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All Episodes of David Wilson's Crime Files

Professor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.
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Season 1

  • Serial Killers
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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