David Wilson's Crime Files Season 1

Season 1

Air date: 2019-07-21

Episodes: 10

Episodes

E1: 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.

Air date: 2019-07-21

E2: 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.

Air date: 2019-07-28

E3: Crime and Poverty

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

Air date: 2019-08-04

E4: Gangs

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

Air date: 2019-08-11

E5: Miscarriages of Justice

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

Air date: 2019-08-18

E6: Disposal of the Body

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

Air date: 2020-01-05

E7: Forensics

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

Air date: 2020-01-12

E8: 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.

Air date: 2020-01-19

E9: 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.

Air date: 2020-01-26

E10: 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.

Air date: 2020-02-02