Podcast to explore series of Glasgow murders including Emma Caldwell

Podcast to explore series of Glasgow murders including Emma Caldwell <i>(Image: Image of Emma Caldwell, supplied by PA)</i>
Podcast to explore series of Glasgow murders including Emma Caldwell (Image: Image of Emma Caldwell, supplied by PA)
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A series of Glasgow murders - including Emma Caldwell's death - will be explored in a new podcast.

Beware Book, an exciting new production, will cover the brutal murders that shocked the city between 1991 and 2005.

Over these 14 years, the lives of eight women involved in prostitution were taken. At least four of those cases remain unsolved to this day - Diane McInally's, Karen McGregor's, Leona McGovern's and Jacqueline Gallagher's cases.

Many of these women were left defenceless in a city grappling with unemployment, crime, and the growing grip of heroin.

Journalists Collette McGonigle and Callum McQuade of Clyde One will revisit the cases that devastated families.


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The highest-profile case—the murder of Emma Caldwell—was solved in 2024 when Iain Packer was convicted, 19 years after her death.

Covering the trial, Collette and Callum revisited the other unsolved killings, questioning whether the cases were taken seriously and investigated without prejudice and whether chances to catch Emma’s killer earlier were missed.

 The Rayo Original series will feature deeply personal interviews with the victims' loved ones and a new interview with a former investigating officer who shares where he thinks the Beware Book might be now.

The first two episodes will be available from March 23, with a further episode to follow every Monday for five weeks.

The podcast is available on the Rayo app, Apple, Amazon Music, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

 

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