The Gorbals: Unsolved

Reece Trainer

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2261482/fan_mail/new] A white van screeches into a Milton street as the sun drops over Glasgow. Kids are still outside. Seconds later, a shotgun is raised and John McGregor is shot dead. That brutal moment in 2021 is the centre of this story, but the roots run much deeper and far darker than one night’s violence. We follow the chain back to 2010 and the daylight execution of Kevin “Gerbil” Carroll, a feared Daniel-linked enforcer whose death never fully settled, even after a conviction. A later police corruption scandal reveals that surveillance intelligence about Carroll’s movements was leaked from inside the system, and although official reviews find no wider orchestration, the betrayal leaves a stain that gangland Glasgow does not forget. Against that backdrop, Reese Traynor grows up carrying a family name, a childhood trauma, and whispers that never quite fade. From there, we track how the Daniel Lyons feud keeps renewing itself, how “intimidation” becomes murder once weapons are in play, and how a driver’s decision can carry life-changing consequences. We also take you through the investigation, the flight abroad, and the High Court proceedings in Stirling that bring sentences but not peace, as violence continues to echo across Scotland and into Spain. If you care about Scottish true crime, organised crime in Glasgow, and how corruption and family loyalty shape outcomes, listen now. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with your take on the hardest question here: can anyone truly break free?

Paige Doherty

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2261482/fan_mail/new] A Saturday morning routine should not end in a national tragedy, yet that is exactly what happens in Clydebank when 15-year-old Paige Doherty sets off for work and never arrives. We walk through who Paige is beyond the headlines: a small, energetic teenager with a sharp sense of humour, a close bond with her mum, and a clear dream of building a future in beauty and hairdressing. That normality is what makes the silence that morning so frightening, and why her disappearance is treated as urgent from the start.  From the first missing hours to the discovery off Great Western Road, we follow the investigation step by step, focusing on how Scottish police use timeline checks, witness accounts, and CCTV to narrow the search. The story turns on Delicious Deli, the last place Paige is clearly seen, and on the growing contradictions around what happened inside. We dig into the missing footage, the shutter coming down, the odd movements captured on camera, and the forensic evidence that transforms suspicion into proof.  We also look at what comes after the court case: the impact on Paige’s family, the strength and mourning of the Clydebank community, and how remembrance becomes action through Page’s Promise and calls for better support for victims’ families, including limits on post-mortem waiting times. If you care about Glasgow true crime, forensic evidence, and the real human cost behind a case, listen through to the end. Subscribe, share with someone who follows Scottish crime stories, and leave us a review with the detail you think people should remember most.

Kenny Reilly

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2261482/fan_mail/new] A red light in Maryhill. A silver BMW waiting in traffic. A masked man steps out of a black Ford S-Max and fires six shots before disappearing into side streets. That’s the opening moment we can’t shake, because it shows how quickly everyday life in Glasgow can collide with a feud that has been building for years. We walk through who Kenny Riley was, why a £100,000 drug debt is never just about money, and how postcode loyalty in Possilpark and Maryhill turns into something lethal. From the rumoured personal slight that inflamed tensions to the brutal assault on Ryan McAteer that made payback feel “necessary”, the motive keeps tightening like a knot. Along the way we map the crew police say built the operation, the logistics behind the untraceable car, and the role encrypted messaging plays when planning moves from the street to WhatsApp and EncroChat. Then we follow the investigation: CCTV, phone data, prison intercepts, and the forensic detail that cuts through the attempted cover-up, including DNA recovered from a vehicle meant to vanish in flames. The High Court trial in Edinburgh delivers long minimum sentences, but we end with the harder question of what remains when a legal chapter closes and the conditions that feed violence still exist. If A Dark City helps you see Glasgow’s gangland crime more clearly, subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review. What part of this case best explains why these feuds keep escalating?

The Gorbals: Unsolved

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2261482/fan_mail/new] Eight murders in one square mile. No convictions. And a trail of families left with nothing but rumours, court transcripts, and the sickening sense that everyone knows more than they will ever say. We take you into Glasgow’s “Murder Mile” in the Gorbals and Loriston, where violence repeats across decades and the justice system keeps coming up empty.  We start with John Lynch in 1964, a father who steps off a bus after taking his children to see Santa and vanishes into the dusk, only to be found dying from a stab wound. From there, the pattern hardens: quick arrests followed by cases that collapse, witnesses who refuse to identify suspects, and juries left with evidence that never quite holds. You’ll hear how Chris Cawley is stabbed to death at the doorway of his own pub while more than 30 people insist they saw nothing, and how the Scottish “not proven” verdict can leave a case feeling unresolved even after a trial.  As we move through Gilbert Patton, Tracy Main, David Brown, Joanna Colbeck, Stephen Byrne, and officer Lewis Fulton, we connect each tragedy to the wider story of the Gorbals itself: overcrowding, poverty, demolition, high-rise decline, fear of retaliation, and a deep mistrust of police. We also look at what changed after 2002, what scars remain in the landscape, and why place and power can decide who gets justice. If you care about Glasgow true crime, unsolved murders, Scottish criminal justice, and the real human cost behind cold cases, listen now then subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review to help more people find the story.

Gary Moore

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2261482/fan_mail/new] Nine shots tear through a quiet street in Airdrie, and a man known as a gentle giant is left dead on his own doorstep. We walk through the murder of Gary Moore, a devoted dad and gym owner who built a reputation helping troubled young people through fitness, then ask the question that won’t leave you alone: how does someone like that end up the target of an execution-style hit? From the first hours of the Police Scotland investigation, the case is defined by two things: planning and silence. A white Skoda Fabia appears, a masked gunman steps out, and the car is later found burned out to wipe away evidence. We dig into the rumours of organised crime, narcotics and debt, and the frustration detectives face when frightened witnesses hold back. Gary’s family speak with heartbreaking clarity about what they’ve lost, and why they plead for information even when the community is scared. Then the story widens. Four months later, Raphael Lyko, a 36-year-old Polish national who has been in Scotland for just days, is discovered dead inside a burned Mercedes GLE in Blantyre. The parallels are chilling, and the pattern points towards a coordinated gangland hit squad. We follow how investigators connect the dots across Lanarkshire and Glasgow, including attempted killings, stolen vehicles, destroyed evidence, and the meticulous work that finally brings Barry Harvey, Darren Owen and Thomas Guthrie to trial at the High Court in Glasgow. If you care about Glasgow true crime, organised crime in Scotland, and how justice is built case by case, press play. Subscribe, share the episode, and leave us a review, what do you think keeps communities silent when violence is this public?