230: Episode 230 - Peter Manuel: The Beast of Birkenshaw

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4.5 • 18.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

In early January of 1956, Glasgow police received a phone call about a break-in at the home of the Smart family. The scene they walked in on however was something far more sinister. Peter Smart, his wife, Doris, and their 10-year-old son Michael had all been shot dead at point-blank range in their beds.

It was clear to detectives that the Smarts had been dead for almost a week, but if that was true, it didn’t explain who’d been feeding their cat…

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0:42.0	We're here. I'm Hannah.
0:44.0	I'm Sruti.
0:45.0	And welcome to Redhanded.
0:46.0	We are halfway through January and don't you forget it.
0:49.0	It's almost over. We can a half left.
0:51.0	I like that you think going into February is going to change everything.
0:55.0	It does!
0:56.0	Because January is statistically the worst month.
0:58.0	Everyone knows that it's long, it's dark, it's cold.
1:01.0	February will be even colder.
1:03.0	I'm afraid.
1:04.0	Yeah, but at least it won't be January.
1:05.0	Whatever you need, whatever you need, I'm here for it.
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