A Glasgow Double Murder: Episode 328

This week, the UK True Crime podcast is from Cambuslang, about 6 miles southeast of the centre of Glasgow, as I look at a terrifying double murder.

The body of 36 year-old taxi driver Cathy McChord was found with her body crammed into the boot of the car, with the meter still running. Cathy’s cigarette lighter, inhaler and car keys placed in a straight-line. Suggesting a ritualistic element to the crime.

Two months after Cathy’s murder another body was found when 48 year-old Elizabeth Walton was found in the grounds of her daughter’s school. After declining a lift home, Elizabeth was attacked and then strangled as she walked back home from an evening out. When police found Elizabeth’s body they found ritualistic and symbolic acts had taken place, similar to those of Cathy.

The police knew they were searching for a double killer.....

Sources
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/23184428.glasgow-double-killer-iain-scoular-trapped/
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19821004&id=Y8NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CqYMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2456,490756
https://strandmag.com/dark-objects-and-why-true-crime-is-stranger-than-fiction/
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/the_great_place_the_ball_swindle
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Iain_Scoular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWI3_k3j3Ik
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/sunday-mail-uk/20181028/281994673483686
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/impotent-double-killer-who-trapped-960819
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/This+man+killed+my+wife.+He+will+kill+again.+No+woman+is+safe%3B...-a0107152332
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=0RgjAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT286&lpg=PT286&dq=Iain+Scoular+murder&source=bl&ots=nEACQ3feI1&sig=ACfU3U3PYfviQB_oX2Jjz5Su6HZ3lwWGbw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj_k6LH3Lj9AhUOh1wKHYCpDJg4ChDoAXoECB4QAw#v=onepage&q=Iain%20Scoular%20murder&f=false
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