Murders and Animal Magic.
21st June 2010
Way back when I was but a lad I worked as a press photographer for the Daily Record newspaper in Glasgow. You get all sorts of jobs to cover hence the title of the article. I covered many of the big murder trials and some of the murders as well.
Bible John was a famous one back in the 60's, he murdered quite a few young women near the Barrowland Ballroom in the East End of Glasgow and was never caught despite a huge police investigation. They say his body is under the Kingston Bridge, killed by the Glasgow crooks who were feeling the heat from the police involved in the murder investigation.
A prisoner escaped from Carstairs Secure Hospital in the middle of a freezing cold night, murdering 2 prison officers and a Policeman in the process. Guess who was there when they discovered the murder weapon used. Lying at the side of the road and covered with frost a Police car was blocking the view, so the reporter spoke to the lone PC on Guard while I crept round the car and snapped the knife lying there. When I got back to the Paper at 2 in the morning, my picture was on the front page, showing the knife and 3 caps, the dead prison officers and the PC's I never knew they were their in the darkness. The picture is still on the wall, in teh Police HQ's Black Museum.
Of course it wasn't all scoops and murders, we covered road accidents, fashion shows, football, rugby you name it. Flower shows and Cat shows Dog Shows, Animals at the Zoo, kids starting school. Images to fill the holes when it was a quiet news day.
They say that owners grow to look like their pets and vice versa, this lady who was a breeder at the Kelvin Hall Dog Show seems to destroy that fable, this is her picture.
Hope you enjoyed my little story.
Edit:- As an update to this story I understand that the lady, Betty Munt is a judge now at dog shows around the country.
Bible John was a famous one back in the 60's, he murdered quite a few young women near the Barrowland Ballroom in the East End of Glasgow and was never caught despite a huge police investigation. They say his body is under the Kingston Bridge, killed by the Glasgow crooks who were feeling the heat from the police involved in the murder investigation.
A prisoner escaped from Carstairs Secure Hospital in the middle of a freezing cold night, murdering 2 prison officers and a Policeman in the process. Guess who was there when they discovered the murder weapon used. Lying at the side of the road and covered with frost a Police car was blocking the view, so the reporter spoke to the lone PC on Guard while I crept round the car and snapped the knife lying there. When I got back to the Paper at 2 in the morning, my picture was on the front page, showing the knife and 3 caps, the dead prison officers and the PC's I never knew they were their in the darkness. The picture is still on the wall, in teh Police HQ's Black Museum.
Of course it wasn't all scoops and murders, we covered road accidents, fashion shows, football, rugby you name it. Flower shows and Cat shows Dog Shows, Animals at the Zoo, kids starting school. Images to fill the holes when it was a quiet news day.
They say that owners grow to look like their pets and vice versa, this lady who was a breeder at the Kelvin Hall Dog Show seems to destroy that fable, this is her picture.
Hope you enjoyed my little story.
Edit:- As an update to this story I understand that the lady, Betty Munt is a judge now at dog shows around the country.
