The Door Step Murder, the murder of Alistair Wilson.

Say what you like about the BBC (with it’s recent scandals) but it’s crime reporters, particular those in Scotland, make dam good true crime podcasts. One of the first podcasts I ever listened to was The Doorstep Murder by Fiona Walker.

The Doorstep Murder podcast covers the murder of Alistair Wilson which took place in Nairn, Scotland, on the 28th of November 2004. Alistair Wilson, a 30-year-old banker, was shot dead on the doorstep of his own home in the Scottish coastal town of Nairn while he was speaking to an unidentified man who had come to the door asking for him by name.

The assailant, described as a stocky man wearing a dark jacket and baseball cap, handed Alistair a blue envelope (with the word PAUL written on it) before shooting him three times at close range. Alistair’s wife, Veronica, was inside the house at the time of the shooting having initially answered the door to the attacker while Alistair was upstairs putting their boys to bed.

Despite extensive investigations by the police, the case remains unsolved, and the motive behind the murder remains unclear. Various theories and speculations have been put forward, but no conclusive evidence has led to an arrest in the case. The murder of Alistair Wilson continues to be one of Scotland’s most high-profile unsolved crimes, leaving the family…