Season 6 - Episode 18

DESCRIPTION:

"The blood is the life, I have drunk the blood, and it shall be mine, for I have seen horror” — This handwritten passage, penned by Allan Menzies, was found among his things when Lothian and Borders Police searched his home.

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Court documents and information from the following news organisations were referenced in this episode: INDEPENDENT, THE GUARDIAN, THE OBSERVER, IRISH INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY WORLD, SUNDAY TRIBUNE, BBC NEWS, DAILY RECORD, THE TIMES, TELEGRAPH, SCOTSMAN, HERALD SCOTLAND, DAILY MAIL and EVENING STANDARD. 

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MUSIC: 

Liminal by Chelsea McGough

Onward by Chelsea McGough

Enigma by Hill

Stygian by Hill

Headwind by Wild Wonder

A Future With No Names by Stephen Keech

Nuclear Conception by Alice In Winter 

Mystery by Third Age

In Fog by GLASWING 

Bio by Lincoln Davis 

Lucid Dreaming by Chelsea McGough

Unfolding by Alice In Winter 

Dilution Of Distress by Hill

REFERENCES: 

COURT DOCUMENTS

https://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/search-judgments/judgment?id=b85887a6-8980-69d2-b500-ff0000d74aa7 

NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES

The Independent (London, Greater London, England)30 Sep 2003, Tue - Page 19

The Guardian (London, Greater London, England)30 Sep 2003, Tue - Page 7 - 

The Independent (London, Greater London, England)09 Oct 2003, Thu - Page 18

The Guardian (London, Greater London, England)09 Oct 2003, Thu - Page 12

The Observer (London, Greater London, England)26 Oct 2003, Sun - Page 10

Irish Independent - Tuesday 30 September 2003 - Page 30

Irish Independent - Thursday 09 October 2003 - Page 30

Sunday World (Dublin) - Sunday 02 November 2003- Page 58

Sunday Tribune - Sunday 28 November 2004 - Page 97

DIGITAL ARTICLES

GUARDIAN

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/sep/30/2

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/oct/09/ukcrime.film

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/oct/26/ukcrime

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2004/nov/16/ukcrime.kirstyscott

BBC NEWS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/2638385.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3150058.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3155694.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3162300.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3168520.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3172286.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3174214.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4013507.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4778218.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5057686.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/5133804.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6398137.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6401455.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/6459813.stm

DAILY RECORD

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/quiet-sob-end-phone-led-23492898

THE FREE LIBRARY

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SHALLOW+GRAVE%3B+Murder+hunt+cops+find+ferret+fancier%27s+body-a096639884

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DRACULA+KILLER%3B+He+butchered+friend+then+drank+his+blood.-a0108300322

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/DRACULA+KILLER%3B+He+butchered+friend+then+drank+his+blood.-a0108300324

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vampire+killer+%27admired+sick+OAP+murder%27+PENSIONER%27S+HEART+TORN+OUT.-a0108377039

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vampire+mental+illness+ruled+out.-a0108546876out.Queen+Of+The+Damned+sat+on+my+bed+and+told+me%3A+KILL%3B+INSIDE+THE+MIND...-a0108595044

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Vampire+%60revenge+on+God%27.-a0108644018 You+are+an+evil%2C+violent+and+dangerous+man+who+is+not+fit+to+be+at...

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SICK+VAMPIRE+BUTCHER+KILLS+HIMSELF+IN+JAIL%3B+Murderer+found+hanged+in...-a0124685146

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/WIFE+SWAPPING+CLUE+TO+MURDER%3B+Victim+may+have+fallen+for+sex+trap.-a061515677

THE INDEPENDENT

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-ate-friend-s-head-89133.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/vampire-man-who-killed-best-friend-is-jailed-for-life-90497.html

PRESS READER

https://www.pressreader.com/uk/real-people/20190801/281552292462283

THE TIMES

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/murder-fear-for-man-21-as-bag-of-clothes-found-mlzk7bm7pnc

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-watched-vampire-film-100-times-and-it-made-me-want-to-kill-lq9p8spxm9j

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/killer-who-made-pact-with-vampire-gets-life-8p6sg6tp89q

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/scottish-cannibal-found-dead-in-his-cell-ldtpqxvtqf6

TELEGRAPH

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1443586/Man-gets-life-for-vampire-murder.html

SCOTSMAN

https://www.scotsman.com/news/body-found-shallow-grave-2507615

https://www.scotsman.com/news/murder-suspect-tells-court-vampire-queen-ordered-him-kill-friend-2512504

https://www.scotsman.com/news/vampire-case-man-jailed-18-years-2480367

https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/horror-film-killer-found-dead-jail-2511050

https://www.scotsman.com/news/unsolved-murder-files-stay-open-2508608

HERALD SCOTLAND

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11905993.body-find-in-woods-sparks-hunt-for-killer-of-missing-ferreter/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12531042.murder-trial-told-of-violent-films/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12531446.horror-film-character-told-me-to-kill-says-accused/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12530340.paranoid-schizophrenic-was-not-insane-at-time-of-vampire-killing-court-told/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12530330.an-evil-and-dangerous-psychopath-life-for-vampire-murderer-who-drank-his-friends-blood/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12404336.vampire-killers-cell-death-could-prevented/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12191203.detectives-relaunch-murder-inquiry/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12241305.police-bid-to-jog-murder-memories/

https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12434264.arrest-1995-murder-case/

DAILY MAIL

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-198703/Man-killed-friend-vampire.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-198939/Vampire-guilty-murder.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-198997/Man-convicted-vampire-murder.html

EVENING STANDARD

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/vampire-case-accused-was-not-mentally-ill-6987096.html

https://www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/vampire-murder-trial-jury-retires-6983487.html

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