15 episodes
Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer BBC Radio Scotland
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4.6 • 213 Ratings
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Journalist Audrey Gillan digs back into the story of the Bible John murders, this time exploring the lives of the three victims, and uncovers a whole other story that she and everyone else had missed completely.
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Introducing Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer
Audrey Gillan digs back into the story of the Bible John murders, exploring the lives of the three victims, and uncovers another story that she and others had missed completely.
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1. Three Women
In 1996, she broke the news of a major development in the Bible John murder investigation. Now Audrey wants to tell the stories of the three women in a way never done before.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona Macritchie
The police notes are voiced by actor Kenny Blyth -
2. Patricia Docker
Audrey and fellow journalist Cello, examine how the original police investigation went awry. And Audrey explores Patricia’s life and speaks to those affected by her death.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sounds Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona Macritchie
The police notes are voiced by actor Kenny Blyth
Musical Credit: Mother Love, Composed by Martin Simpson and performed on guitar by Alex Docker -
Bonus Episode: Reflections from Alex Docker
In his own words, Patricia’s son Alex reveals memories of his mother.
Music Credit: Mother Love by Martin Simpson, performed on guitar by Alex Docker -
3. Jemima MacDonald
Working with her old friend Andrew O’Hagan, Audrey attempts to build a picture of Jemima’s life and piece together how the murder split the family apart.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona Macritchie
The police notes are voiced by actor Kenny Blyth -
4. Pictures of Jemima
The family of Jemima Macdonald share memories of her life and death and Audrey meets one relative who believes they have a photograph of her standing next to her killer.
Writer, Producer and Presenter Audrey Gillan
Producer and Story Editor Jack Kibble-White
Additional Reporting by Marcello Mega
Producers Elizabeth Clark and Victoria McArthur
Researchers Molly Higgins, Amanda Johnston, Anna Miles and Fergus Smith
Sound Designer and Composer Joel Cox
Editors Heather Kane-Darling and Iona Macritchie
Actor Kenny Blyth
Customer Reviews
Insightful
Truly in depth and gave us a picture of the victims and their families as real people .
The re examination of the case was really interesting and they gave some amazing new details of both investigations .Surely in todays climate there should be another attempt to solve this .
Wonderful podcast well done to all involved and condolences to the families and friends of the Ladies who lost their lives .
Absolutely Brilliant
This is an excellent podcast that whilst covering such an important part of Scotlands history, it also makes the listener stop in their tracks and think about some the things in life that we are fortunate enough not to experience. I wanted to answer some of the questions posed like when chello asked ‘why are people in such positions of power never held to account”… yes why? It’s that culture in the UK if you held a position of senior authority and you were moved on it’s not ok to ask … oh why did you make that decision?
Anyway thank you. Loved it all!
Atmospheric & Sympathetic
There a new way of looking at serial killers following The Five by Hallie Rubenhold and this does the same excellent job on the Bible John history. Great interviews and storytelling from the victims and their families’ perspective. And don’t worry. There’s also a lot of super investigative journalism about the identity of the perps, and the conduct of the police. Top notch.