More than 100,000 watched on after he had been sentenced to death. Listen to the story of the infamous Human Crocodile or Dr Edward Pritchard who was hanged for the death of his wife and mother-in-law.

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We cast an overview on the gruesome crimes of serial killer and predator Angus Sinclair. He reigned terror on Glasgow by preying on kids as young as six, but his crimes spread further than this city. The Scots man was also behind the World's End Murders in Edinburgh.

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In today’s episode of the Glasgow Crime Stories, we look back to 1920 and the story of a war veteran who was murdered after a pickup by a prostitute.

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How the murder of Angelika Kluk revealed the gruesome past of serial killer Peter Tobin.

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In this episode, we glance far into the past with a retelling of the trial of Oscar Slater.  It was a pursuit of justice that even saw Sherlock Holmes author Arthur Conan Doyle get involved.

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In today’s episode, we look at the tragic murder of 25-year-old Eleni Pachou in her work at a Glasgow restaurant.  The woman was brutally stabbed over £1300 which was taken from the restaurant's safe.

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Will the mystery of Bible John ever be solved? Many feel that's unlikely given that there is little forensic evidence and most of the key witnesses are now dead. In this episode, we look at what is known about the Barrowland killings.

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In our fourth episode, listen to a detailed rundown of the arrest and trial of Grand Master of the Orange Order in Scotland Alan G Hasson.  At the height of his powers, he was a media darling and his name was seldom out the newspapers with reporters seeking his views on the many moral and religious issues of the day. 

However, by the start of the 1970's it all ended in tears with his reputation trashed by a fraud scandal. 

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It was Good Friday, April 5, 1985, and veteran lawyer Willie McRae was heading to his Highland holiday cottage in the Ross-Shire village of Dornie near Skye. However, he never arrived and what happened that night still causes controversy and debate more than 36 years later.

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Forty years ago, the brutal attack on Carol X shocked Scotland and rocked the country’s legal establishment to the core. The decision not to prosecute became a major political scandal and resulted in a historic private prosecution – only the third in 300 years.

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