Show Notes
*Warning: This episode contains strong language and threats of terrorism and other violence.* In 2018, a crudely made bomb was found in a car park in central Edinburgh. Later, blog posts by an unknown author appeared on a Mexican eco-anarchist website, in both Spanish and English, claiming responsibility for said bomb. Our own Professor Tim Grant was contacted by Police Scotland to build a profile of the author. Two years later, the police contacted Tim again after identifying a potential suspect. Dr Isobelle Clarke (Lancaster University) joined Tim in using comparative authorship analysis to determine who may have been responsible for these posts.
If you have been affected by any of the themes in this week’s episode, please contact one of these free sources: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/ https://www.helpguide.org/find-help Resources: Professor Tim Grant’s home page https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant Dr Isobelle Clarke’s home page https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/isobelle-clarke BBC Expert Witness episode about the case: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fwyswv BBC News story about case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-60402838 Aston University 2022 press release about Karvounakis case https://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/linguistics-expert-aston-university-helps-police-scotland-secure-terrorism-conviction Production Team: Sam Cook, Jordan Robertson, Neus Alberich Buera Producer: Sam Cook Visual design: George Grant Additional Voices: Sam Cook, Neus Alberich Buera With our thanks to Dr Isobelle Clarke
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