Malcolm Webster: The Man Who Married Women to Kill
He married women just to murder them and and inherit their wealth.
Arrested in 2009 and convicted in the longest Scotland criminal trial in 2011, Malcolm Webster’s case was a crafty and sinister life-mission to prey on single wealthy women. This case unearthed a “sociopathic” man who loved and killed for money. He killed his first wife and attempted to kill the second one, and while fleeing away from that crime scene, he was simultaneously plotting to enter the third marriage. The bone-chilling tale uncovers a disturbing pattern.
A Suspicious Death
Less than a year after marrying Claire Morris, Malcolm killed her on May 27, 1994. He crashed their car in Kingoodie, Scotland, and set the drugged Claire on fire in the passenger seat. His official narrative was that no one was in the car when it was set on fire; he underestimated the police’s expertise. Sadly, the doubts planted by that all-observant professional gaze of the police and firefighters would only help years later.
Malcolm was rushed to the hospital by concerned policemen, who were blissfully unaware…