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 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...
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...
