David Wilson's Crime Files

Season 2

The noted criminologist is joined in the studio by guests, ranging from journalists to barristers to crime novelists to explore Scottish crimes. With segments on infamous cases.

Where to Watch David Wilson's Crime Files • Season 2

10 Episodes

  • Fraudsters
    E1
    FraudstersCriminologist 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?
  • Spree Mass Killers
    E2
    Spree Mass KillersDavid 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.
  • Family Annihilators
    E3
    Family AnnihilatorsTogether 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.
  • Child Psychopaths
    E4
    Child PsychopathsIn 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?
  • Women That Kill
    E5
    Women That KillCriminologist David Wilson explores the stereotyped view of women who commit violent offences and whether it’s time for a new attitude.
  • Missing Presumed Murdered
    E6
    Missing Presumed MurderedCriminologist David Wilson finds out how to secure a murder conviction when there is no dead body.
  • Racism
    E7
    RacismCriminologist David Wilson looks at Scotland’s complex history of race crime and asks if there really is no problem here.
  • Misjustice: Crimes Against Women
    E8
    Misjustice: Crimes Against WomenCriminologist David Wilson charts the extra steps women must often go through in order to seek justice.
  • Terrorism
    E9
    TerrorismCriminologist David Wilson probes Scotland’s battle with terrorism and discovers how the problem is a lot closer to home than we might imagine.
  • Ethics of Policing
    E10
    Ethics of PolicingCriminologist 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?

Cast of Season 2

  • Fiona WalkerPresenter
  • David WilsonHost

 

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