David Wilson's Crime Files

Aired 2019-07-21

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

Aired 2019-07-28

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.

Aired 2019-08-04

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

Aired 2019-08-11

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

Aired 2019-08-18

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

Aired 2020-01-05

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

Aired 2020-01-12

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

Aired 2020-01-19

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.

Aired 2020-01-26

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.

Aired 2020-02-02

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