Episode 30: Malcolm Webster

from Murder She Spoke Hosted by Joannagh Shanks & Emma Taylor

Episode 30: Malcolm Webster. This week Emma tells the almost unbelievable story of Malcolm Webster, a compulsive liar and fraudster whose crimes would escalate into arson and murder and who would spark an investigation stretching all the way from Scotland to New Zealand. Case research by Emma Taylor Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks Editing by Shaun O'Neill Music by Tribe of Noise Sources of research: Book - The Black Widower – by Charles Lavery https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-12392028 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zh_-POnLugk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ob4NyKH8_fc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Webster_(murderer) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-26575831 https://inews.co.uk/culture/television/malcolm-webster-the-widower-reece-shearsmith-actor-murderer-true-story-317419 https://www.bustle.com/articles/114341-what-happened-to-malcolm-webster-in-real-life-the-widower-subject-was-brought-to-justice-in https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/malcolm-webster-case-women-bring-cold-blooded-killer-to-justice/6ZIGLD73HJBKSS2NSF3KX34AE4/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13150540.black-widower-killer-drops-appeal-over-30-year-sentence/ https://twnews.co.uk/gb-news/scotland-s-most-shocking-crimes-black-widower-malcolm-webster-killed-wife https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/wife-killer-malcolm-webster-gets-3538012 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3033432/Man-reveals-TWENTY-YEAR-battle-bring-brutal-Black-Widower-brother-law-justice-faked-car-crash-death.html https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/903852/security-alert-over-evidence-on-wife-killer-webster/ https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/my-sister-was-a-victim-of-the-black-widower https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeenshire/298611/police-took-many-years-to-investigate-webster-concerns/ https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/508535/Family-s-anger-as-wife-killer-Malcolm-Webster-launches-new-appeal-to-clear-name https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8525234/Malcolm-Webster-polite-charmer-who-lured-women-then-plotted-their-deaths.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/malcolm-webster-guilty-of-wifes-murder-2286351.html

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