Killer

On This Day In History
1958: Peter Manuel, the Beast of Birkenshaw, is captured, thereby ending his two year killing spree

Quote Of The Day
"Turn up the radio and I'll come quietly."
(Peter Manuel's final words)

It was a tradition in Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison for prisoners to stop what they were doing and stand in silence whenever a fellow inmate was executed. When Peter Manuel was executed, they all continued eating and chatting over through breakfast. Such was the degree to which this monster was despised.

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