Bible John: A New Suspect by Jill Bavin-Mizzi

[Ms Diddles]

i would say bj was rather successful at picking up women from the ball room but was set off by the women who he picked up who were menstruating, whether because it blocked him from going all the way or another deep seated psychological reason. i think he had a few successful pickups before and during the murders where he was with women that werent menstruating that went ok, or at least not with murder. these were definitely murders of rage and violence, unlike the ripper. more akin to rape murderers aka control killers with a definite deep seated/subconscious problem (hatred) with women.

I swither on this one Abby!

My inclination is to agree with you.

If three of BJs pick-ups were menstruating and ended in murder (if those two factors are indeed connected, which I think they are), there must be other instances where a "normal" hook up was orchestrated that did not result in a woman being murdered.

Against that though is the fact that BJ did not seem to be known at the Barrowlands, which he would have been had he attended regularly.

Glasgow is a big city, but in some ways it's like a village.

You do tend to bump into people you know and see folk you recognise for whatever reason.

I remember from my "clubbing years" in my 20's I would meet the same people and see the same faces all the time.

I can't help but think that if he'd been a regular people would have recognised him.

Obviously this would include his former conquests who may have had their reasons for remaining silent, but surely one of them would have recognised him and spoken up when other women were being murdered.

Agree that there is absolute rage in these murders.