A two-part BBC documentary will explore the crimes of serial killer Peter Tobin, focusing on three tragic murder cases.
BBC Scotland asked Firecrest Films to make it. The show will have two parts. It covers three cases of young women who disappeared. Tobin murdered these women.
Tobin died in October 2022. He had health problems and was in jail. He was serving three life sentences. The murders were Angelika Kluk, Vicky Hamilton, and Dinah McNicol’s.
Vicky Hamilton was fifteen. She waited for a bus one snowy night in 1991. She vanished then. Her case became a big missing persons search in Scotland.
Dinah McNicol was eighteen. She disappeared hitchhiking in 1991. It was after a music festival in Kent. Angelika Kluk was twenty-three in 2006. She went missing from Glasgow.
An inquiry looked at Tobin’s last days. He died at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Doctors suspected prostate cancer in Tobin. He also had vascular dementia. Other problems included chest pain and strokes. He used a wheelchair because of mobility issues.
His death was from bronchopneumonia. He had a fractured neck, vascular disease, and cancer.
The show looks at the impact on families. It shows the pain of their sudden loss. It features interviews with loved ones. Detectives, scientists, and reporters are also interviewed.
The series shows police work and pursuing justice. It shares the very real human stories. Families seek the truth about disappearances. The Missing People charity helped too.