Peter Manuel | The Beast of Birkenshaw | Part 1

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

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4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

In the season 6 special of British Murders, I tell the story of Peter Manuel, "The Beast of Birkenshaw".

Thought to be Scotland's first serial killer and one of the country's worst, Peter Manuel was convicted of killing seven people between January 2, 1956, and January 1, 1958.

In this first part, I discuss Peter's background and early life as well as the murders of Anne Kneilands, Marion Watt, Vivienne Watt and Margaret Brown.

In part two, I'll discuss the murders of Sydney Dunn, Isabelle Cooke, Peter Smart, Doris Smart and Michael Smart, the "Trial of the Century", and Peter Manuel's eventual execution.

⁣⁣For all things British Murders, please visit my website:⁣

https://www.britishmurders.com/⁣

Intro music:⁣

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'⁣

https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic⁣

My recording equipment:⁣

Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone

Cloud Microphone Cloudlifter CL1

Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface

Rode PSA-1 Professional Studio Boom Arm

Recorded and Edited in:⁣

Hindenberg PRO

References:⁣

www.britishmurders.com/petermanuelpart1/

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0:50.9	Music listening to British murders. This will cry. Podcast. Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British murder cases and serial killers.
0:58.8	I'm your host Stuart Blues and this is part one of the season six special.
1:03.8	I aim to release this two-part episode on the same day, split up into two.
1:08.6	I'm not going to call them bite-sized portions.
1:10.6	They're going to be both
1:11.5	pretty hefty portions, I must admit. It's a hell of a complicated case is this. It does definitely
1:17.3	warrant two parts. Based on bite size, it could warrant three or four. But releasing both parts
1:22.5	on the same day, it's going to prevent you from waiting a full week for part two. No teasing
1:27.2	going on here this time.
1:29.1	Before we get into part one, let's break the ice as we always do.
1:32.5	The show's first opening icebreaker segment is this.
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