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  • 45m
  • United Kingdom
  • Documentary
These engrossing tales of wealth and class, brutality and cruelty, could only happen in mysterious Scotland. This series combines glossy drama reconstruction and expert opinion coupled with legal insights and a wealth of supporting reference materials from police reports, medical records, personal letters and images bringing the events of the past to life in electrifying detail.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

1x01 Oscar slater

Series Premiere

1x01 Oscar slater

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Historic criminal cases. 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.

1x02 Madeleine Smith

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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.

1x03 Jessie McLachlan

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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.

1x04 Edward Pritchard

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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.

Season Premiere

2x01 Jessie King

Season Premiere

2x01 Jessie King

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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.

2x02 Deacon Brodie

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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.

2x03 Eugene Chantrelle

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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.

2x04 Donald Merrett

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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.

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