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Aug 2020
30m 59s

Episode 84 - Tracey Wylde

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About this episode
On November 24th, 1997,  21-year-old Tracey Wylde spent the early hours of the morning wandering the streets of Glasgow’s red-light district. The place where she met the majority of her clients.   However, Tracey had no idea that the strange man who had enlisted her services that night would be the last client she’d ever meet. 

Co-host - C.K.
https://play.acast.com/s/mirthsandmonsters
https://play.acast.com/s/infernalsouls

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Music Credits:
The Minds Of Madness Theme Music – Duncan Foster
The Funkoars – Feel The Madness
Used with Permission - http://goldenerarecords.com.au/ge/funkoars/

Research & Writing:
Joe Turner
Ashton Morrow

Special Thanks:
Dr. Christina Forzani Psy.D
Captain Dean T. Olson
https://geniusbookpublishing.com/collections/dean-t-olson
https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Desire-Recollections-Crimes-Detective/dp/1947521128

Sources:
https://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/17647010.tracey-wylde-glasgow-takeaway-owner-zhi-min-chen-jailed-for-life-over-1997-murder-of-woman/
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cold-hearted-killer-who-murdered-14564343
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17647448.man-jailed-for-young-mothers-murder-in-1997/
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/apr/24/man-admits-murder-glasgow-woman-tracey-wylde-1997
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13214148.new-hope-for-justice-in-glasgows-infamous-prostitute-murders/
https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1128673/tracey-wylde-murder-killer-sentence-family-bernadette-mccash
http://bigworldtale.com/world-news/cold-blooded-killer-who-choked-mother-21-to-death-20-years-ago/
http://www.spa.police.uk/assets/126884/441011/509407/523656/item12
https://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/9423/man-held-in-india-on-1997-vice-girl-killing/
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/nineteen-years-on-reveal-man-7367413
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/indian-accused-killing-scot-tracey-7410369
https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/4175376/tracey-wylde-murder-sougat-mukherjee/
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/i-felt-rage-daughter-glasgow-14998026

Video references:
Unsolved Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=009yqun6kEQ
Unsolved Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDrLKnIJR4o
Unsolved Part 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWwVMaQYyvw
http://www.stvfootagesales.tv/record/2487
http://www.stvfootagesales.tv/record/2486
https://www.facebook.com/bbcscotlandnews/videos/672224459873150/?type=2&theater
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