Bible John (General Discussion)

[Herlock Sholmes]

Hi all,

Looking at the third and fifth photo-fits along from bottom left, I wonder if any elderly relatives of snooker player Steve Davis have ever been considered a suspect.

More seriously, this is an excellent thread and very helpful to a Bible John newbie like me who has known of the case for a long time but very little of the (ascertainable) details. As some here know, I regularly travel up the A6 thread but that stops short of Glasgow.

Anyway, I’m currently away but will listen intently to Audrey Gillian’s podcasts once back and see if I might join your discussions.

Best wishes,
OneRound

Hi OneRound,

It’s always good to hear your thoughts. That will be you and Cobalt from the A6. Who will be next? My money is on Moste.

btw, the transcripts for the podcasts are available but I have a feeling that they might have been taken via technology. Certainly not by someone that’s ever heard a Scottish accent.

[Herlock Sholmes]

Karl Marx noted back in 1848 that Crime was a great contributor to the capitalist system in terms of finance and employment. The USA prison system has taken him at his word and now jails around 25% of the world prison population within its own borders. Others opposed to its regime are jailed elsewhere. No numbers available on that, although Julian Assange is perhaps the best known victim recently.

So Wilson and Harrison are in it for the money. Prestige as well I suppose. Wilson is a self-described 'governor' who as far as I can see was running a borstal before he branched out into becoming an expert on sexual deviants. Harrison was I think a dog handler for Kettering Police, before he proclaimed himself a 'detective' who had spoken with Reggie Kray, Ted Bundy and possibly Jack the Ripper in his imagination. Harrison's FBI links have been completely debunked. They are a pair of charlatans.

I'm sure we often pick up the wrong thread on this site but at least we are genuine seekers after the truth. That pair are bought men, selling books to credulous people with less grasp of reality than any of Bible John's victims. Ignore them, is my advice.

Well said.

[Ms Diddles]

Hi all,

Looking at the third and fifth photo-fits along from bottom left, I wonder if any elderly relatives of snooker player Steve Davis have ever been considered a suspect.

More seriously, this is an excellent thread and very helpful to a Bible John newbie like me who has known of the case for a long time but very little of the (ascertainable) details. As some here know, I regularly travel up the A6 thread but that stops short of Glasgow.

Anyway, I’m currently away but will listen intently to Audrey Gillian’s podcasts once back and see if I might join your discussions.

Best wishes,
OneRound

Welcome aboard OneRound!

I still need to re-listen to the podcasts myself as I have largely forgotten their content.

Thanks to Barn & Herlock for the reminders.

I think you'll find them interesting!

[cobalt]

Great to have you on board OR. Your contributions to A6 thread have helped make it what it is.

This Bible John thread is also of very good quality. Just seekers after justice and the truth. People who are not just using their heads but also their hearts.

[OneRound]

Here is an interesting photo of Joe Beattie in the incident room.
What is interesting is that there are some photo-fits of Bible John that I hadn't seen before.

Hi all,

Looking at the third and fifth photo-fits along from bottom left, I wonder if any elderly relatives of snooker player Steve Davis have ever been considered a suspect.

More seriously, this is an excellent thread and very helpful to a Bible John newbie like me who has known of the case for a long time but very little of the (ascertainable) details. As some here know, I regularly travel up the A6 thread but that stops short of Glasgow.

Anyway, I’m currently away but will listen intently to Audrey Gillian’s podcasts once back and see if I might join your discussions.

Best wishes,
OneRound

[cobalt]

Karl Marx noted back in 1848 that Crime was a great contributor to the capitalist system in terms of finance and employment. The USA prison system has taken him at his word and now jails around 25% of the world prison population within its own borders. Others opposed to its regime are jailed elsewhere. No numbers available on that, although Julian Assange is perhaps the best known victim recently.

So Wilson and Harrison are in it for the money. Prestige as well I suppose. Wilson is a self-described 'governor' who as far as I can see was running a borstal before he branched out into becoming an expert on sexual deviants. Harrison was I think a dog handler for Kettering Police, before he proclaimed himself a 'detective' who had spoken with Reggie Kray, Ted Bundy and possibly Jack the Ripper in his imagination. Harrison's FBI links have been completely debunked. They are a pair of charlatans.

I'm sure we often pick up the wrong thread on this site but at least we are genuine seekers after the truth. That pair are bought men, selling books to credulous people with less grasp of reality than any of Bible John's victims. Ignore them, is my advice.

[barnflatwyngarde]

I haven’t seen this programme Jon - David Wilson’s Crime Files: Scams and Scandals - which is available to watch on the BBC IPlayer and sees Wilson ‘deal’ with Harrison. It’s noticeable that an article in The News and Star it says that Wilson was ‘namechecked’ in one of Harrison’s books when the book was actually published as being co-authored. There’s a photo of them together at a Scottish writing festival in 2013, 3 years after their book had been published.

The two were made for each other imo.

Absolutely JM.

The link below is a doozy, just when you thought that you knew it all.

https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/23847427.carlisle-authors-bogus-claims-feature-bbc-programme/

[Herlock Sholmes]

Funny, David Wilson claimed to have met Paul Harrison only once, at a crime conference, and reportedly that meeting left him suspicious of Harrison. Easy for Wilson to say now that Harrison has been exposed as a complete fraud. Wilson might have conveniently forgotten that they “co-authored” a book together. Or perhaps Wilson just receives a fee if you’d like to put his name next to yours on the cover? Who knows. Both of them are dubious individuals if you ask me.

JM

I haven’t seen this programme Jon - David Wilson’s Crime Files: Scams and Scandals - which is available to watch on the BBC IPlayer and sees Wilson ‘deal’ with Harrison. It’s noticeable that an article in The News and Star it says that Wilson was ‘namechecked’ in one of Harrison’s books when the book was actually published as being co-authored. There’s a photo of them together at a Scottish writing festival in 2013, 3 years after their book had been published.

The two were made for each other imo.

[cobalt]

I saw a resemblance to Frankie Vaughan in the photo. Frankie made a few headlines at the same time as the Bible John murders when he visited the Easterhouse housing scheme in Glasgow in an attempt to tackle the problem of gang crime. He received much criticism for his efforts, especially from local politicians, but Frankie did at least show that the people of the post war housing project were capable of more than the tabloid media claimed they were

[jmenges]

Funny, David Wilson claimed to have met Paul Harrison only once, at a crime conference, and reportedly that meeting left him suspicious of Harrison. Easy for Wilson to say now that Harrison has been exposed as a complete fraud. Wilson might have conveniently forgotten that they “co-authored” a book together. Or perhaps Wilson just receives a fee if you’d like to put his name next to yours on the cover? Who knows. Both of them are dubious individuals if you ask me.

JM

[Herlock Sholmes]

In David Wilson and Paul Harrison's book "The Last British Serial Killer" the authors make the erroneous comment that, "Nor did McInnes's teeth match the bite mark that had been left on Helen's body". (page 68) (My emphasis)

The authors seem unaware that when John McInnes died he had dentures.

Careless and sloppy research!

Approach with care!

Such a basic error Barn. You can only think “how could you not know that and still consider yourself qualified to write a book on the subject.”

[Herlock Sholmes]

Here is a photograph of Detective Chief Inspector James McInnes, John McInnes's cousin.

It doesn't really add anything to the case, but personally I always like to put a face to a name if possible.

Good find Barn He looks like one of the Kray twins.

[barnflatwyngarde]

In David Wilson and Paul Harrison's book "The Last British Serial Killer" the authors make the erroneous comment that, "Nor did McInnes's teeth match the bite mark that had been left on Helen's body". (page 68) (My emphasis)

The authors seem unaware that when John McInnes died he had dentures.

Careless and sloppy research!

Approach with care!

[Ms Diddles]

Here is a photograph of Detective Chief Inspector James McInnes, John McInnes's cousin.

It doesn't really add anything to the case, but personally I always like to put a face to a name if possible.

Me too Barn, so thanks for posting!

[Ms Diddles]

Ironically the attitude of the police in some ways mirrored Bible John’s. To them they were ‘scarlet women.’ They either felt that just dancing with different men was an act of promiscuity in itself or that dancing naturally led to sex. As if they were looking for sex rather than just fun. They may have been hoping to meet Mr. Right but that doesn’t mean that they were working their way through all of the Barrowland men. And of course, if sex did occasionally become a part of their fun..so what? The young men would have received a free pass on this kind of behaviour of course.

Spot on Herlock!

I suspect they were worldly enough to have no illusions about meeting Mr Right and just wanted to kick up their heels and enjoy themselves.

The attitude of the police is shocking to us in this day and age, but what always shocks me more is that often some of the harshest critics of women were other women!

I'm never sure whether that was a manifestation of jealousy or a weird kind of Stockholm Syndrome.

Sad!