EXCLUSIVE: The BBC is creating a drama collection about Bible John, one among Britain’s most infamous unidentified serial killers.
The as-yet-untitled present is known to be in early-stage improvement with the BBC drama division. Buccaneer Media, which produces the likes of Irvine Welsh adaptation Crime and Paramount+ collection The Burning Ladies, is behind the event. The Pembrokeshire Murders scribe Nick Stevens was writing however is now not hooked up, we perceive.
Nicknamed resulting from his repeatedly quoting from the bible and condemnation of adultery whereas within the firm of his last sufferer, Bible John is believed to have murdered three younger ladies – Patricia Docker, Jemima MacDonald and Helen Puttock – between 1968 and 1969 in Glasgow, Scotland.
He has by no means been discovered, though a number of suspects have been linked to the case, together with convicted serial killer and rapist Peter Tobin, however this was finally disproved by DNA proof.
Bible John joins the likes of Jack the Ripper as one of many nation’s most infamous unidentified serial killers. The case has attracted loads media consideration in recent times because the fiftieth anniversary of the murders was reached, principally from the BBC. A prolonged BBC Sounds podcast, Bible John: Creation of a Serial Killer, launched in 2022 and the yr prior BBC Scotland broadcast two-part documentary The Hunt For Bible John. 4 books have additionally been written in regards to the case.
True-crime dramas on serial killers have proved fashionable in recent times, with Netflix’s Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story proving successful for the streamer and in addition profitable a BAFTA TV Award, whereas Zac Efron starred in a Netflix film about Ted Bundy titled Extraordinarily Depraved, Shockingly Evil and Vile. One of many BBC’s hottest drama collection final yr was Sarah Phelps’ The Sixth Commandment, a Timothy Spall-starring drama based mostly on the homicide and tried homicide of two church goers in center England.
The BBC declined to touch upon the Bible John improvement.
