Blogs in April 2016

Snapshot 30th April 2016

A series of shootings by a lone sniper leaves Glasgow terrorised and the media in a frenzy. Who is behind the executions of some of the most notorious criminals in the city? As more deaths occur – including those...

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Random 30th April 2016

Glasgow is being terrorised by a serial killer the media have nicknamed The Cutter. The murders have left the police baffled. There seems to be neither rhyme nor reason behind the killings; no kind of pattern or motive; an...

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Witness the Dead 30th April 2016

Scotland 1972. Glasgow is haunted by a murderer nicknamed Red Silk – a feared serial killer who selects his victims in the city’s nightclubs. The case remains unsolved but Archibald Atto, later imprisoned for other murders, is thought to...

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In Place of Death 30th April 2016

A young man enters the culverted remains of an ancient Glasgow stream, looking for thrills. Deep below the city, it is decaying and claustrophobic and gets more so with every step. As the ceiling lowers to no more than...

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A Spring Betrayal 25th April 2016

We uncovered the last of the bodies in the red hour before dusk, as the sun stained the snowcaps of the Tian Shan mountains the colour of dried blood and the spring air turned sharp and cold . ....

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