In this final episode, Kim writes from prison. And back in the place where this all started, could a tragic story about a young woman's death in Inverness hold more answers about him?
Dead Man Running is produced by Myles Bonnar and Calum McKay. Audio Editing, Sound Design, and Mixing by Gav Murchie. The series producers are Mark Daly and Jack Kibble-White. Original score composed by Callan Marchetti. Research by Ricki Cooper, Katie McEvinney and Marisha Currie. Location recording by Myles Bonnar, Calum McKay and Steven Donnelly. Additional recording by Jenn Daly, Hannah McClintock and Joanne Willott. Artwork by Matt Russell. Production Manager is Susan McLundie. Production management assistant is Ruth McKay. Our Series Editor is Shelley Jofre. The Commissioning editors are Gareth Hydes and Heather Kane-Darling. This is a BBC Scotland production for BBC Sounds.
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0:42.2 | This episode contains strong language and references to suicide, which some listeners may find |
0:48.2 | distressing. |
0:51.1 | There's one person who you haven't heard directly from in this podcast, Kim. |
0:58.4 | Just after his trial, I sent him a letter in prison. |
1:03.0 | I wanted to know more about the events which had led him to Monastery Beach |
1:06.9 | and what exactly happened when he was on the run in the US. |
1:12.8 | I'd spent two years trying to find out everything I could about him, but there was still so much |
1:18.3 | I didn't know. His ability to afford the big houses, the claims he skimmed the money from |
1:25.0 | his charity work, and the rumours he had links to drugs too. |
1:30.2 | I asked him about all of it, |
1:32.5 | thinking he'd never get back to me. |
1:36.3 | And to my surprise, he wrote back. |
1:54.0 | On the 20th of July 2021, just weeks after he'd been convicted, I received the first of many letters from Kim. He said he was innocent and there were also other things he wanted me to know, loads of which didn't make |
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