A Glasgow Double Murder: Episode 328
UK True Crime Podcast
UK True Crime Podcast
4.3 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
The body of 36 year-old taxi driver Cathy McChord was found with her body crammed into the boot of the car, with the meter still running. Cathy’s cigarette lighter, inhaler and car keys placed in a straight-line. Suggesting a ritualistic element to the crime.
Two months after Cathy’s murder another body was found when 48 year-old Elizabeth Walton was found in the grounds of her daughter’s school. After declining a lift home, Elizabeth was attacked and then strangled as she walked back home from an evening out. When police found Elizabeth’s body they found ritualistic and symbolic acts had taken place, similar to those of Cathy.
The police knew they were searching for a double killer.....
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https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23184428.glasgow-double-killer-iain-scoular-trapped/
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https://strandmag.com/dark-objects-and-why-true-crime-is-stranger-than-fiction/
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_great_place_the_ball_swindle
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Iain_Scoular
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| 0:38.3 | Wine Hospitalist or London Upgrade. Hello and welcome to episode 328 of the UK True Crime |
| 0:46.5 | Podcast. I'm Adam. Today's story from Glasgow is a quite dreadful double murder, |
| 0:54.0 | which caused genuine fear on the streets of the city. Now if you head to my YouTube channel, |
| 1:00.8 | just search a UK True Crime Live. You will see my video from the murder scenes of today's crimes. |
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