DESCRIPTION
On May 12, 1958, 31-year-old Peter Manuel went to trial at Glasgow High Court for the murder of eight people.
So desperate were people to get a seat on the public benches for the trial of the infamous Beast of Birkenshaw, they queued outside the court overnight.
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MUSIC
Delirium by Kai Engel
Blue Feather by Kevin MacLeod
Defeat by BoxCat Games
Prelude No 7 by Chris Zabriskie
The 49th Street Galleria by Chris Zabriskie
That Kid in Fourth Grade Who Really Liked the Denver Broncos by Chris Zabriskie
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MAIN REFERENCES
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-manuel
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/barlinnie-unlocked-horror-in-the-hanging-shed-1108743
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cBi6CgAAQBAJ&pg=PT211&lpg=PT211&dq=ronnie+burgess+peter+manuel&source=bl&ots=xSe13jlZHG&sig=13L6jldGzzUGVbfv78Tyr08oppo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj01seytanUAhWLBcAKHRWOCMkQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=ronnie%20burgess%20peter%20manuel&f=false
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/barlinnie-unlocked-innocent-william-watt-1108746
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7892265.stm
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/recalling-a-violent-history-1-1080178
http://oldglasgowmurders.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-watt-family-murders.html
http://oldglasgowmurders.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-watt-family-murders.html
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/poetic-justice-read-manuels-twisted-1018133
http://oldglasgowmurders.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/peter-manuel-6-smart-family-murders.htmlhttp://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/history/story-scotlands-worst-serial-killer-11527326
http://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/peter-manuel/trial
http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/719094/interview-serial-killer-
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