4.3 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Iain takes us to 1908 Glasgow, where 83-year-old Marion Gilchrist is found murdered in her Glasgow flat. A missing brooch and a fleeing spark a transatlantic manhunt, and decades of fighting for justice.
But this isn't just a story of a manhunt. What unfolds is one of Scotland's most controversial trials, where prejudice, weak evidence, and a famous detective novelist collide.
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available twice a week on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Email us at [email protected]
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0:41.9 | Laura, how are you feeling today? I would love my coffee back. There you go. Is it really good? |
0:47.6 | It's very hot. Fantastic. We have had a coffee machine installed. By installed, I plugged it in. |
0:56.1 | Into the podcast room. |
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1:06.9 | And to make today's episode even specialer, |
1:10.1 | even specialer. I've chosen a Scottish crime. |
1:13.8 | That was sent in, you'll love this, Laura, sent in by listeners, two listeners to be exact. |
1:18.2 | Alison Roger Sterling. |
1:19.4 | Mark and John, they are not a couple, they sent their emails in individually. |
1:25.4 | Mark said this, hi, love your podcast, mix of fun and crime. |
1:28.9 | I would love your take on this case of Oscar Slater where Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was involved in overturning the conviction. |
1:36.1 | That's from Mark in Glasgow or Glasgow, as English people sometimes say. |
1:41.3 | Do they? |
1:42.5 | If they're doing the answer and they go, oh, Glasgow. |
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