The Inside Forensic Science Podcast

Each series of our podcast delves into historic criminal cases from Scotland and asks experts in forensic science, law and medicine today – what has changed? What might be done differently now and could we have solved it?

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The Inside Forensic Science podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio Ltd and was commissioned by the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science with funding from the Leverhulme Trust.

Inside Forensic Science is the winner of both Outstanding Indie Podcast in the 2026 True Crime Awards and the Scottish Podcast Awards 2026 under the category True Crime, Mystery & The Dark Stuff.

Inside Forensic Science - Series 5

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In the fifth series of the award winning Inside Forensic Science podcast, we travel to 1883 to hear how a series of explosions in Glasgow city shaped how we investigate terrorism today.

Series 5

Inside Forensic Science - Series 4

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In the forth season of the podcast we delve into a case of stolen identity. On Sunday 29th September 1935, two holidaymakers are walking just outside of the small town of Moffat when they make a grisly discovery: multiple small, wrapped packages containing the dismembered body parts of two unknown people. Thus begins a several month-long investigation to uncover who the victims were and how they met their untimely fate.

Series 4

Inside Forensic Science - Series 3

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This third series of Inside Forensic Science delves into our most complicated historical case yet: the Ardlamont Trial.On 10 August 1893 a young man dies from a gunshot to the back of the head while hunting on the Ardlamont Estate. Was this incident an accident or did one of his hunting companions seek to benefit from his death?

Series 3

Inside Forensic Science - Series 2

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In our second series we delve into the case of Madeleine Smith: a Victorian socialite accused of murdering her lover.

Series 2

Inside Forensic Science - Series 1

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This series explores the unsolved murder case of heiress Jean Milne that took place in Broughty Ferry, 1912.

Series 1