Murder & homicide · 1977 · 1970s

The World's End Murders

In 1977 two Edinburgh teenagers, Christine Eadie and Helen Scott, were last seen leaving the World's End pub and were later found murdered in East Lothian. Angus Sinclair was finally convicted in 2014 after advances in DNA evidence.

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.