Fiona Walker
Presenter
David Wilson's Crime Files (2019)
Season 2
Professor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.
Released July 21, 2019
Episode 35 min
None+
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.prison, tmdb.mass-murder, tmdb.fraud, tmdb.serial-killer, tmdb.true-crime, tmdb.crime-of-passion, tmdb.spree-killer + 6 more, imdb.criminologist, imdb.guest, tmdb.murder-spree, imdb.scotland, imdb.journalist, imdb.true-crime
Watch Providers: The Roku Channel
Production Companies: Tern TV
Network: BBC Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Fraudsters
Criminologist Professor David Wilson takes a close look at fraud and the people who commit it. Are they charismatic schemers, or dangerous liars? And what does it take to lead this chameleon-like existence?
Aug. 15, 2021, midnight
S2E2 - Spree Mass Killers
David travels to the notorious Carstairs State Hospital in South Lanarkshire to investigate one of Scotland’s worst spree killings. The atrocity occurred on one cold November night in 1976, leaving three people dead and at least three others injured. David tracks the movements of the two killers, Robert Mone and Thomas McCulloch, from their brutal escape from the hospital to the night-long manhunt across the border.
Aug. 22, 2021, midnight
S2E3 - Family Annihilators
Together with investigative journalist Fiona Walker, David uncovers two family annihilations that occurred on the same day in Scotland in 2008. Fiona travels to Buckhaven in Fife, where Rab Thomson killed his son and daughter in their home, to uncover the events leading up to the murders, while David is in the Campsie Fells, where Ashok Kalyanjee took the lives of his two sons.
Aug. 29, 2021, midnight
S2E4 - Child Psychopaths
In this episode, he and his guests discuss the complex issue of children who kill. How do you punish children when they may not comprehend the gravity of the act? Are these the actions of a burgeoning psychopath?
Sept. 5, 2021, midnight
S2E5 - Women That Kill
Criminologist David Wilson explores the stereotyped view of women who commit violent offences and whether it’s time for a new attitude.
Sept. 19, 2021, midnight
S2E6 - Missing Presumed Murdered
Criminologist David Wilson finds out how to secure a murder conviction when there is no dead body.
Sept. 26, 2021, midnight
S2E7 - Racism
Criminologist David Wilson looks at Scotland’s complex history of race crime and asks if there really is no problem here.
Oct. 3, 2021, midnight
S2E8 - Misjustice: Crimes Against Women
Criminologist David Wilson charts the extra steps women must often go through in order to seek justice.
Oct. 10, 2021, midnight
S2E9 - Terrorism
Criminologist David Wilson probes Scotland’s battle with terrorism and discovers how the problem is a lot closer to home than we might imagine.
Oct. 17, 2021, midnight
S2E10 - Ethics of Policing
Criminologist David Wilson explores some of the ethical quandaries that plague our criminal justice system - is there a line that police shouldn’t cross when hunting the bad guy?
Oct. 24, 2021, midnight
Network: BBC Scotland
Episode Runtime: 35 min.
Season Runtime: 1420 min.
Released: July 21, 2019
Last Air Date: Dec. 12, 2023, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
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