S14 Ep19: Monkey Man Jack
Blood Ties Podcast
Peter Shevlin
4.4 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
On the remote Orkney island of Sanday, a love triangle would end in brutal violence. In June 2009, Yorkshireman Robert Rose disappeared after beginning a relationship with the former girlfriend of local man John "Jack" Campbell. When Rose failed to return home, a major search operation was launched. Two weeks later, his body was discovered hidden among sand dunes on the island.
Investigators uncovered a deadly act of jealousy and revenge. Campbell, then in his fifties, had violently beaten Rose to death before attempting to conceal the crime. A court later found him guilty of murder and ordered that he serve a minimum of 16 years in prison. More than a decade later, Campbell, originally from the Falkirk area, was released on compassionate grounds. This episode examines the events that led to a killing that shocked a close knit island community.
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Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell
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Music: Dan Wansell
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| 0:00.0 | This week on Blood Ties. |
| 0:14.0 | Monkey Man Jack is pretty angry with this. |
| 0:18.0 | After all, you know, they have had a daughter together |
| 0:22.3 | and they, you know, |
| 0:23.3 | and they have set up the sanctuary |
| 0:24.8 | for the monkeys. |
| 0:33.3 | Well, I mean, |
| 0:34.4 | I think he felt grim. |
| 0:38.3 | And I have some sympathy for him. |
| 0:50.3 | Margaret decides at some point |
| 0:52.3 | that she's going to leave |
| 0:55.6 | Monkey Man Jack Campbell |
| 0:57.6 | for Bob Rose. |
| 1:00.5 | Well, this does not go down well |
| 1:02.3 | and Campbell |
| 1:04.1 | threatens to kill all the monkeys |
| 1:06.8 | in their cage, that giant cage at the back of his house, |
| 1:10.7 | if she doesn't come back to him. |
| 1:17.4 | Hi, I'm Molly Wonsall. |
| 1:19.1 | And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall. |
| 1:20.4 | We're a father and daughter, as those of you who listened to Blood Ties in the past will remember. |
| 1:24.7 | And we meet every week, and often our conversation has turned to murder, |
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