92: The Doorstep Murder of Alistair Wilson | Scotland

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

It was a Sunday night like any other in the Wilson home. Alistair, the 30-year-old father of two, was reading bedtime stories to his young sons when an unknown man rang the doorbell. Moments later, Alistair was dead – shot three times on the doorstep of the family home. Alistair's murder would become one of Scotland's most puzzling unsolved mysteries.

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Evidence Locker.
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0:15.7	Each episode is produced with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones.
0:28.0	It was 7 p.m. on Sunday night, November 28, 2004. In the village of Nairn Scotland.
0:31.0	30-year-old banker, Alister Wilson, was upstairs in his charming Greystone home, reading a
0:36.3	bedtime story to his two boys when the doorbell rang.
0:40.3	Downstairs his wife Veronica answered the door, Alistair heard her voice calling for him.
0:45.7	When Alistair came to the front door he saw a man wearing a cap, frowned, and said hello.
0:51.7	He didn't know the person and wondered why he was looking for him.
0:56.1	Veronica made her way upstairs to continue the bedtime routine with the boys.
1:07.0	After a couple of minutes, Alistister was upstairs again, holding a blue envelope with the name Paul written on it. There was no card or note inside, and Alister was a bit confused.
1:12.0	Veronica said the visitor had definitely asked for Alistair by name, and also didn't understand what was up with the envelope.
1:19.0	Alistair went back downstairs and resumed his conversation with a strange collar.
1:24.6	Then Veronica heard a strange noise.
1:28.1	She said it sounded like wooden crates falling onto the floor.
1:31.5	One, two, three. She called for Alister, but he didn't answer. She ran downstairs and found
1:39.3	him in a pool of blood. Her husband had been shot in the head by his visitor. The man was nowhere to be seen.
1:47.0	The blue envelope was also gone.
1:50.3	Who would want to end the life of this young amicable family man?
1:53.4	Was it personal?
1:54.8	Or did his murder have something to do with his work?
1:57.4	Was it a grudge killing?
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