00:06:43Case Overview
00:08:19Who Was Alistair Wilson
00:13:39The Havelock Hotel
00:19:37The Day of the Murder
00:22:23The Man at the Door
00:29:46The Gun is Found
00:36:07Theories
00:44:25The Prime Suspect
00:50:25Solving the Case
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
On the evening of 28 November 2004, 30-year-old bank manager Alistair Wilson was at home with his wife and two young sons in the quiet Scottish town of Nairn.
At around 7pm, a stranger knocked on the door and asked for Alistair by name.
The man handed him a blue envelope marked with a single word: Paul.
The envelope was empty.
Alistair went back outside to speak to the visitor, and moments later, three gunshots were heard.
He died in hospital that night.
Ten days later, the murder weapon was discovered in a nearby drain: a rare, decades-old German pocket pistol. But despite the gun, an eyewitness description, thousands of enquiries and more than 20 years of investigation, no one has ever been charged.
Was Alistair murdered because of his work at the bank? Was the killing connected to his objection to decking outside the hotel opposite his home? Was the man at the door acting alone, or was this a carefully planned two-person operation?
0:00 Introduction
6:43 Case Overview
8:19 Who Was Alistair Wilson
13:39 The Havelock Hotel
19:37 The Day of the Murder
22:23 The Man at the Door
29:46 The Gun is Found
36:07 Theories
44:25 The Prime Suspect
50:25 Solving the Case
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