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Beware BookAuthor: Bauer Media
Beware Book shines the light on a spate of vicious murders which shocked Glasgow between 1991 and 2005. Eight women involved in prostitution were killed, and at least four of those casesremainunsolved to this day. Many of thesewomen were left defenceless in a more ruthless city than the one we know today - one grappling with unemployment,crimeand the growing grip of heroin. Distrustful of authorities and fearing for their safety, they turned to each other for protection, sharing warnings abouttheir mostdangerous clients in a tattered leather journal they called the Beware Book. This series features deeply personal interviews withthevictims families many speaking publicly and at length for the first time. Also a brand-newinterviewwitha former investigating officerabout where he thinks the Beware Book is now. While Emma Caldwells murder was recently solved, and a man Iain Packer jailed, it took 19 years for justice to be served. Hear from some of his other victims and officers who worked on Emma's case - who think there will have been more attacks. Perhaps even another murder. Can we, two Glasgow-based journalists, finally get the answers these families deserve? Language: en-gb Genres: Documentary, Society & Culture, True Crime Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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7. Beware Book
Episode 7
Sunday, 26 April, 2026
This is the concluding chapter of an investigation that has taken more than one year. Join us as we finally sit down with police to ask the questions that have built up over the stacks of interviews, door knocks, calls and emails. The questions that the families we’re working with have waited decades for answers to. We ask two senior serving Police Scotland officers what they can tell us about these murders? How they were examined and why so many have never been solved. We also challenge them about the Beware Book. Its pages contained details of the most violent clients stalking Glasgow’s red-light district in the 1990s and early 2000s – did that include names of men in the police and legal professions as some allege? Hear from two key voices in this book’s story – one has written in it, the other is the last person on record to have seen it. Why is it now missing and where could it be? Join us in the final episode of Beware Book to find out. -If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast and need mental-health support or want to talk about your feelings, visit the Hub of Hope to find services in your area. If you think you might have information about any of the people we’ve mentioned you can get in touch with us at bewarebook@bauermedia.co.uk Written, created, presented and produced by Collette McGonigle Presented and produced by Callum McQuade Executive Producers - Laurence Bassett & Henrietta Harrison Sound Design - James Stodd & Michelle Homan Designer - Ben Watkins Production Manager - Sarah Nicholls Legal Counsel - Jonathan McNaul for Bauer Media Group and Caroline Marshall for Reviewed & Cleared Head of Production - Cat Moran Chief Creative Officer, Podcasts - Lucie Cave Director of News and Sport, Scotland and Northern Ireland - Lorraine Herbison Hollinshead Beware Book is a Rayo Original podcast by Bauer Media
