Episode 230 - Peter Manuel: The Beast of Birkenshaw
Jan 27, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 230
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In early January of 1956, Glasgow police received a phone call about a break-in at the home of the Smart family. The scene they walked in on however was something far more sinister. Peter Smart, his wife, Doris, and their 10-year-old son Michael had all been shot dead at point-blank range in their beds.
It was clear to detectives that the Smarts had been dead for almost a week, but if that was true, it didn’t explain who’d been feeding their cat…
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It was clear to detectives that the Smarts had been dead for almost a week, but if that was true, it didn’t explain who’d been feeding their cat…
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Order a copy of the book here (US & Canada):Order on Wellesley BooksOrder on Amazon.com
Order a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus):
Order on Amazon.co.uk
Order on Foyles
Follow us on social media:
Visit our website: Website
Contact us:
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Sources:
https://murderpedia.org/male.M/m/manuel-peter.htm https://www.mulhollandbooks.com/guest-posts/denise-mina-peter-manuel/https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/revealed-sex-secrets-of-scottish-serial-997157https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201505/what-happens-when-psychopath-falls-in-lovehttps://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2014/11/19/blackpool-serial-killers-peter-manuel-did-hannibal-lecter-serve-ice-creams-on-the-golden-mile/https://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/manuel_peter/Part1.pdfhttps://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/manuel_peter/PeterManuelFiles.pdfhttps://murderpedia.org/male.M/images/manuel_peter/Part4.pdfhttps://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=QBkjAwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT5&dq=peter+manuel+serial+killer&ots=BuRsz0ZsMD&sig=hLu19tNjZIqn5WkHKn5GIilOGbs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=truehttps://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-manuel#The%20Investigationhttp://www.policemuseum.org.uk/crime-casebook/interesting-cases/the-manuel-murders-1956-58/
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