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The Best Episodes of David Wilson's Crime Files

Every episode of David Wilson's Crime Files ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of David Wilson's Crime Files!

Professor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.
Genres:DocumentaryCrime
Network:BBC Scotland

Best Episodes Summary

"Serial Killers" is the best rated episode of "David Wilson's Crime Files". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 7/21/2019. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Heists".

  • Serial Killers
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    #1 - Serial Killers

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 7/21/2019

    Criminologist David Wilson presents fresh analysis of notorious Scottish serial killers Peter Manuel and Peter Tobin and interviews criminal lawyer Donald Findlay QC.

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  • Heists
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    #2 - Heists

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 7/28/2019

    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.

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  • Crime and Poverty
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    #3 - Crime and Poverty

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/4/2019

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

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  • Gangs
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    #4 - Gangs

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 8/11/2019

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

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  • Miscarriages of Justice
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    #5 - Miscarriages of Justice

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 8/18/2019

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

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  • Disposal of the Body
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    #6 - Disposal of the Body

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 1/5/2020

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

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  • Forensics
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    #7 - Forensics

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/12/2020

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

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  • Double Life
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    #8 - Double Life

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 1/19/2020

    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.

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  • Crimes of Passion
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    #9 - Crimes of Passion

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 1/26/2020

    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.

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  • Prisons
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    #10 - Prisons

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 2/2/2020

    Criminologist David Wilson investigates the recent past and present of Scotland's prison system, looking at how it can make bad people even worse.

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  • Fraudsters
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    #11 - Fraudsters

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 8/15/2021

    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?

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  • Spree Mass Killers
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    #12 - Spree Mass Killers

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 8/22/2021

    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.

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  • Family Annihilators
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    #13 - Family Annihilators

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 8/29/2021

    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.

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  • Child Psychopaths
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    #14 - Child Psychopaths

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2021

    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?

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  • Women That Kill
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    #15 - Women That Kill

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 9/19/2021

    Criminologist David Wilson explores the stereotyped view of women who commit violent offences and whether it’s time for a new attitude.

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  • Missing Presumed Murdered
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    #16 - Missing Presumed Murdered

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 9/26/2021

    Criminologist David Wilson finds out how to secure a murder conviction when there is no dead body.

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    #17 - Racism

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 10/3/2021

    Criminologist David Wilson looks at Scotland’s complex history of race crime and asks if there really is no problem here.

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  • Misjustice: Crimes Against Women
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    #18 - Misjustice: Crimes Against Women

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 10/10/2021

    Criminologist David Wilson charts the extra steps women must often go through in order to seek justice.

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    #19 - Terrorism

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 10/17/2021

    Criminologist David Wilson probes Scotland’s battle with terrorism and discovers how the problem is a lot closer to home than we might imagine.

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  • Ethics of Policing
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    #20 - Ethics of Policing

    Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 10/24/2021

    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?

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    #21 - Waiting for Science

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 10/11/2022

    Criminologist David Wilson and guests dissect the importance forensics play in solving cases, and whether scientific advancements could be the key in solving decades-old cold cases.

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  • Mysterious Deaths
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    #22 - Mysterious Deaths

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 10/18/2022

    Professor David Wilson, the UK's leading criminologist, presents the third series of Crime Files, this time, focusing on cold cases. In episode 2, he discusses mysterious deaths and how the circumstances surrounding them can lead to decades old unsolved cases which remain unanswered to this day.

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  • Human Error
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    #23 - Human Error

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 10/25/2022

    Professor David Wilson, the UK's leading criminologist, presents the third series of the crime talk show Crime Files. This season David is focusing primarily on Scotland's numerous Cold Cases. In episode 3, he and his guests tackle the complex issue of forensic analysis and whether human interpretation can lead to miscarriages of justice.

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  • Public Appeals
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    #24 - Public Appeals

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 11/1/2022

    Professor David Wilson, the UK's leading criminologist, presents the third series of the crime talk show Crime Files. This season David is focusing primarily on Scotland's Cold Cases. In episode 4, he explores the relationship between cold cases and the media with the help of his guests.

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  • Missing Sex Workers
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    #25 - Missing Sex Workers

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 11/8/2022

    Professor David Wilson, the UK's leading criminologist, presents the third series of the crime talk show Crime Files. This season David is focusing primarily on Scotland's Cold Cases. In episode 5, he and his guests try to get to the bottom of Scotland's record number of unsolved murdered sex worker cases.

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