The Murder of Barry Wallace & Barry Oldham - live episode with Dawn from Scottish Murders Artwork

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We're two Mums living in Edinburgh who are obsessed with true crime and mysterious happenings, so obsessed we decided to start a podcast! Each month we take turns to tell stories from our homelands - Effie Scottish born and bred where haggis is NOT actually an animal and Marti from the land down under where no prawns have ever been thrown on a barbie, it needs to be said! So, if you want polished, professional true crime then this is not for you, maybe try Casefile. But if you love true crime and mystery like us & you can't stop talking about it, give us a listen! Its not big or clever but it is entertaining.

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The Murder of Barry Wallace & Barry Oldham - live episode with Dawn from Scottish Murders

November 25, 2025 • Marti & Effie

This is our live episode recorded at Cumbernauld Library as a part of their Killers & Coffee sessions with Dawn from Scottish Murders

And we are covering the tragic case of the murder of Barry Oldham & Barry Wallace in December of 1999.

Trigger warning for this episode: we do touch on decapitation, and if you're Scottish, you might not want to hear me pronounce so many Scottish names wrong!

Sources for this ep are:
Sources - limbs in the loch - catching a killer - can be found on BBC I player
Its one of the best true crime documentaries ive ever seen - it really focuses on the victims and the police team interviewed are so genuine and you can really feel how much this case meant to them and the whole community, they were really invested in finding justice

We also talk about Christmas party fun that goes wrong, Christmas decorations from the 80s, the Millennium bug, Newcastle in the 80s and Greggs!

There is also an amazing revelation at the end that we did NOT see coming.

Huge thanks to Erin for editing this live episode.

Send us a text - we'd love to hear your thoughts about this episode & if there are any cases youd like us to cover please get in touch

Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald

Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/
Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!)

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