75. The Goatfell Murder

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In 1889, Edwin Rose vanished on a hike up Goatfell. His body is later found hidden under a pile of rocks. Was it a tragic fall, or something more sinister?

All eyes turn to John Annandale, the man who last saw Edwin alive. But when John suddenly vanishes and reappears under a different name, the case takes a bizarre turn.

Iain takes us to the Isle of Arran to retrace the steps of this Victorian mystery.

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0:00.0	Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.
0:05.1	My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.
0:08.7	It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,
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0:43.7	Hello everybody, welcome to the podcast.
0:45.1	Laura's currently nasal deep in some snuffle babe.
0:48.0	It's called Snuffle Babe.
0:49.7	It's got eucalyptus oil, mental and time oil.
0:53.5	It's paper rub.
0:54.2	It's like what you put on, you know, when you're a kid.
0:56.3	Yeah, but it's not the official one, is it?
0:58.5	It's a sort of weird non-medicine one.
1:01.5	I also don't know where it came from.
1:02.8	I just found it.
1:03.9	I found it in your drawer.
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