Alarm at Gartnavel Hospital / Joyce and Jim Harkins, and Peter Flynn / James Harkins
6/10/202646 min
In 1980, a man who should have been under supervision walked out of a Scottish psychiatric hospital. Hours later, an alarm sounded inside another hospital building in Glasgow. What followed raised questions that went far beyond one crime scene…
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.
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Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton.
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[suspenseful music] This episode contains distressing themes, profanity, and descriptions of violence. This podcast is intended for a mature audience. Listener caution is advised. The lead investigator told reporters who had gathered outside the hospital walls, "In this case, fact appears to be stranger than fiction. It's a very complicated family problem." The lights from the police cars reflected off the shards of shattered glass on the ground outside the main door. The hospital staff huddle together, sobbing as the victims were wheeled out one by one. Welcome to season 11, episode 23 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK true crime. When Gartnavel Royal Hospital first opened in 1843, it was called the Glasgow Lunatic Asylum. The complex was designed with two buildings to segregate patients by gender and social class