Scotland's Murder Mysteries

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  • Premiered: Mar 2015
  • Episodes: 8
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • STV (UK)
  • Unknown
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Madeleine Smith
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Air date
Mar 03, 2015
Madeleine Smith was a 19th-century Glaswegian socialite who was sensationally accused of poisoning her lover. Discover if today's experts think she was truly guilty.
1x2
Oscar Slater
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Jun 04, 2015
Oscar Slater was convicted of murder in 1909, but was he really a killer or in fact a victim of high-level conspiracy? The evidence is assessed.
1x3
Donald Merrett
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Jun 11, 2015
Callous killer Donald Merrett murdered his mum, his wife and his mother-in-law before taking his own life in 1954. Learn more about the butchery that shocked Scotland.
1x4
Jessie McLachlan
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Jun 18, 2015
Recalling the 1862 Sandyford murder case, in which Jessie McLachlan was accused of killing her friend with a meat cleaver. Hear the facts as her guilt is questioned.
1x5
Jessie King
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Jun 25, 2015
Child killer Jessie King was the last woman to be executed in Edinburgh, being hanged for her crimes in 1889. But was her partner also guilty? Experts air their theories.
1x6
Dr Edward Pritchard
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Jul 02, 2015
Scotland's most infamous murders revisited. Edward Pritchard poisoned his wife and mother-in-law in 1865 and was the last person to be publicly hanged in Glasgow.
1x7
Eugene Chantrelle
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Jul 09, 2015
Frenchman Eugene Chantrelle was hanged in Edinburgh's Calton Jail in 1878 for the murder of his young Scottish wife. We revisit the case that scandalised a nation.
1x8 Show finale
Deacon William Brodie
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Jul 16, 2015
A real Jekyll and Hyde case from the 1700s - discover the remarkable duplicity of respected Scottish tradesman Deacon Brodie, who led a secret life as a thief.

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