Scots crime expert David Swindle has launched a new podcast in a bid to 'solve unsolved crimes'.
Swindle's Search For The Truth delves deep into high-profile cases including that of tragic Scots Kirsty Maxwell and Craig Mallon who both died abroad.
Kirsty, from Livingston, West Lothian died in April 2017 while on a hen party weekend in Benidorm, Spain.
The 27-year-old, fell from the 10th floor of the town's Apartamentos Payma, from the balcony of a room occupied by five British men.
A Spanish judge ruled there was “no evidence” the room’s occupants, from Nottingham, were involved in the tragedy but Kirsty’s family have pressed for further probes.
Meanwhile Craig, from Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire was killed by a single blow outside a nightclub in Spain's party resort, Lloret de Mar in the early hours of May 19, 2012.
The 26-year-old was on his brother, Bryan's stag-do in the Costa Brava town when a group of young men, believed to be French, attacked him and his friends as they left Rockefellers Bar in the early hours.
Despite a number of eyewitness accounts and authorities discovering the group of key witnesses had left their hotel early, local officers were unable to solve the case.
Former senior investigating officer Swindle, who spent over 30 years in the police force, said the podcast is a 'new concept for the true crime world' as he urged listeners to help piece together unsolved cases.
He said: "This is an unusual concept.
"We're not just speaking about crimes, we will be hoping to get people actively involved and people contributing because some of the cases we speak about are unresolved.
"I hope that people listening to this will be come actively involved and will appreciate and understand what we're bringing.
"It's a new concept for the true crime world."
Promising podcast episodes in different languages, the cases will take listeners to countries including Spain, India, Goa and Mexico where holidaymakers ventured and never came back alive.
His co-host is writer and researcher Kay Page.
She added: "We'll have fascinating inputs from for experts, historians, researchers and multi-lingual experts."
Swindle, who has 'dealt with the most complex and cases you can imagine' laments the lack of support for families of those killed abroad.
He added: "I'm a crime expert and reviewer who brings police experience to help families of victims, mostly who are killed abroad.
"Sadly victims' families do not always get the best support available.
"We try to get the truth and get results."
To subscribe to the podcast and listen to the teaser search 'Swindle's Search for the Truth' on all good streaming platforms.
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