Bible John | |
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 1969 artist's impression of Bible John | |
| Details | |
| Victims | 3 |
Span of crimes | 22 February 1968 – 31 October 1969 |
| Location(s) | Glasgow, Scotland |
Bible John is an unidentified serial killer who is believed to have murdered three young women between 1968 and 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland.[1]
The victims of Bible John were all young brunette women between the ages of 25 and 32, all of whom met their murderer at the Barrowland Ballroom, a dance hall and music venue in the city. The perpetrator has never been identified and the case remains both unsolved and one of the most extensive manhunts in Scottish criminal history.[2] The case would prove to be the first time in Scotland in which the Crown Office authorised publication of a composite drawing of an individual suspected of murder.[3]
This unidentified serial killer became known as "Bible John" due to his having repeatedly quoted from the Bible and to have condemned any form of adultery while in the company of his final victim.[4] The known movements and modus operandi of convicted serial killer and rapist Peter Tobin gave rise to speculation that he might be Bible John, after his conviction for three murders in the late 2000s, but police later eliminated Tobin as a suspect.
- ^ Brown, David; O'Neill, Sean; Lister, David (14 November 2007). "'Bible John': The Sanctimonious Dancehall Killer who Vanished". The Times. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ Terry 2011, p. 112.
- ^ Whittington-Egan & Whittington-Egan 1992, p. 18.
- ^ Lane & Gregg 1995, p. 21.