Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and...
Published 10/01/22
In 1996, she broke the news of a major development in the Bible John murder investigation. Now Audrey wants to tell the stories of the three women in a way never done before.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling...
Published 10/01/22
Audrey Gillan digs back into the story of the Bible John murders, exploring the lives of the three victims, and uncovers another story that she and others had missed completely.
Published 09/29/22