A Dark City
A Dark City
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Delve into the dark heart of Glasgow, a city with history steeped in mystery and violence. A Dark City takes you behind the headlines to explore the city's most notorious murders - stories that shocked the nation, shattered communities and left scars that still linger. From cold blooded killers to infamous gangland slayings, we uncover the chilling details, the victims stories and the impact on Glasgow's streets.
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The Oil Drum Execution
Send us Fan MailA pub car park should be the last place a peace-maker dies, yet that’s exactly where Thomas “Tam” Cameron is gunned down in Bishopbriggs after trying to settle a debt that isn’t even…
Reece Trainer
Send us Fan MailA white van screeches into a Milton street as the sun drops over Glasgow. Kids are still outside. Seconds later, a shotgun is raised and John McGregor is shot dead. That brutal moment…
Paige Doherty
Send us Fan MailA Saturday morning routine should not end in a national tragedy, yet that is exactly what happens in Clydebank when 15-year-old Paige Doherty sets off for work and never arrives. We…
Kenny Reilly
Send us Fan MailA red light in Maryhill. A silver BMW waiting in traffic. A masked man steps out of a black Ford S-Max and fires six shots before disappearing into side streets. That’s the opening…
The Gorbals: Unsolved
Send us Fan MailEight murders in one square mile. No convictions. And a trail of families left with nothing but rumours, court transcripts, and the sickening sense that everyone knows more than they…
Gary Moore
Send us Fan MailNine shots tear through a quiet street in Airdrie, and a man known as a gentle giant is left dead on his own doorstep. We walk through the murder of Gary Moore, a devoted dad and gym…
Hector Smith
Send us Fan MailA gang turns up at a Glasgow tenement and demands £10 a week for “UDA protection”. Hours later, Hector Smith is dead on his living room floor, shot at point-blank range after refusing…
A Glasgow Execution
Send us Fan MailThree shots at a red light can change a city’s criminal map. We walk through the night Ewan E J Johnston is executed in Glasgow’s Kinning Park while sitting in his Audi RS-4, then…
Michael Lyons
Send us Fan MailGlasgow doesn’t just have famous streets and hard weather, it has a gangland history that still echoes in courtrooms, cemeteries, and school gates. We follow one of the city’s most…
Jimmy Boyle
Send us Fan MailA seven pound debt ends with a man cut down on a Glasgow tenement floor and a 23-year-old sent away for life. That young enforcer is Jimmy Boyle, raised in the Gorbals where poverty,…
George Redmond
Send us Fan MailNine shots crack through Glasgow city centre on a Monday night, and within seconds George Redmond is dying on the pavement outside the Waldorf Bar. The gunman is gone, the stolen…
Glasgow’s Square Mile Of Murder
Send us Fan MailA city’s pride can hide a thousand secrets, and Glasgow’s Square Mile of Murder shows how easily elegance can coexist with danger. We step through Blythswood Square, Sandyford Place,…
Joe Hanlon and Bobby Glover
Send us Fan MailA gunman waits near the Ponderosa, a city braces for a high-profile funeral, and by morning two men lie in a Ford Orion parked on the route. We pull the thread through Glasgow’s…
Frank McPhie
Send us Fan MailA single shot on a quiet Maryhill street shattered more than a man’s life—it redrew the contours of Glasgow’s underworld. We revisit the assassination of Frank “The Iceman” McPhee…
Eddie Lyons Jr and Ross Monaghan
Send us Fan MailA warm night on the Costa del Sol, a crowded beachfront bar, and two sharp cracks that changed everything. We open on the Fuengirola double murder that left Ross Monaghan and Eddie…
Daniel's V Lyon's
Send us Fan MailGlasgow's streets have long echoed with the footsteps of gangland rivalries, but none have cast as long a shadow as the bloody war between the Daniel and Lyons families. What began in…
Susan Newell
Send us Fan MailGlasgow's shadowy past holds few stories as haunting as that of Susan Newell, the last woman ever executed in Scotland. When 13-year-old newspaper boy John Johnston was found murdered…
The Sandyford Murder
Send us Fan MailA bloody footprint led to the gallows. A divided city fought for justice.The brutal murder of servant Jessie McPherson in July 1862 shocked Victorian Glasgow to its core. Her body,…
Eleni Pachou
Send us Fan MailEleni Pachou, a young Greek woman who moved to Glasgow for a fresh start, was brutally murdered in DiMaggio's restaurant where she worked as a trainee manager. Her killer, Juan Carlos…
Arthur Thompson jr
Send us Fan MailThe brutal murder of Arthur Thompson Jr in the summer of 1991 wasn't just another gangland killing—it was the moment Glasgow's criminal underworld erupted into unprecedented violence,…
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A Dark City has published 30 episodes since January 2025, covering topics in History, Society & Culture.
A Dark City is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 19m.
