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Crimes that shocked Scotland: Exclusive insights into the biggest crime stories from the past 50 years

CRIMES that shocked Scotland. They are the stories that have gripped the nation for the past 50 years.

And in an exclusive new series in next week's Daily Record we delve deep into some of the most horrific crimes in Scottish history.

Kicking off with an audacious daylight armed robbery witnessed by stunned shoppers and watched by millions on social media find out how a sloppy mistake helped police crack the case.

Writing exclusively for the Daily Record leading criminologist David Wilson will examine why some crimes fascinate and have the power to stay in our memories decades later.

The 70s is known as the decade for murder and we chronicle the bloody massacre that was the Carstairs breakout and the serial killer whose youngest victim was only 5.

Nat Fraser thought he’d got away with the perfect murder but we reveal the twists and turns that caught a killer- read what happened when Crime Reporter Jane Hamilton confronted the murderer.

Malcolm Webste r, The Widower, was a seemingly mild-mannered nurse who poisoned and murdered his first wife, attempted to do the same to his second wife and had hatched a scheme to deceive a third woman.

And we end the series with the gangland feud that ended in an execution that left two men dead and their bodies displayed in public.
We tell those stories that will shock you still. Only in your Daily Record all next week.

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