Infamous Scots. Colin Norris.
Colin Norris (born 12 February 1976) is a former nurse and serial killer from the Milton area of Glasgow, Scotland who was convicted of murdering four elderly patients in a…
Infamous Scots. “Bible John”.
WARNING MAY CONTAIN SENSITIVE INFORMATION. Bible John is an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have murdered three young women between 1968 and 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland. Each of…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Andrew Walker.
Andrew Walker was a corporal in the Royal Scots who killed three Army colleagues in a payroll robbery in the Pentland Hills, south of Edinburgh, in January 1985. He was…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Elliot Castro.
Elliot Castro (born 1983 or 1984) is a Scottish fraud prevention consultant and ex-fraudster from Glasgow who claims he swindled approximately $2.8 million through various financial crimes when he was a teenager.
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots Robert Stewart.
Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany lived from 1340 to 3 September 1420. He was an illegitimate son of the future King Robert II of Scotland and of Elizabeth Mure of Rowallan,…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Ian Brady.
Hello folks… Please be advised that this post may contain sensitive Material and may upset some readers. I advise you to be careful if you decide to read this. I…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots Sir James Wylie.
Sir James Wylie lived from 13 November 1768 to 2 March 1854. Born and brought up in Tulliallan, now effectively part of Kincardine on Forth, he was a doctor who rose to…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots Jamie Macpherson.
James Macpherson (1675–1700) was a Scottish outlaw, famed for his Lament or Rant, a version of which was rewritten by the Scottish poet, Robert Burns. The original version of the lament is…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Thomas Neil Cream.
Dr Thomas Neill Cream (27 May 1850 – 15 November 1892), also known as the Lambeth Poisoner, was a Scottish-Canadian medical doctor and serial killer, who claimed his first proven victims in the United States…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Roderick-Edward-Maclean.
Roderick Edward Maclean (c. 1854 – 8 June 1921) was a Scotsman who attempted to assassinate Queen Victoria on 2 March 1882, at Windsor, England, with a pistol. This was the last of eight attempts by separate…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Robert Black.
Warning some of this material may upset or may be unsuitable for young children. Robert Black (21 April 1947 – 12 January 2016) was a Scottish serial killer and paedophile who was convicted of the kidnap,…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. “Sawney” Bean.
Alexander “Sawney” Bean was said to be the head of a 45-member clan in Scotland in the 16th century who were reportedly executed for the mass murder and cannibalization of over 1000 people. The story…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Deacon Brodie.
William Brodie (28 September 1741 – 1 October 1788), often known by his title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild, and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a housebreaker, partly…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Arthur Thompson.
Arthur Thompson (gangster) Arthur Thompson (September 1931 – 13 March 1993) known as “the Godfather“, was a Scottish gangster who was active in Scotland in the 1950s. He then went on to take charge of organised crime for…
Please Share this:
Infamous Scots. Gregor Macgregor.
General “Sir” Gregor MacGregor, Prince of the Principality of Poyais, lived from 24 December 1786 to 3 December 1845. He was a conman who persuaded many British and, later, French…
