All That Lies Behind Me (Sgeulachd Donald Merrett)

BBC Alba

10:30 PM to 11:30 PM

Thursday 24 April

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Using dramatic reconstructions and expert opinion, John Morrison revisits the story of John Donald Merrett - a murderer who, having been cleared of killing his mother in 1927, spent the next 30 years on a spree across Europe, spending a large inheritance on women and the black market. The programme also reveals how when Merrett returned to Britain, he killed his wife and mother-in-law, before committing suicide