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- Content warnings: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. This episode contains sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism including audio of calls to emergency services, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
Three devices were set up to explode within three hours of each other over one night in Glasgow 1883. Investigations have revealed that this was a deliberate act of terrorism. Now it’s up to investigators to discover who did this, how and why.
In episode 4 of the Dynamite Detectives, we ask who were the people who planned this attack and what was going on in the 19th century to incite these acts of terrorism?
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Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio Ltd production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) at the University of Dundee and was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
The series is written and narrated by Pennie Stuart. The researchers are Heather Doran and Clara Morriss. - Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, discussions of terrorism, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
The explosion at Tradeston Gas Works on that night in Glasgow January 1883 was only one of many. Just two hours after the first explosion, a party of six spot a strange box in the middle of a bridge on Possil Road. Was this explosive box linked to the earlier explosion at the gas works? What can forensic science tell us about these events, the perpetrators behind them and their goals?
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Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio Ltd production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) at the University of Dundee and was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
The series is written and narrated by Pennie Stuart. The researchers are Heather Doran and Clara Morriss. - Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
It is 1883 in Glasgow, Scotland and Colonel Viviene Majendie has determined that the explosion at the Tradeston Gas Works on 20 January was no accident. What evidence led him to this conclusion and what could have triggered this explosion?
In episode 2 we ask for input from modern day forensic experts as we discuss this pivotal case in British Crime History.
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Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio Ltd production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) at the University of Dundee and was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
The series is written and narrated by Pennie Stuart. The researchers are Heather Doran and Clara Morriss. - Content warning: This series discusses the use of explosives for terrorism. Episodes will contain sounds of explosions, statements from victims and descriptions of injuries as well as other content you may find disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.
On the night of 20 January 1883, a series of explosions rung out in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Was this an accident or an act of malice? The top minds of the 19th century raced to deduce the answer.
In this episode we will follow the investigation of Colonel Vivien Majendie, the first Chief Inspector of Explosives in the UK, as he determines the cause of the explosion at Tradeston Gas Works.
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Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio Ltd production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (LRCFS) at the University of Dundee and was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
The series is written and narrated by Pennie Stuart. The researchers are Heather Doran and Clara Morriss.
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Winner of Outstanding Indie Podcast True Crime Awards 2026 and Best True Crime, Mystery & Dark Stuff Podcast at The Scottish Podcast Awards 2026
Each series of Inside Forensic Science explores a crime where forensic science has played a major role. The story is told through the narrator Pennie Stuart and interviews with forensic science, law and police experts.
Inside Forensic Science is an Adventurous Audio production for the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science at the University of Dundee. The podcast was funded by The Leverhulme Trust.
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