Episodes

  • Criminal Record 26/11/25 - Operation Portaledge latest | Tartan Army World Cup warning | Bothwell firebombings

    Criminal Record 26/11/25 - Operation Portaledge latest | Tartan Army World Cup warning | Bothwell firebombings
    Nov 26 2025
    Daily Record’s Ruth Suter is joined by crime reporter Norman Silvester on the Criminal Record podcast to discuss the last weeks' major crime stories in Scotland and beyond. On Criminal Record this week: The cost of Operation Portaledge - the police investigation into the recent organised crime violence in Scotland involving the Daniels and Lyons crime families. The first Portaledge conviction Warnings for football fans going to crime ridden Mexico as Scotland qualifies for the World Cup Missing Scot feared murdered over debt to gangsters Restaurant firebombings in Bothwell Police increase in Taser firing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    29 mins
  • Criminal Record | Missing man feared murdered by underworld connections after disappearing almost 25 years ago

    Criminal Record | Missing man feared murdered by underworld connections after disappearing almost 25 years ago
    Nov 18 2025
    The Daily Record's crime reporter Norman Silvester speaks to Caroline Armour, whose brother Joseph Connelly dissapeared almost 25 years ago. Caroline has not reported her oder brother dead as the family continue to chase answers over Joseph's unexpected dissapearance, delving into potential criminal involvment and new leads. Daily Record Homepage: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ Daily Record Facebook: https://facebook.com/TheScottishDailyRecord Daily Record Instagram: https://instagram.com/scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport Instagram: https://instagram.com/dailyrecord_sport Daily Record TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scottishdailyrecord Daily Record Sport TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dailyrecord_sport Daily Record Twitter: https://twitter.com/Daily_Record Daily Record Newsletters: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/ Join our WhatsApp communities here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages: DAILY RECORD: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/join-daily-records-whatsapp-community-31116469 RECORD SPORT RANGERS: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-rangers-31111892 RECORD SPORT CELTIC: https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/join-record-sports-new-celtic-31111589 You can get all the latest news, sport, showbiz and comment at DailyRecord.co.uk LIKE | COMMENT | SUBSCRIBE | SHARE #DailyRecord #missingperson #truecrime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    42 mins
  • Criminal Record 12/11/25 - TV crime expert Professor David Wilson on why he thinks Alistair Wilson was killed by a professional hitman | Bible John suspect named | Prison overcrowding and how to fix it

    Criminal Record 12/11/25 - TV crime expert Professor David Wilson on why he thinks Alistair Wilson was killed by a professional hitman | Bible John suspect named | Prison overcrowding and how to fix it
    Nov 12 2025
    Television crime expert and author Professor David Wilson gives Criminal Record his views on prison overcrowding, organised crime, and why Scotland's homicide rate is at its' lowest for 54 years. Professor Wilson, who has written a new book A History of Modern Britain in 20 murders, also suggests a possible suspect for Bible John and why he thinks the killer of Nairn banker Alistair Wilson was a professional hitman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    56 mins
  • Criminal Record | IRA in Glasgow and Stone of Destiny theft with former cop Alastair Dinsmor MBE

    Criminal Record | IRA in Glasgow and Stone of Destiny theft with former cop Alastair Dinsmor MBE
    Nov 6 2025
    Glasgow Police Museum curator and former city cop Alastair Dinsmor MBE joins Norman Silvester on this week's Criminal Record. The pair discuss the history of the Glasgow Police force, as well as famous incidents that took place in the city. Alastair recalls IRA violence spilling into Scotland, as well as the famous theft of the Stone of Destiny by a group of Scottish students in 1950. Glasgow Police Museum is operating on winter hours November - March and can be visited on Tuesdays 10am - 4:30pm and Sundays 12pm - 4:30pm. Host: Norman Silvester Producer: Molly Finlay Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    44 mins
  • Criminal Record 28/10/25 - Police widow Christine Fulton calls for tasers and body cams on frontline cops

    Criminal Record 28/10/25 - Police widow Christine Fulton calls for tasers and body cams on frontline cops
    Oct 28 2025
    Crime reporter, Norman Silvestry, speaks with Christine Fulton of Kilmarnock, a founder of the police charity COPS—Care of Police Survivors—which supports the loved ones of police officers who have been killed in the line of duty. She founded COPS in 2003 after her own husband Lewis was murdered in the Gorbals in 1994. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    31 mins
  • Criminal Record 16/10/25 - Monaghan/Lyons murder latest | Graham Wright killing | Walter Smith statue fire

    Criminal Record 16/10/25 - Monaghan/Lyons murder latest | Graham Wright killing | Walter Smith statue fire
    Oct 16 2025
    Daily Record’s Ruth Suter is joined by crime reporter Norman Silvester on the Criminal Record podcast to discuss the latest news in the Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons JR murder as suspect Michael Riley is extradited to Spain, the attack of a Daniel crime family member in Drumchapel last week, the killing of Rangers fan Graham Wright and vandalism at Ibrox after statue of former Rangers manager Walter Smith was set on fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    26 mins
  • Criminal Record 2/10/25 | Scotland gang war latest | Alistair Wilson cold case | Clutha bar robbed

    Criminal Record 2/10/25 | Scotland gang war latest | Alistair Wilson cold case | Clutha bar robbed
    Oct 2 2025
    The Daily Record's Ryan Carroll and Norman Silvester talk through the latest crime stories from across Scotland Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    25 mins
  • Criminal Record 23/9/25 | Top cop on snaring 'World's End' serial killer and policing the real Trainspotting heroin boom

    Criminal Record 23/9/25 | Top cop on snaring 'World's End' serial killer and policing the real Trainspotting heroin boom
    Sep 23 2025
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    50 mins