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 personal interviews with the victims’ families — many speaking publicly and at length for the first time.

Can we, two Glasgow-based journalists, finally get the answers these families deserve?

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 insufficient evidence to try them. There are also persistent rumours that Diane was murdered because she was due to be a key prosecution witness in a drug trial.

Hear from Diane’s auntie and cousin – two of her few surviving relatives – as we discuss these theories. The words of a family devastated by drugs, death and another murder.

We’ll tell you a little about the murder of Emma Caldwell too. Her killer was recently convicted, and the court case was covered by hosts Collette and Callum for Clyde 1. It would prove the catalyst for their investigation into the other unsolved murders.

Also hear about a missing piece of evidence from the investigation into Emma’s murder, the Beware Book. A tattered leather journal women involved in prostitution in Glasgow used to share warnings about the most dangerous clients.

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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast and need mental-health support or want to talk about your feelings, visit the Hub of Hope to find services in your area.

If you think you might have information about any of the people we’ve mentioned you can get in touch with us at bewarebook@bauermedia.co.uk

Written, created, presented and produced by Collette McGonigle

Presented and produced by Callum McQuade

Executive Producers - Laurence Bassett & Henrietta Harrison

Sound Design - James Stodd & Michelle Homan

Designer - Ben Watkins

Production Manager - Sarah Nicholls

Legal Counsel - Jonathan McNaul for Bauer Media Group and Caroline Marshall for Reviewed & Cleared

Head of Production - Cat Moran

Chief Creative Officer, Podcasts - Lucie Cave

Director of News and Sport, Scotland and Northern Ireland - Lorraine Herbison Hollinshead

Beware Book is a Rayo Original podcast by Bauer Media

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 treated as murder.

Police say "no criminality” has ever been established but CCTV footage showed her with a man next to the river, hours before she was found dead.

Weeks later, that same man was accused of trying to push another sex worker into the same river.

Listen while we slowly build trust with Marjorie’s sister, following previous damaging experiences with the media and police. When she does agree to talk to us, hear how Marjorie’s death devastated a close-knit family, and the three young children she left behind. Her sister is also convinced she knows who did it.

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If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast and need mental-health support or want to talk about your feelings, visit the Hub of Hope to find services in your area.

If you think you might have information about any of the people we’ve mentioned you can get in touch with us at bewarebook@bauermedia.co.uk

Written, created, presented and produced by Collette McGonigle

Presented and produced by Callum McQuade

Executive Producers - Laurence Bassett & Henrietta Harrison

Sound Design - James Stodd & Michelle Homan

Designer - Ben Watkins

Production Manager - Sarah Nicholls

Legal Counsel - Jonathan McNaul for Bauer Media Group and Caroline Marshall for Reviewed & Cleared

Head of Production - Cat Moran

Chief Creative Officer, Podcasts - Lucie Cave

Director of News and Sport, Scotland and Northern Ireland - Lorraine Herbison Hollinshead

Beware Book is a Rayo Original podcast by Bauer Media

“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 breath away in 1996 and never gave it back.

A pain which started when Jackie was found dead, wrapped in a homemade curtain, near a bus stop in Bowling. The 26-year-old from Paisley, suffered more than 100 injuries. George Johnstone – a frequent client - stood trial for her murder but the case against him was found not proven.

We speak to mum Alice and stepdad Robert more than 20 years later, the same length of time since they last heard from police about their daughter’s murder.

We also hear from the sister of Tracey Wylde who was choked to death at her flat in the north side of the city a year later, in 1997.

Bernadette was just 12 years old when her sister was killed. She tells us of being hounded by reporters and photographers who gathered outside her school, hoping to catch her off guard just to grab the next day’s headline.

Tracey’s killer - Zhi Min Chen – was eventually caught after more than twenty years of heartache and uncertainty. So, what advice does her family have for Alice and Robert ahead of the 30th anniversary of Jackie’s murder later this year?

If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised in this podcast and need mental-health support or want to talk about your feelings, visit the Hub of Hope to find services in your area.

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If you think you might have information about any of the people we’ve mentioned you can get in touch with us at bewarebook@bauermedia.co.uk

Written, created, presented and produced by Collette McGonigle

Presented and produced by Callum McQuade

Executive Producers - Laurence Bassett & Henrietta Harrison

Sound Design - James Stodd & Michelle Homan

Designer - Ben Watkins

Production Manager - Sarah Nicholls

Legal Counsel - Jonathan McNaul for Bauer Media Group and Caroline Marshall for Reviewed & Cleared

Head of Production - Cat Moran

Chief Creative Officer, Podcasts - Lucie Cave

Director of News and Sport, Scotland and Northern Ireland - Lorraine Herbison Hollinshead

Beware Book is a Rayo Original podcast by Bauer Media