In April 1955, Anne O’Hara jilted her intended, Peter Manuel, 27, a laborer from a village near Glasgow, Scotland. Her rejection may have been what turned him into the “Beast of Birkenshaw,” a rapist ...

NICKNAMED the Beast of Birkenshaw, Peter Manuel terrorised Scotland in the late 1950s, where he murdered eight people. This Monday, 7 June, ITV is re-airing In Plain Sight, a three-part drama starring ...

PETER Manuel remains one of Scotland’s most terrifying murderers to date. The sadistic killer claimed the lives of at least seven victims before he was hanged at Glasgow’s Barlinnie Prison. Please ...

A new three-part drama based on the disturbing true story of serial killer Peter Manuel begins on ITV tonight. In Plain Sight stars Martin Compston as Manuel, whose ...

In 1958 Peter Manuel was hanged in Glasgow’s Barlinnie prison for the murder of seven people. His infamous trial is the subject of author Denise Mina’s novel, The Long Drop, now serialised for Book at ...

THE bodies of executed Barlinnie killers, including monster Peter Manuel, are to be exhumed for reburial before the nick closes, it’s reported. The notorious Glasgow prison is set to be replaced by a ...

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