Tuesday 23rd Sep 2025
Episode Number: 
462

Secrets, Shadows & Murder

The episode this week looks at the desperately sad story of Amy Anderson, a young mum from Dumfries, who after meeting a new boyfriend with a major drugs habit also developed a heroin addiction. Amy had been sleeping rough before she was tragically murdered at just nineteen. Just who had killed Amy? And why?

Episode Credits:

Writing Credit: Chris Wood

You can buy Chris’s second book, ‘Death in the Theatre’ here: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Theatre-Chris-Wood/dp/1399009117

https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/crime/homeless-and-hopeless-how-did-an-ordinary-life-end-so-brutally-179420.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/may/12/scotland
https://www.inkl.com/news/evil-scots-killer-who-brutally-murdered-teen-mum-amy-anderson-died-of-natural-causes-fai-hears

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4045513.stm

https://www.dumbartonreporter.co.uk/news/23376235.amy-anderson-murder-michael-mcarthur-fatal-accident-inquiry-published/

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/homeless-and-hopeless-how-did-an-ordinary-life-end-so-brutally-179420.html

https://vlex.co.uk/vid/michael-coyle-mcarthur-appellant-805191985

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1993206.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2917673.stm

https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/scotland-travel/life-for-killers-who-cut-up-victims-body-xmkk9hxdrxk

 

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