Season 2

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Episode 128 min2021-08-15

Fraudsters

Criminologist Professor David Wilson takes a close look at fraud and the people who commit it. Are they charismatic schemers, or dangerous liars? And what does it take to lead this chameleon-like existence?

Episode 228 min2021-08-22

Spree Mass Killers

David travels to the notorious Carstairs State Hospital in South Lanarkshire to investigate one of Scotland’s worst spree killings. The atrocity occurred on one cold November night in 1976, leaving three people dead and at least three others injured. David tracks the movements of the two killers, Robert Mone and Thomas McCulloch, from their brutal escape from the hospital to the night-long manhunt across the border.

Episode 328 min2021-08-29

Family Annihilators

Together with investigative journalist Fiona Walker, David uncovers two family annihilations that occurred on the same day in Scotland in 2008. Fiona travels to Buckhaven in Fife, where Rab Thomson killed his son and daughter in their home, to uncover the events leading up to the murders, while David is in the Campsie Fells, where Ashok Kalyanjee took the lives of his two sons.

Episode 428 min2021-09-05

Child Psychopaths

In this episode, he and his guests discuss the complex issue of children who kill. How do you punish children when they may not comprehend the gravity of the act? Are these the actions of a burgeoning psychopath?

Episode 528 min2021-09-19

Women That Kill

Criminologist David Wilson explores the stereotyped view of women who commit violent offences and whether it’s time for a new attitude.

Episode 628 min2021-09-26

Missing Presumed Murdered

Criminologist David Wilson finds out how to secure a murder conviction when there is no dead body.

Episode 728 min2021-10-03

Racism

Criminologist David Wilson looks at Scotland’s complex history of race crime and asks if there really is no problem here.

Episode 828 min2021-10-10

Misjustice: Crimes Against Women

Criminologist David Wilson charts the extra steps women must often go through in order to seek justice.

Episode 928 min2021-10-17

Terrorism

Criminologist David Wilson probes Scotland’s battle with terrorism and discovers how the problem is a lot closer to home than we might imagine.

Episode 1028 min2021-10-24

Ethics of Policing

Criminologist David Wilson explores some of the ethical quandaries that plague our criminal justice system - is there a line that police shouldn’t cross when hunting the bad guy?

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