Beware Book
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Beware Book shines the light on a spate of vicious murders which shocked Glasgow between 1991 and 2005. Eight women involved in prostitution were killed, and at least four of those cases remain unsolved to this day. Many of these women were left defenceless in a more ruthless city than the one we know today - one grappling with unemployment, crime and the growing grip of heroin. Distrustful of authorities and fearing for their safety, they turned to each other for protection, sharing warnings about their most dangerous clients in a tattered leather journal they called the “Beware Book”. This series features deeply personal interviews with the victims’ families — many speaking publicly and at length for the first time. Also a brand-new interview with a former investigating officer about where he thinks the Beware Book is now. While Emma Caldwell’s murder was recently solved, and a man – Iain Packer – jailed, it took 19 years for justice to be served. Hear from some of his other victims and officers who worked on Emma's case - who think there will have been more attacks. Perhaps even another murder. Can we, two Glasgow-based journalists, finally get the answers these families deserve?
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S1E7 7. Beware Book
This is the concluding chapter of an investigation that has taken more than one year. Join us as we finally sit down with police to ask the questions that have built up over the stacks…
S1E6 6. The Drag
This is The Drag – a handful of streets in Glasgow city centre which made up the red-light district in the 1990s and early 2000s. We make a visit with an experienced local crime reporter asking what…
S1E5 5. Iain Packer
Iain Packer lived in freedom for almost 20 years after killing Emma Caldwell in 2005. Despite strangling her and discarding her body in remote woods about 40 miles outside Glasgow, he was able to…
S1E4 4. Emma Caldwell
Join us on the journey to the remote woods – about 40 miles outside Glasgow - where Emma’s body was found in May 2005. With us is the officer who first visited there with the man who would eventually…
S1E3 3. Jacqueline Gallagher & Tracey Wylde
“I think her last words would have been mammy” The words of Jacqueline Gallagher’s mum, during a heartbreaking interview with us in the family home – as she tries to describe a pain that took their…
S1E2 2. Marjorie Roberts
Marjorie’s case has been described as perhaps the cruellest of all. The 34-year-old mother-of-three was found in the River Clyde, near Jamaica Bridge, in August 1995. But her death has never been…
S1E1 1. Diane McInally
The body of the 23-year-old Diane McInally was discovered in Pollok Park, Glasgow, in October 1991. She had been beaten and strangled. Two men were charged with her murder in March 1992 but there was…
S1 Introducing Beware Book
The story of Glasgow’s unsolved murders. Beware Book shines the light on a spate of vicious killings of young women which shocked the city between 1991 and 2005. This series features deeply…
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Beware Book has published 8 episodes since March 2026, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Beware Book is currently declining with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 45m.
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