Evidence: a piece of a woman’s nose from 1956 (top) and a piece of a man’s ear from 1972 (bottom).
A mental patient’s handmade sword hidden inside the panel of a floor board.
The gun used for the 1969 Allison St. murders in which an ex-policeman killed two other policemen.
The Batman-like utility belt made by Glasgow mental patients before they escaped and killed a policeman, a warden, and another mental patient.
A piece of skin stolen from Glaswegian body snatchers in 1829, dyed blue and sold to collectors. Personal batons carried by Glaswegian citizens (usually women) and nicknamed “lifesavers.” The mask and guns used by Glasgow’s Worker’s Party in 1971. A confiscated, handheld hook used for hurting people. A long pokey thing that goes on your pinky and is used for gouging. The meat cleaver Madeleine Smith used to kill one of her servants back in 1862. Note the incriminating bloody footprint on the floorboard. A board youngsters were strapped on to be whipped with birch back in the 1900s. When asked to defend its effectiveness, an officer said, “I’ve never seen the same arse twice.”
A wagon used to transport drunks. Noisemakers carried by most women and children used to tell bystanders there’s trouble. Confiscated weapons including: a bicycle chain with screws taped to the end, a corner joint of a brass pipe with a wire handle, a mace made of several bolts that have been welded to screws, old WWII weapons like brass knuckles with blades welded on.
A rag used to strangle a woman in 1982.
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A piece of skin stolen from Glaswegian body snatchers in 1829, dyed blue and sold to collectors. Personal batons carried by Glaswegian citizens (usually women) and nicknamed “lifesavers.” The mask and guns used by Glasgow’s Worker’s Party in 1971. A confiscated, handheld hook used for hurting people. A long pokey thing that goes on your pinky and is used for gouging. The meat cleaver Madeleine Smith used to kill one of her servants back in 1862. Note the incriminating bloody footprint on the floorboard. A board youngsters were strapped on to be whipped with birch back in the 1900s. When asked to defend its effectiveness, an officer said, “I’ve never seen the same arse twice.”
A wagon used to transport drunks. Noisemakers carried by most women and children used to tell bystanders there’s trouble. Confiscated weapons including: a bicycle chain with screws taped to the end, a corner joint of a brass pipe with a wire handle, a mace made of several bolts that have been welded to screws, old WWII weapons like brass knuckles with blades welded on.
A rag used to strangle a woman in 1982.
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