The Limbs In The Loch Murderer
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The Limbs In The Loch Murderer
Author: Greg Patrick
language: en
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date: 2011-01-04
In December 1999, as Scotland prepared for the biggest Hogmanay of all time, a gruesome discovery was made by a police diving team on a training exercise in Loch Lomond. One by one, limbs from a cadaver were found and brought to the surface. Days later, a severed head was washed up on a beach in western Scotland and forensically matched with the limbs. Police soon had a prime suspect for the murder - William Beggs. But how had they been able to ascertain that it was Beggs right from the start? Just eight years earlier, Beggs had met Brian McQuillan at a disco and the pair had returned to Beggs' flat. He had set upon McQuillan with a knife, slashing him severely on the body but brave McQuillan escaped with his life by leaping through a first-floor window. Beggs was jailed for six years for the attack and, once released, was kept under the watchful eye of Strathclyde police. This in-depth and fascinating book investigates Beggs from his somewhat ordinary days as a member of the Young Conservatives through to his eventual conviction and incareration for the horrific murder of Barry Wallace. It examines how he managed to create an air of respectability around himself while perpetrating the most vicious of crimes; it looks at how, following the attack on McQuillan, police became aware that they had a serial killer in the making on their hands and how, from behind bars, Beggs still manages to make headlines.
Blood and Shadows: Scotland's Darkest Crimes and Tragedies
Scotland’s history is written in blood and whispered in shadows. From the cobbled streets of Edinburgh to the mist-shrouded Highlands, the past echoes with tales of unspeakable crimes, devastating disasters, and chilling tragedies that have shaped the nation’s soul. Blood and Shadows delves deep into these dark chapters, unearthing the stories that time has tried to forget—but that Scotland never will. Walk in the footsteps of killers like Burke and Hare, who turned murder into a grisly trade, and Bible John, whose reign of terror left Glasgow trembling. Stand on the Tay Rail Bridge as it collapses into the freezing waters below, and witness the horror of Piper Alpha as flames consume the night. From the witch hunts that turned neighbor against neighbor to the modern-day mysteries of Suzanne Pilley’s disappearance and the Limbs in the Loch case, this book uncovers the truth behind the legends. Explore the treachery of the Black Dinner, the brutal execution of William Wallace, and the catastrophic failure of the Darien Scheme. Feel the terror of the Dunblane Massacre and the Lockerbie Bombing, events that shattered lives and left scars still felt today. Meet the monsters—Peter Tobin, Dennis Nilsen, Ian Brady—and the victims whose stories demand to be heard. Blood and Shadows is more than a chronicle of death and disaster. It is a journey into Scotland’s haunted heart, where history’s darkest moments are laid bare. Meticulously researched and grippingly told, this book is for those who dare to confront the past—and discover the shadows that still linger. Are you ready to face Scotland’s darkest hours?
Scottish Hard Bastards
Author: Jimmy Holland
language: en
Publisher: Kings Road Publishing
Release Date: 2007-09-05
Meet the hardest men from a country where the streets are the most dangerous and the gangsters and criminals are the scariest in Britain. These faces have seen it all: the guns. The knives, the fights and the hardship of life behind bars. This book will take you deep inside the mad, bad, drug-infested, cut-throat world of the Scottish prison system, bringing to light the last fifty years of infamous incidents. With a frightening in-depth look at the most notorious penal institutions and the most daunting and fearsome of inmates, as well as those on the outside, this compulsive guide covers them all; from the 'Tax Man', Scotland's most feared enforces, to Walter Scott Ellis, a famous armed robber who only just escaped the sinister fate of the hangman's rope.