Alarm at Gartnavel Hospital / Joyce and Jim Harkins, and Peter Flynn / James Harkins

About this episode

The episode discusses a 1980 incident involving a man who escaped from a psychiatric hospital and the subsequent alarm at another hospital in Glasgow.

In 1980, a man who should have been under supervision walked out of a Scottish psychiatric hospital. Hours later, an alarm sounded inside another hospital building in Glasgow. What followed raised questions that went far beyond one crime scene… *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***     This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane. Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton. Audio editing by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions. Narration, additional audio editing and mixing, and script editing by Benjamin Fitton. To get early ad-free access, including Season 1, sign up for They Walk Among PLUS, available from Patreon or Apple Podcasts . More information and episode references can be found on our website https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com SOCIAL MEDIA: https://linktr.ee/TheyWalkAmongUs Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: They Walk Among Us

Topics covered

• psychiatric hospital
• true crime
• 1980s Scotland
• criminal justice
• hospital alarm
• supervision

Keywords

• Gartnavel Hospital
• Glasgow
• true crime
• 1980
• psychiatric hospital
• alarm
• supervision

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow

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