“House Of Blood” Murders Shock Scotland
The bodies, wall, floor, and ceiling were covered with the victims’ blood.
To date, Edith McAlinden is considered one of Scotland’s most horrifying killers, and for good reasons. Along with two other teenagers, including her son John McAlinden, she killed three innocent people on October 17, 2004. However, what shocked Scotland wasn’t the murders but the gory, inhumane, and brutal manner they were carried out. The murder scene was so heartlessly senseless that it soon got nicknamed “The House of Blood”. After all, the walls and ceiling of the flat were covered in the victims’ blood.
Drinking Gone Wrong
Edith McAlinden was no stranger to violence. On October 16, 2004, she had just gotten out of prison after serving a nine-month sentence for assault. It was supposed to be a second chance, a do-over she could succeed at. That is what her long-term boyfriend, 42-year-old David Gillespie, also thought, as he invited her into his flat in Dixon Avenue, Crosshill. Little did he know that he and his flatmate and landlord would be dead within 24 hours.
