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Ep 126: Profiling Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer with Audrey Gillan, Part 2

Crime Analyst

Laura Richards

True Crime

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Laura continues her interview with award winning writer and reporter Audrey Gillan about her remarkable BBC Scotland podcast, Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer. In part 2 of this fascinating conversation, you’ll hear more about the new information and shocking revelations that Audrey uncovered in her re-investigation of the murders of Patricia Docker, Jemima MacDonald and Helen Puttock. Over the years some media have speculated that Peter Tobin, the serial killer who murdered Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton and Dinah McNichol was Bible John. Laura and Audrey both weigh in on this and Laura explains her detailed analysis and where she lands on whether she believes Patricia, Jemima and Helen were murdered by the same man. You won’t want to miss this. Listen to Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer before you dive into Laura’s illuminating interview with Audrey. Listener discretion is advised. Socials You Tube @crimeanalyst Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 Twitter @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards999 TikTok @crimeanalystpod #PatriciaDocker #JemimaMacDonald #HelenPutoock #AngelikaKluk #VickyHamilton #DinahMcNichol #PeterTobin #Femicide #Rape #Misogyny #Scotland #BibleJohn #CrimeAnalyst #Expert #Analysis #Behaviour #TrueCrime #Podcast #MaleViolence Clip https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dm66y2 Sources https://www.crime-analyst.com/ep-123-the-murder-of-sarah-everard-a-deep-dive-into-the-culture-of-the-metropolitan-police-service-with-henry-riley/ https://www.met.police.uk/police-forces/metropolitan-police/areas/about-us/about-the-met/bcr/baroness-casey-review/ Crime Analyst Merch https://crime-analyst.myshopify.com/ Leave a Review If you want to support my work and Crime Analyst and if you enjoyed this episode, please leave a 5-star review here: https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On a February morning in 1968, the body of a young woman was found lying beside the door to a garage

0:07.5

in this lane, just a few streets from her home. Her name was Patricia Docker.

0:14.8

18 months later, a woman called Jamyma McDonald who lived here in the Keith Street was found

0:21.4

dead in a derelict building just next to the little flat where she stayed with her three children.

0:27.7

Three months later, a man taking his dog out in a back court in El Street found a woman

0:34.7

lying against a wall. She was hell in puttuk. All three women were killed after a night out dancing

0:44.5

at Glasgow's Barreland Ballroom. The killings were linked by detectives and came to be known

0:50.9

as the Bible John murders. Back in 1996, I uncovered some of the police notes from the original

0:58.8

investigation. Recently, I looked at those notes again. Dessiste appears to enjoy the company of men

1:06.0

and liked the attention of men. She appeared to be extremely fond of male company and highly

1:12.3

promiscuous. Mrs. Patek was said to be fond of a good time. These victims of murder were being

1:20.1

judged, blamed for what happened to them, but 27-year-old me didn't see that blatant misogyny,

1:29.2

at all. Now it's time that these police notes were made public and I made a mess by telling

1:37.0

these women's studies in as much detail as I can.

1:53.5

Hey lovely listeners and welcome back to Crime Analyst and the Intelligence Cell.

1:58.2

Now in this episode, I'm rejoined by award-winning writer and reporter Audrey Gillan.

2:03.4

As I said in part one, please do listen to Audrey and her teams 10-part series, Bible John,

2:10.1

Creation of a serial killer, as we discuss the case in depth and Audrey's incredible work

2:15.6

investigating the murders of Patricia Docker, Jemima McDonald and Helen Patek.

2:21.2

Audrey uncovers new information and shocking revelations about the case, and I get into it with

2:27.4

Audrey in this episode and share my analysis based on her findings. As always, listen to discretion

2:34.6

as advised. Okay, so without further ado, let's dive back in where we left off.

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