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Serial killer Dennis Nilsen’s first killing
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30th December
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Pan Am flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
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21st December
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Burke and Hare’s best customer dies
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20th December
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The death of Gentleman Johnny
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4th November
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Final appeal of the ‘Lockerbie bomber’
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11th October
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Scotland carries out its last female execution
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10th October
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William Brodie is hanged before 40,000 spectators
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1st October
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Angelika Kluk last seen alive
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24th September
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War crimes accused Anton Gecas dies in Edinburgh
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12th September
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John Porteous isn’t executed as he’s already dead
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8th September
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Half-hangit Maggie comes back to life
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2nd September
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Little Ross lighthouse keeper murdered
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18th August
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The last hanging in Scotland
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15th August
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Ardlamont murder trial sets a legal precedent
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10th August
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Convict championed by Arthur Conan Doyle is released
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20th July
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Trial that led to Glasgow’s last public execution
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19th July
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Glasgow-born Ian Brady commits first Moors Murder
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12th July
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Serial killer Archibald Hall is born
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17th June
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Scottish pirate William Kidd is executed
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23rd May
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Queen Victoria’s would-be assassin stands trial
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20th April
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Leith petition fails to save a man
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4th April
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Judge George Lockhart is murdered in broad daylight
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31st March
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Body snatchers Waldie and Torrence are hanged in Edinburgh
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18th March
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Mary McKinnon stands trial for murder
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14th March
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Mass shooting at Dunblane Primary School
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13th March
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Edinburgh carries out its last female execution
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11th March
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Bible John’s first victim discovered
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23rd February
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Lady Grange is abducted and taken prisoner
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22nd January
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Serial killer Robert Black dies
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12th January
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William Burke confesses to murder
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3rd January
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Elizabeth Chantrelle’s death inspires The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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2nd January
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