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...
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. ...
RGU Crime Files
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...
