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Title: Peter Manuel: The Beast of Birkenshaw Serial Killer

Subtitle: Homicide True Crime Cases, Book 3

Author: C.L. Swinney

Narrator: Don Kline

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-16

Publisher: RJ Parker Publishing Inc.

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime

Publisher's Summary:

Peter Manuel killed repeatedly, both random and targeted victims, including men, women, and children, because he enjoyed the rush. As a lifelong criminal, Manuel mainly committed property crime. That all changed when his heart was broken. The woman he'd been engaged to called off the wedding and left him, causing Peter to snap. His violence escalated then, and Peter terrorized various communities for almost two years. His cockiness had no end, and he went as far as giving a police inspector a ride while the inspector was searching for one of the teenage girls Peter had murdered. Peter toyed with the detective and advised him he thought the police were looking in the wrong spot for the girl. Ultimately, Peter's arrogance and insatiable need for attention led to his demise; one that made him meet his own executioner as he hung from a noose on prison gallows.

Members Reviews:

Excellent read!

Peter Manuel was born in New York to Scottish parents and returned to Scotland when he was 5. He had problems from the beginning and was a petty thief by the time he was 10. He started sexually assaulting females when he was 16 and served time in prison. After he was released from prison, his assaults escalated to murder. He was convicted of murdering 7 people between 1956 and 1958, but he was suspected of other murders. This is an excellent book by Author Chris Swinney and I highly recommend it.

Another Great Read by CL Swinney

Great book about Scottish Serial Killer Peter Manuel an Omnivore of a Serial Killer who killed men, women and children because he just loved the rush that he got from Committing Murder. He became way worse when his fiancee broke off the engagement and dumped him, taking out his fury towards his ex-fiancee on any woman unfortunate enough to cross his path

This may be my favorite CL Swinney book so far!!

I have read ALL of the True Crime books by CL Swinney as well as some of his fiction books and I have to say this may be my favorite one so far! Chris has an easy to read style and this book seems well written and informative.

In this True Crime book, Chris gives us the story of Peter Manuel, aka "The Beast of Birkenshaw"! Peter Manuel started his life of crime by committing petty thefts and burglaries at the young age of 9. By the time he reached his mid to late teens he started to add extremely violent acts of assaults and rape to his crime resume! He spent a short period of time in prison for some of those crimes but that seemed to do nothing for him as far as reforming him. It didn't take long after he got out that he added serial killer to his resume!

I should also add that these crimes were committed back in the 1940's and 50's when people were used to going to bed without having to lock down their house like a fortress and the term "serial killer" had not yet been coined! Making these murders all the more shocking!

Serial murder in Scotland

This is an astounding case of a young serial killer in Scotland during the 1950s. Apparently his criminal career began at age 9 with stealing, progressing to breaking and entering, then finally to senseless violence and murder.

In the end, Peter Manuel was credited with nine murders along with hundreds of break-ins. Despite much speculation, no motive was offered for a single one of the murders. It appears he just wanted to kill.