Credit: Handout (family/police), via STV NewsEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenAllan Street, Aberdeen, Scotland · 1978
Dr Brenda Page, a geneticist, was beaten to death in her Aberdeen flat in July 1978. The case went unsolved for nearly 45 years until her former husband, Christopher Harrisson, was convicted of her murder in March 2023.
Credit: Unknown author; searches have been unable to identify the specific artist. These…Public domainSourceSOLVEDListenWest Port, Edinburgh, Scotland · 1828
Between late 1827 and October 1828, William Burke and William Hare murdered sixteen people in Edinburgh, selling the bodies to anatomist Robert Knox for dissection. Burke was convicted and hanged; Hare received immunity for testifying; Burke's wife's case was found not proven.
Credit: Jonathan NaingCC BY-SA 2.0SourceSOLVEDListenGlasgow Airport, Paisley, Scotland · 2007
On 30 June 2007, a Jeep Cherokee loaded with propane canisters was driven into the terminal doors at Glasgow Airport and set alight; the driver later died of his injuries and the passenger was convicted of conspiracy to murder, linking the attack to car bombs left in London the previous day.
Credit: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons — biographical infobox portrait paintingPublic domainSourceSOLVEDListenBeach near Parkhouse, Ardrossan estate, Ayrshire, Scotland · 1769
Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton, was fatally shot on a beach near his stables at Parkhouse on his Ardrossan estate in Ayrshire on 24 October 1769 by excise officer Mungo Campbell, after a dispute over Campbell's right to carry a gun on the Earl's land. Campbell was tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang, but died by suicide in prison before the execution could take place.
SOLVEDListenElgin, Moray, Scotland · 1998
Arlene Fraser, a 33-year-old woman from Elgin, Moray, vanished from her home on 28 April 1998 and was never found. Her husband, Nat Fraser, was convicted of her murder in 2003, had that conviction quashed by the UK Supreme Court in 2011, and was convicted again at a second trial in 2012.
SOLVEDListenMonkey Hill, Cambusnethan, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland · 2010
17-year-old Zoe Nelson was killed in Wishaw, Scotland on 22 May 2010, her body burned on a makeshift pyre in nearby woodland. Robert Bayne, who had been involved with both Nelson and her younger sister, was convicted of her murder in March 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of twenty years.
Credit: Gareth FosterCC BY-SA 2.0SourceCOLDListenWood of Lettermore, near Duror, Appin, Lochaber, Scotland · 1752
Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure, a government factor overseeing forced clearances on confiscated Clan Stewart lands, was shot dead by a concealed marksman near Duror, Scotland, on 14 May 1752. James Stewart of the Glens was controversially convicted as an accessory and hanged; the true identity of the shooter has never been legally established.
COLDListenArdlamont estate, Argyll, Scotland · 1893
Cecil Hambrough died from a shotgun wound while on a hunting outing at the Ardlamont estate in Argyll, Scotland, in August 1893. His tutor, Alfred John Monson, was tried for murder but received Scotland's "not proven" verdict, a result that has left the case a lasting historical mystery.
SOLVEDListenDixon Avenue, Crosshill, Glasgow, Scotland · 2004
Three men — David Gillespie, 42, Ian Mitchell, 67, and Anthony Coyle, 71 — were killed in a top-floor flat on Dixon Avenue, Crosshill, Glasgow, on 17 October 2004. Edith McAlinden, her son John McAlinden, and his friend Jamie Gray were convicted of the killings, which press dubbed the "House of Blood" murders due to the extent of bloodstaining found at the scene.
SOLVEDListenDixon Avenue, Crosshill, Glasgow, Scotland · 2004
Three men were killed at a top-floor flat in Crosshill, Glasgow, on 17 October 2004 by Edith McAlinden, her 17-year-old son John McAlinden, and his 16-year-old friend Jamie Gray, in a case nicknamed "The House of Blood" due to the extent of blood found at the scene.
The files run from 1752 to 2019. The 2000s hold the most, with 5 files. The oldest is Appin Murder, from 1752.
They are spread across 13 cities and towns; the most are in Glasgow (3) and Edinburgh (2). By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (14), domestic violence cases (2) and serial murder cases (1).
2 files of the 16 have coverage attached: 2 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 2 creators. BBC Scotland and Dr. Todd Grande have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
Brenda Page — Credit: Handout (family/police), via STV NewsEditorial useSource
Media image of Jodi Jones, victim of child murder in 2003 — Credit: Judy Jones, mother of Jodi Jones.Editorial useSource
Barrowlands, Glasgow - geograph.org.uk - 663608 — Credit: Stephen SweeneyCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Burkes House from the Backcourt — Credit: Unknown author; searches have been unable to identify the specific artist. These…Public domainSource
GlasgowAirportatnight7d — Credit: Jonathan NaingCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton — Credit: Wikipedia/Wikimedia Commons — biographical infobox portrait paintingPublic domainSource
Celtic Cross - geograph.org.uk - 396903 — Credit: John CraigCC BY-SA 2.0Source
Ballachulish Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 95008 — Credit: Gareth FosterCC BY-SA 2.0Source
16. By status: 4 unsolved, 2 cold and 10 solved. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Appin Murder, from 1752. Open the file
Murder of Brenda Page, with 1 video, podcast or documentary linked from its file. Open the file
BBC Scotland (1 case) and Dr. Todd Grande (1 case).
Glasgow (3) and Edinburgh (2).
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 14, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
