Aberdeen, 1963. As the death penalty nears its end across the UK, a crime of passion shatters the city’s uneasy calm. Henry John Burnett, a young fishmonger, is consumed by an obsessive love that ends in murder. Captured after Scotland’s largest manhunt, Burnett becomes the last man to be executed in Scotland. In this episode, with expert insight from Robert Gordon University’s School of Law and Social Sciences, we explore the gripping true story behind the killing, the final days...
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Aberdeen, 1963. As the death penalty nears its end across the UK, a crime of passion shatters the city’s uneasy calm. Henry John Burnett, a young fishmonger, is consumed by an obsessive love that ends in murder. Captured after Scotland’s largest manhunt, Burnett becomes the last man to be executed in Scotland. In this episode, with expert insight from Robert Gordon University’s School of Law and Social Sciences, we explore the gripping true story behind the killing, the final days...
Aberdeen, 1963. As the death penalty nears its end across the UK, a crime of passion shatters the city’s uneasy calm. Henry John Burnett, a young fishmonger, is consumed by an obsessive love that ends in murder. Captured after Scotland’s largest manhunt, Burnett becomes the last man to be executed in Scotland. In this episode, with expert insight from Robert Gordon University’s School of Law and Social Sciences, we explore the gripping true story behind the killing, the final days...
In 1901, a fatal encounter in an Aberdeen pub shocked the city and led to a landmark murder trial. In this episode, we revisit the chilling events that unfolded at The Saltoun Arms and explore the legal and societal questions the case raised. How did public perception, media coverage, and courtroom drama shape the outcome? Featuring expert insights from Robert Gordon University’s School of Law and Social Sciences, we unpack a case that still resonates in today’s criminal justice debates. ...
In the late 16th century, Aberdeen became a hotspot for one of the darkest chapters in Scottish history. Accusations of witchcraft spread like wildfire, fuelled by fear, superstition, and the influence of King James VI. In 1597 alone, 31 people were accused. 27 were executed. This episode explores the paranoia behind the witch trials, the brutal treatment of the accused, and the societal forces that enabled the persecution. Featuring expert insights from Robert Gordon University’s...
In 18th-century Aberdeen, children began to vanish - hundreds of them. What at first appeared to be isolated disappearances soon revealed a dark and organised operation, led not by criminals in the shadows, but by the city’s own elite. This episode uncovers the chilling story of Aberdeen’s child kidnapping scandal and the fight for justice led by Peter Williamson, known as Indian Peter. With expert insight from RGU’s School of Law and Social Sciences, we examine what this case rev...
In 19th-century Aberdeen, the dead were no longer safe. As medical schools struggled to meet the demand for dissection cadavers, grave robbers began to raid local kirkyards, fuelled by profit and a growing market for bodies. But when the public discovered what was happening, outrage turned to violence, leading to the Anatomy Riot. Featuring expert insight from Robert Gordon University’s School of Law and Social Sciences, we uncover the chilling world of body snatching, the ethical...
Aberdeen, 1963. As the death penalty nears its end across the UK, a crime of passion shatters the city’s uneasy calm. Henry John Burnett, a young fishmonger, is consumed by an obsessive love that ends in murder. Captured after Scotland’s largest manhunt, Burnett becomes the last man to be executed in Scotland. In this episode, with expert insight from Robert Gordon University’s School of Law and Social Sciences, we explore the gripping true story behind the killing, the final days...
