Murder & homicide · 1969 · 1960s

Bible John (Glasgow)

Between 1968 and 1969 three young women who had been at the Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow's East End were murdered. The suspected killer, nicknamed Bible John after a witness recalled his scripture-quoting conversation, was never identified. It remains one of Scotland's most notorious unsolved serial cases.

This summary is written in our own words from published historical sources. Map locations are approximate. Every case in the archive is at least ten years old.