Murder She Spoke

Episode 38: Helen Kane. This week Emma brings us the unsolved case of Helen Kane, a mother of four, who was killed as she made her way home from an anniversary celebration.
Emma talks through the inadequate evidence gathering practices of the 1970's and the difficulties this causes in attempting to solve this case 50 years later, and also discusses the notorious serial killers whose names show up in the course of the investigation.

Case research by Emma Taylor
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise

Sources of research:

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/did-angus-sinclair-kill-edinburgh-mum-helen-kane-1520794

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/1856385/unsolved-scotland-helen-kane-worlds-end-angus-sinclair/

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4003977/angus-sinclair-killer-unsolved-murder-victim-son-secrets/

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scottish-mail-on-sunday/20200126/282359746680494

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scottish-mail-on-sunday/20190317/282394105777653

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/13296745.false-alibi-left-sinclair-free-to-murder/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/516951/cunning-and-cruel/

http://www.unsolved-murders.co.uk/murder-content.php?key=776&termRef=Helen%20Kane

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13190105.sinclairs-wife-secretly-worked-with-worlds-end-detectives/

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scottish-mail-on-sunday/20200126/282359746680494

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/missed-clues-could-led-police-4737367

https://news.stv.tv/feature/i-knew-my-cousins-killer-angus-sinclair-would-strike-again?top

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-scottish-mail-on-sunday/20190317/282394105777653

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/worlds-end-trial-scotlands-top-4637593

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/serial-killer-angus-sinclair-firmly-4730351

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/ann-ballantine-neil-mccann-7-edinburghs-most-tragic-murder-cases-which-remain-unsolved-2869935

Bonus Episode: Interview with Peter Bleksley on the Hunt for Kevin Parle.

Peter Bleksley is an author, broadcaster, former undercover detective with Scotland Yard and also remembered as 'The Chief' from Channel 4's 'Hunted'.

Peter joins us again to talk about his ongoing hunt for notorious fugitive Kevin Parle.
Parle - who has been on the run since 2005 - is wanted in connection with the murders of 16-year-old Liam Kelly and 22-year-old mother of three Lucy Hargreaves in Liverpool.

Peter Bleksley has been documenting his hunt for Kevin Parle in the BBC Sounds Podcast 'Manhunt: Finding Kevin Parle' and his recently released book 'Manhunt: Hunting Britain's Most Wanted Murderer'.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manhunt-Hunting-Britains-Wanted-Murderer/dp/1913543986

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p054dybk

Bonus Episode: Interview with Peter Bleksley on Alistair Wilson's murder.

Peter Bleksley is an author, broadcaster, former undercover detective with Scotland Yard and also remembered as 'The Chief' from Channel 4's 'Hunted'.

Episode 21 of Murder She Spoke covered the death of Alistair Wilson - commonly known as the banker from Nairn who was shot dead on his doorstep in 2004.

Peter Bleksley investigated the circumstances and published his findings in his book 'To Catch A Killer'. Peter joins us to discuss the case in greater detail and gives us some insight into his fascinating and colourful life.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Catch-Killer-Behind-Doorstep-Murder/dp/1786069830

Episode 37: Jimmy Boyle & Craig Millar. A double bill this week as Joannagh tells us the story of former Glasgow gangster Jimmy Boyle, who put his violent past behind him by embracing hss artistic abilities and Emma tells us of the tragic unsolved case of Craig Millar, an abandoned newborn whose death brought a community together in mourning.

Case research by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise

Sources of research:

Episode 36: Tracey Wylde. This week Emma brings us the tragic story of Tracey Wylde, a young mother whose murder would spark a long running investigation in which Tracey would not be the only innocent person to suffer.

Case research by Emma Taylor
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise

Sources of research:

https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/ft9r/unsolved-murders--tracey-wylde/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48308465

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/family-murdered-tracey-wylde-repulsed-20438131

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/devastated-grandad-never-over-being-14996840

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4254173/zhi-min-chen-prostitute-murder-glasgow-tracey-wylde-jail-20-years/

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/4257243/tracey-wylde-glasgow-murder-killer-jailed-family-blast-sentence/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/24/man-admits-murder-glasgow-woman-tracey-wylde-1997

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17594539.tracey-wylde-murder-takeaway-owner-admits-killing-glasgow-sex-worker/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17647448.tracey-wylde-takeaway-owner-zhi-min-chen-murdered-woman-1997-jailed-life/

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/17946597.man-jailed-tracey-wyldes-murder-four-years-cut-20-year-sentence/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/bguuy8/resolved_man_admits_murdering_glasgow_woman/

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1128673/tracey-wylde-murder-killer-sentence-family-bernadette-mccash

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-48274101

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/man-jailed-for-murder-of-tracy-wylde-in-1997-7ccf8fvqr

https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/zhi-min-chen-jailed-murder-16290010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009yqun6kEQ
“Unsolved” documentary episode on youtube “Tracey Wylde”

https://archive.news.stv.tv/west-central/1441298-convicted-murderer-has-jail-sentence-cut-on-appeal.html

https://totalcrime.co.uk/2014/06/21/murderbook-1900-1999/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nineteen-years-on-reveal-man-7367413

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12308222.is-this-tracy-wyldeslast-client-police-photograph-plea/

Episode 35: The Moors Murderers. This week Joannagh brings us the story of two of the UK's most notorious killers, Ian Brady and Myra Hindley. Over two years the sadistic couple tortured and killed five young victims, one of whom would never be found again, their remains lost to the Saddleworth Moor where they are thought to be buried.

Case research by Joannagh Shanks
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise


If any of our UK listeners have been affected by anything included in today’s episode, you can contact the following organisations:

Rape Crisis Scotland on 08088 01 03 02.

Rape Crisis England & Wales on 08088 029 999

Rape Crisis NI on 0800 0246 991


Sources of research:

Books

Ian Brady: The Untold Story of the Moors Murders by Dr Alan Keightley

Depraved: The Moors Murders by CJC Cook

Evil Relations: The Man Who Bore Witness Against the Moors Murderers by David Smith with Carol Ann Lee

The Monstering of Myra Hindley by Nina Wilde


https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/myra-hindley

https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ian-brady

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/myra-hindley-ian-brady-documents-papers-moors-murders-diary-a8547366.html

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1267948/moors-murders-ian-brady-myra-hindley-release-margaret-thatcher-uk-news-spt

https://www.theguardian.com/century/1960-1969/Story/0,,106456,00.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/16/the-victims-of-ian-brady-and-myra-hindley

https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/history/mayra-hindley-depraved-sadistic-serial-18531468

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/all-about/myra-hindley

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/c6jz211v777t/ian-brady

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/09/20/myra-hindley-claimed-raped-abused-ian-brady-papers-handed-deathbed/

https://www.thoughtco.com/ian-brady-and-myra-hindley-moors-murders-4046149

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/brady-ian-photos.htm

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/twisted-couple-exchanged-gifts-p5mk7zk22

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ian-brady-soulmate-myra-hindley-was-as-ruthless-as-i-was_uk_591c2693e4b0a7458fa45fe4?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAcFlOIgtWY1_IHaljS8yBgPj58dzFe-VeHGrC7a6mSBY-s7IqBh0kYWRVGcKmE9roOjc_tdvCqQAchttDISec03kwLB3UTg-xdxI4FYF9EZyzRkmml1tKON3oyg5C3G_MYzAs0-P_-RQ1zGkaCwj1Um26AIlWfqTrWsNr_w-Xjr

https://www.metro.news/hindley-files-private-papers-reveal-killers-hatred-for-ian-brady/1233940/

https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/15300204.amp/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/slightly-blighty/201705/inside-the-mind-the-celebrity-serial-killer-ian-brady

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saddleworth_Moor

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/little-boy-called-keith-bennett-18430938

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/28/only-people-matter-ian-brady

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/may/15/ian-brady-obituary

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/the-northerner/2015/oct/23/moors-murders-search-ian-brady-myra-hindley-1965

https://www.facebook.com/SearchingForKeithBennett/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7956277/Brother-Ian-Bradys-victim-Keith-Bennett-begs-judge-unlock-Moors-Murderers-case-secrets.html

Episode 34: Madeleine Smith. This week Emma delves into the history books to bring us the case of Madeleine Smith, a prominent Scottish socialite whose clandestine romance would result in scandal and one of the most famous murder trials of its time.

Case research by Emma Taylor
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise

Sources of research:

https://blog.nrscotland.gov.uk/2017/07/18/madeleine-hamilton-smith-1835-1928-the-accused/#:~:text=On%2030%20June%201857%20the,and%20once%20in%20March%201857.

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/glasgow-woman-who-laced-her-lovers-cocoa-arsenic-822830

http://the-history-girls.blogspot.com/2016/01/was-madeleine-smith-guilty-as-charged.html

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/historic-scottish-unsolved-murder-mystery-12406482

https://amostcuriousmurder.com/madeleine-smiths-trial-a-scotland-murder-mystery/

https://wellcomecollection.org/works/p656zb8b

http://oldglasgowmurders.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-sensational-story-of-madeleine-smith.html

https://www.historyscotland.com/history/the-murder-trial-of-madeline-smith-began-on-this-day-in-history/

https://www.scotiana.com/illegibility-of-glasgow-postmark-saves-madeleine-smith-from-the-gallows/

https://www.theglasgowstory.com/story/?id=TGSDH04

https://www.scan.org.uk/knowledgebase/topics/madeleinesmith.htm

http://lawcollections.library.cornell.edu/trial/catalog/sat:3320

http://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/03/16/486/

http://wludh.ca/ams/crime/?p=1156

http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sat:3320#mode/1up

https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/madeleinesmith.html

https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1767&context=penn_law_review

http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=sat:3320#mode/1up

Episode 33: Shamsuddin Mahmood. This week Joannagh tells us of a crime that rocked a small community in Orkney, when a young waiter was gunned down in a restaurant in front of horrified diners. The episode looks at the possible motivations for the killing as well as interference in the investigation from within police ranks.

Case research by Joannagh Shanks
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise

Sources of research:

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/5uqv7b/did_michael_ross_kill_shamsuddin_mahmood/

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/islands/1434395/michael-ross-attempted-to-flee-court-after-murder-conviction/

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1502403/top-human-rights-lawyer-takes-on-case-of-former-black-watch-sniper-convicted-of-killing-bangladeshi-waiter-in-orkney-restaurant/

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1549603/convicted-killer-michael-ross-defends-escape-bids-from-prison/

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1807109/michael-ross-new-book-described-as-trash-by-convicted-orkney-killers-campaigners/

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/highlands/1833947/human-rights-lawyer-anwar-spends-days-in-orkney-probing-waiter-murder-case/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W62xE6-Af4

https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/justice4michaelross/

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3734683/orkney-murder-shamsuddin-mahmood-michael-ross-race-hate-sniper-netflix-series/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/racist-murderer-michael-ross-shows-2033895

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19543439

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-44546002

https://www.orcadian.co.uk/ross-case-bound-for-netflix/

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/michael-ross

https://www.scotsman.com/news/orkney-murder-aamer-anwar-fight-freedom-michael-ross-281190

Episode 32: Linda Peacock. This week Emma tells us of the murder of Linda Peacock, a young girl whose murder investigation and the subsequent trial would result in the groundbreaking use of a controversial area of science; forensic odontology, to secure a conviction.

Case research by Emma Taylor
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise

Sources of research:


41 Police J. 319 (1968)
The Murder of Linda Peacock: A Triumph for Forensic Odontology

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/archive/article/1967-08-08/2/5.html#start%3D1966-08-01%26end%3D1967-09-01%26terms%3Dbiggar%26back%3D/tto/archive/find/biggar/w:1966-08-01%7E1967-09-01/1%26prev%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/biggar/w:1966-08-01%7E1967-09-01/1%26next%3D/tto/archive/frame/goto/biggar/w:1966-08-01%7E1967-09-01/3
https://pdfslide.net/documents/the-biggar-murder-dental-medical-police-and-legal-aspects-of-a-case-.html

J Forensic Sci Soc . 1968 Dec;8(4):157-219. doi: 10.1016/s0015-7368(68)70474-6. The Biggar murder. Dental, medical, police and legal aspects of a case "in some ways unique, difficult and puzzling
W Harvey, O Butler, J Furness, R Laird


https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hay-gordon.htm

https://aboutforensics.co.uk/gordon-hay/

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/the-tell-tale-toothmark-960804

https://www.dentaltown.com/magazine/article/7528/the-biggar-murder-some-personal-recollections

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-record/20180310/283502206525182

https://prezi.com/-xm_gxmc_xu5/august-7th-1967-fifteen-year-old-linda-peacock-was-discove/?frame=cfbfb59dcbc6bf128b87bdc7befb5d578939dbcf

https://listverse.com/2018/08/07/10-grisly-historical-murderers-caught-thanks-to-forensics/

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=l2ug-BQpw7UC&pg=PT99&lpg=PT99&dq=gordon+hay+linda+peacock&source=bl&ots=bVpPWWoFqP&sig=ACfU3U2uBNyjhq77DDrWJN3ITwJ681GCvg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjklu248PXsAhVEtXEKHdFcCXQ4ChDoATAHegQICBAC#v=onepage&q=gordon%20hay%20linda%20peacock&f=false


Excerpt from The Stockbridge Baby Farmer
https://smile.amazon.co.uk/Stockbridge-Baby-Farmer-Molly-Whittington-Egan-ebook/dp/B00796E7SY/ref=smi_www_rco2_go_smi_g1285150262?_encoding=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0&ie=UTF8


https://www.dentaltown.com/magazine/article/7528/the-biggar-murder-some-personal-recollections


https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0015736868704746
Journal of the Forensic Science Society
Volume 8, Issue 4, December 1968, Pages 157-219 The Biggar Murder: Dental, medical, police and legal aspects of a case “ in some ways unique, difficult and puzzling.”
Crime and the Construction of Forensic Objectivity from 1850 Alison Adam


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326664638_An_insight_into_the_awareness_and_utilization_of_dental_evidence_among_the_police_force_in_Punjab/fulltext/5b5bd363a6fdccf0b2fca841/An-insight-into-the-awareness-and-utilization-of-dental-evidence-among-the-police-force-in-Punjab.pdf


https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lMDLFqTkd7oC&pg=PT223&lpg=PT223&dq=linda+peacock+murder&source=bl&ots=ua4sgfGo5M&sig=ACfU3U11FVkS6XoW1wD1G2mwlGka9pVPQw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjVrvue8vXsAhWCmFwKHUjFAbU4FBDoATAAegQIAhAC#v=onepage&q=linda%20peacock%20murder&f=false


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326664638_An_insight_into_the_awareness_and_utilization_of_dental_evidence_among_the_police_force_in_Punjab/fulltext/5b5bd363a6fdccf0b2fca841/An-insight-into-the-awareness-and-utilization-of-dental-evidence-among-the-police-force-in-Punjab.pdf

Episode 31: The Yorkshire Ripper. This week Joannagh tells us about the unfortunate women who fell victim to the Yorkshire Ripper during a reign of terror lasting five years in the north of England in which police were overwhelmed and taken in by a hoaxer who would have a devastating effect on the investigation.

Case research by Joannagh Shanks
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise

Sources of research:

http://www.yorkshireripper.com/the-story/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-54874713

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/13/yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe-dies-aged-74

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/leeds-news/yorkshire-ripper-peter-sutcliffe-victims-15169608

https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/yorkshire-ripper?CMP=ILC-refresh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbNsY6j9xSc

http://crimehub.co.uk/index.php?title=Yorkshire_Ripper#The_Yorkshire_Ripper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18868810.wearside-jack-hoaxer-helped-yorkshire-ripper-100-miles-away/

https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/yorkshire-ripper-wearside-jack-sister-16905918

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-49406231

https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2020/05/22/judgement-day-for-the-yorkshire-ripper/

https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/yorkshire-ripper-who-were-serial-killer-peter-sutcliffes-victims-when-did-he-get-caught-and-how-did-he-die-3035103

https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18870749.looking-back-yorkshire-ripper-investigation/

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/local-news/yorkshire-ripper-victims-names-13-19273171

https://murderpedia.org/male.S/s/sutcliffe-peter-victims.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Sutcliffe