True Crime Cases from the North East, 1864-1963
Scratch below the surface and a dark, murderous history is present in the North East. Revenge, greed, crimes of passion, and other disturbing motives have driven locals to murder.
Join curator Claire Smith of the North East Police Museum as she shares insights and sinister artefacts from some of the most notorious cases in the region over 100 years. From the murder of Ann Forbes at Thainstone in 1864, to which the oldest objects in the North East Police Museum relate, to the shooting dead of Thomas Guyan in 1963, which resulted in the last hanging in Scotland of the culprit, Henry Burnett, as well as a number of other murders in-between, this talk accompanies the 2025 Granite Noir exhibition which will look at the people involved, including the investigators, the evidence uncovered, and the outcomes for those accused of these cold blooded killings.
