Season 1

1. Serial Killers

Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious Scottish serial killers Peter Manuel and Peter Tobin and interviews criminal lawyer Donald Findlay QC.

2019-07-21 • 58 min

2. Heists

Criminologist David Wilson discusses how surveillance technology has made the good old-fashioned bank robbery or jewellery raid harder than ever to pull off and not get caught.

2019-07-28 • 58 min

3. Crime and Poverty

Criminologist David Wilson discusses and offers compelling arguments for the links between systemic poverty and extreme anti-social behaviour.

2019-08-04 • 58 min

4. Gangs

Criminologist David Wilson investigates the origins of Glasgow’s alternative motto 'the no mean city'. looking at gang culture past and present.

2019-08-11 • 58 min

5. Miscarriages of Justice

Criminologist David Wilson investigates the reasons why blatant miscarriages of justice occur examining cases from past and present.

2019-08-18 • 58 min

6. Disposal of the Body

David Wilson explores how murderers often get caught when they try to dispose of the body.

2020-01-05 • 58 min

7. Forensics

Criminologist David Wilson charts the origins and evolution of forensic science as an ever more important tool for crime detection.

2020-01-12 • 58 min

8. Double Life

Criminologist David Wilson studies the psychology behind the need for those who lead a life of crime to have to conceal their activities by leading a secret or double life.

2020-01-19 • 58 min

9. Crimes of Passion

Criminologist David Wilson explores how 'we kill the ones we know'; the phenomenon that most murder victims are killed by someone they have a social connection with.

2020-01-26 • 58 min

10. Prisons

Criminologist David Wilson investigates the recent past and present of Scotland's prison system, looking at how it can make bad people even worse.

2020-02-02 • 58 min