Scotland's Forgotten Serial Killer: Archibald Hall

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 29. 08. 2024
  • In 1977 and 1978 a spree of brutal murders would take place across the United Kingdom. In the space of just six months, five people would be dead and many more would be left devastated by the appalling crimes. This is the story of Archibald Hall.
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Komentáƙe • 164

  • @TrulyCriminal
    @TrulyCriminal  Pƙed 3 lety +152

    Hi everyone, really sorry about the 'missing file' at around 3 mins and 9 minutes 24 seconds, we have no idea what happened there! Hope it didn't affect anything too much!

    • @Alex-du9yi
      @Alex-du9yi Pƙed 3 lety +21

      Didn’t bother me at all! Your videos are always top class, and this case was fascinating!

    • @BeardedDragon-pj3lw
      @BeardedDragon-pj3lw Pƙed 3 lety +14

      Bless you! I wouldn’t even worry!! This was an excellent video it felt like a documentary. So good!

    • @TheTonialadd
      @TheTonialadd Pƙed 3 lety +18

      I thought you put it there on purpose. Lol! Very interesting story.

    • @wonkydonkey8349
      @wonkydonkey8349 Pƙed 3 lety +4

      It happens three times btw but no didn’t bother me at all

    • @mitchand9
      @mitchand9 Pƙed 3 lety +6

      I get really mad usually at watching these kinds of Vids especially at those responsible for such horrific crimes but as I've stated before.
      Hearing your voice narrating really does bring a different sense of calmness to the video.

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron8450 Pƙed 3 lety +195

    What I love about this channel is it presents cases rarely heard of, especially on CZcams

    • @MultiMoo20
      @MultiMoo20 Pƙed 3 lety +7

      Agree!!!!

    • @stephaniesealy9375
      @stephaniesealy9375 Pƙed 3 lety +5

      Agree. Always new, interesting content!

    • @deathbywords
      @deathbywords Pƙed 3 lety +6

      As a true crime lover (cringy way to describe myself) I've heard a lot of the north American stories. I like hearing from other continents

    • @leighobermeyer6836
      @leighobermeyer6836 Pƙed 2 lety

      Facts

    • @des4424
      @des4424 Pƙed 2 lety

      His case isn't rarely heard tho 💀💀

  • @BeardedDragon-pj3lw
    @BeardedDragon-pj3lw Pƙed 3 lety +70

    This was so good, Ive never heard of him and I can’t believe that considering he killed so many on such a f’d up rampage.. I don’t think he’d have stopped. Thanks for showing cases like this and putting the videos together so well!!

  • @cinnamon6162
    @cinnamon6162 Pƙed 3 lety +37

    I can't believe I've never heard of this as I'm from East Lothian and born about the time of these murders. In fact have eaten at the Blenheim House Hotel In North Berwick. I really appreciate this channel, you have a good mix of well-known and lesser-known cases and always so well made!

  • @cygnia
    @cygnia Pƙed 3 lety +68

    A butler who actually Did It!

    • @MultiMoo20
      @MultiMoo20 Pƙed 3 lety +11

      Sorry, that made me laugh out loud!! 😂

    • @addie_is_me
      @addie_is_me Pƙed 3 lety +6

      Omg that was funny. I’m ashamed. Lol

    • @sophiapreda2942
      @sophiapreda2942 Pƙed 3 lety +3

      đŸ€ŁđŸ€ŁđŸ€Łomg I died...but true...

    • @michaelbreen3729
      @michaelbreen3729 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      That's were they got the idea from.

  • @sarahholland2600
    @sarahholland2600 Pƙed 3 lety +58

    Ooh, I found his book in a charity shop years ago. He was totally un apologetic about his thieving, his worse murder crimes etc. The only thing that seemed to make him happy was a short time in the very upper class gay scene in London. He saw himself as gay but was happy to sleep with a wealthy woman to get access to steal her money & jewellery .

    • @addie_is_me
      @addie_is_me Pƙed 3 lety +11

      That’s prostitution really. Sex for money kind of. Male or female they are not sleeping with the people they would choose for themselves.

  • @cw4608
    @cw4608 Pƙed 3 lety +11

    That poor daughter, imagine being part of that family tree.

  • @Arckivio
    @Arckivio Pƙed 3 lety +15

    That was one hell of an intro into this video!!! Well done!

  • @chrissilvester5663
    @chrissilvester5663 Pƙed 3 lety +21

    Absolutely love this channel. The content is amazing & so detailed & what makes it even better is that most of these crimes are practically unheard of. Keep up the amazing work man

    • @waterboy8999
      @waterboy8999 Pƙed rokem +1

      You need help.

    • @chrissilvester5663
      @chrissilvester5663 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@waterboy8999 Wtf is your problem???

    • @skar8173
      @skar8173 Pƙed 9 měsĂ­ci

      @@chrissilvester5663 you aren't the sharpest tool in the box are you? These people are making money off of these poor families relatives being murdered. And you're praising them.. yeah u really need help

  • @SgtRoseUSMC
    @SgtRoseUSMC Pƙed 3 lety +32

    Squad assemble, truly criminal has posted

  • @777colin1
    @777colin1 Pƙed rokem +5

    Another excellent Truly Criminal. They are always delivered matter of fact and with a good story telling.base. I love these. This is my favorite crime series

  • @AmyJ739
    @AmyJ739 Pƙed 3 lety +9

    I could listen to you all night you're so clear and precise 🙏

  • @Alex-du9yi
    @Alex-du9yi Pƙed 3 lety +17

    Never heard of this man! That’s actually so refreshing I’m so excited for this one

  • @A.Girl.Has.No.Name.
    @A.Girl.Has.No.Name. Pƙed 2 lety +8

    I can't even begin to tell you how many stories I've heard from my dad and his friends in LE wherein noticing the small details ultimately lead an officer or investigator to much bigger crimes and long running schemes.

  • @bettyscoggins7769
    @bettyscoggins7769 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    WOW. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL. Such great commentary and these cases are SO unheard of. Thank you and Bless !!!!

  • @G-Star-Raw
    @G-Star-Raw Pƙed 3 lety +8

    At least the rabbit was saved!

  • @matterofcrimemedia
    @matterofcrimemedia Pƙed 3 lety +16

    Wow I have never heard of this case before. It’s so crazy how he escalated so quickly and so dramatically. I wonder if he would have gone down the same path if Wright hadn’t shown up and triggered him. That’s not to excuse his actions, I’m just curious!

  • @psw4763
    @psw4763 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Good video with Scotland Yard cases. Thank you.

  • @Alex-du9yi
    @Alex-du9yi Pƙed 3 lety +19

    I didn’t see that coming with Mary 
. Wow he just didn’t care at all did he

    • @same5952
      @same5952 Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci +1

      I immediately saw it that Mary had become a liability and would be eliminated. Hall was a psychopath. No feeling, no emotions, no empathy. It was all about him and him only and Mary threatened his safety. She had to go!

  • @HelenOk
    @HelenOk Pƙed 3 lety +38

    How can he name his book ''a perfect gentleman''? He's so cruel and completely heartless.

    • @addie_is_me
      @addie_is_me Pƙed 3 lety +7

      Maybe ironically? Not funny though.

    • @Vhlathanosh
      @Vhlathanosh Pƙed 3 lety +7

      Narcissists rarely see themselves as the bad people. Remember "gentleman supreme" Elliot Rodger?

    • @thefknzipster9137
      @thefknzipster9137 Pƙed 3 lety +4

      Because everyone seen him as the perfect gentleman

    • @cbkqmom
      @cbkqmom Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Because that was how he conned people. It is not meant to be funny. People are often deceived by “gentlemen”.

    • @puccipuu1797
      @puccipuu1797 Pƙed 2 lety

      Are you for real ?

  • @kati1626
    @kati1626 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    I’m gutted I had no notification for this!! I thought yesterday“truly criminal” normally uploads today but where is it! I check today and I see it! Either way just happy to see another upload especially about a serial killer I handnt heard of!
    Great video both x

  • @sabrinafair35
    @sabrinafair35 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Very good channel for this genre. Thank you.

  • @Alices.last.warning
    @Alices.last.warning Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    Loved this upload. I love very close to where he was born and never heard of him!. Thank you for this great video ❀

  • @tinyGrim1
    @tinyGrim1 Pƙed 3 lety +10

    Thank you , something new 👍

  • @mollsbella9394
    @mollsbella9394 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    How have I never heard of this man?! This video was great thank you as always

  • @Boitumelo_Pohotuna
    @Boitumelo_Pohotuna Pƙed 3 lety +10

    Why did CZcams notify me so late? đŸ˜© never heard of this man let me enjoy!

  • @crimeteetee
    @crimeteetee Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Interesting video this one. Watching now

  • @silkenemperor
    @silkenemperor Pƙed 4 měsĂ­ci

    A game that mixed real and fictional serial killers as sudden miniboss fights was what brought me here.

  • @buttonbeeandme7601
    @buttonbeeandme7601 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Thank you as always!!

  • @disavowalf3351
    @disavowalf3351 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Scotland does seem to have a propensity for producing serial killers: Robert Black, Peter Tobin, Bible John (though I believe that was Tobin...how many serial killers have a fetish for menstruating women?), Angus Sinclair, Peter Manuel, Ian Brady...and even Fred West lived in Glasgow, married his Glaswegian first wife and worked as an ice cream man (?!?) there. Not saying we're all nutters, just that these are the ones I remember off the top of my head and that's quite a few for a country with a relatively small population.

    • @joannaedssay5988
      @joannaedssay5988 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I think "bible john" was peter tobin too. I heard he's a decrepid wee man in a wheelchair now.

  • @shadowsintime6405
    @shadowsintime6405 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    Another fantastic video guys 👏

  • @ebsmites7544
    @ebsmites7544 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    I like this channel. Who ever tells these stories is really good at it.

  • @harleyq3671
    @harleyq3671 Pƙed 3 lety +5

    This was really scary.. he was just an absolute nutter on a total rampage
what in the f

  • @vampirequeen953
    @vampirequeen953 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    He named his book "A Perfect Gentleman." Are you kidding me?!! Ya know, he was a callous and sickening individual!!

  • @mkmaudsley8381
    @mkmaudsley8381 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    nice channel I'm glad I found you. I was just watching a podcast with a guy who's done some time with Archie Hall. His name is Ian Blink MacDonald ex Bank robber

  • @deborahmatos8418
    @deborahmatos8418 Pƙed 3 lety +8

    Great video's😍😉😘

  • @zachpowell8653
    @zachpowell8653 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Thank you for speeding up your intro. Its the little things.

  • @sherry866
    @sherry866 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    How the fuck was the other murderer sidekick Released !!
    Thanks great video đŸ‘đŸ‘đŸ‘â€đŸ‡ș🇾đŸ‡ș🇾đŸ‡ș🇾
    Straight to the point all around, thanks again 😁

  • @agent_of_cthulhu
    @agent_of_cthulhu Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Great video. Love your channel.

  • @michelleadams474
    @michelleadams474 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    "They blamed each other".... no honor among thieves. Terrible, greedy men...

  • @amandahiya1635
    @amandahiya1635 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    Crime never pays satisfaction.

  • @Dunlop77
    @Dunlop77 Pƙed 6 měsĂ­ci

    Looking at this video makes me feel old I was born in 1977

  • @pjay951
    @pjay951 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    I believe this case in covered in the podcast The Walk Among Us or possibly Case Files Podcast. I like this channel. Just plain facts.

    • @pjay951
      @pjay951 Pƙed 3 lety

      Yes your right. I love that podcast.

  • @Jolenesmart1980
    @Jolenesmart1980 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    16:20 totally random but when you said fire poker reminded me of a convo I had with my 51 year old bf- I’m 41 - I said so you rememeber the old coal skuttles- and he had no clue what I was on about đŸ˜± lol

    • @joannaedssay5988
      @joannaedssay5988 Pƙed 2 lety

      I've got an old one in my living room, coal skuttle that is.

  • @heather_irl3279
    @heather_irl3279 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Love your content

  • @michaelbreen3729
    @michaelbreen3729 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Unfortunately I already know, or have heard must of the episodes. I enjoy channels that have this typ of content.

  • @annamarielewis7078
    @annamarielewis7078 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    He should not earn a dime from these movies and books.đŸ€źđŸ€źđŸ€ź

  • @fionanisbett3748
    @fionanisbett3748 Pƙed 2 lety

    Omg I’m from prestonpans a small seaside village in East Lothian in Scotland I worked in a family run hotel in North Berwick as a teenager and my grandmother actually worked in the Blenheim house hotel for years I remember her telling me about it . I don’t think my grandmother worked there at this time as when she worked there it was owned by a husband and wife named Ailsa and Milton I think . But I do remember being told this story when I was younger,

  • @dariawells7438
    @dariawells7438 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    I honestly wouldn't call this a "serial killer." Dude just wanted to get rid of people in his way. More mafia-esque.

  • @clare79
    @clare79 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Watching this on 16th of January, the night they were arrested....

  • @iasmibondrea1337
    @iasmibondrea1337 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Please add more videos , it s not ENOUGHđŸ€Łâ€ïžđŸŒč

  • @longstreet0163
    @longstreet0163 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I guess background checks on potential employees were not a thing in those days. I find it surprising that he got a job as a Butler to a Lady with his criminal past.

  • @trevortrevatrevortreva1520
    @trevortrevatrevortreva1520 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

    Such cold and callous disregard for human life. Heartbreaking for the victims. All for money.

  • @commonsense571
    @commonsense571 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    I know lots of people who loved performing and weren’t conmen
 wait. ..👀👀👀

  • @BEXASTORIA
    @BEXASTORIA Pƙed 3 lety +3

    Oh my god I remember heading about him on Parcast. What a fucking monster

  • @chriskinkead9045
    @chriskinkead9045 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    These. Killers. Have. No. Conscience. So. Very. Evil.

  • @andrewrobinson7588
    @andrewrobinson7588 Pƙed 2 lety

    The film 'The Monster Butler' was made about this.

  • @monicattomajano9855
    @monicattomajano9855 Pƙed rokem

    I love this channel. Narrator is the best. I feel sorry for all the victims. May all rest in peace. I didn’t know loads of cases that i have seen here. This world is upside down. Thank you for the stories. Don’t trust anyone. Take care and pray a lot. So much evil out there.

  • @cleo8665
    @cleo8665 Pƙed 2 lety

    Can u please tell me what ur background music is called. Thank u. Btw, love u videos!

    • @TrulyCriminal
      @TrulyCriminal  Pƙed 2 lety

      Thank you!
      We have a playlist of it on our channel, just under the playlists section, with links to where you can find it online đŸ–€đŸ˜Š this particular one is called Unsettling and it’s by Jupiter Productions

  • @AdamBlaizeLives
    @AdamBlaizeLives Pƙed 3 lety +9

    I feel like I want this woman to narrate my life.

  • @GenghisCohen257
    @GenghisCohen257 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    The other guy was released?? I'm glad I don't live in England.

  • @chilenapromedioRU
    @chilenapromedioRU Pƙed rokem

    The horrible murders of the Scott-Elliots are the only ones I really feel sad and angry for.
    The rest should have known better, they were criminals with no codes. And the paedophile?

  • @honeybadgerdontcare4763
    @honeybadgerdontcare4763 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    You would think Archie lands a sweet job with a rich couple. It wasn't good enough. Deviousness and low lifeness took over

  • @jai_b
    @jai_b Pƙed 3 lety +1

    If Kitto is alive today he would be 84

  • @peterbradshaw8018
    @peterbradshaw8018 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Reading his book makes you want to throw up. He has some good advice though do not do it. I wonder if he did it to get sympathy. A true psychopath.

  • @chelseapthib36
    @chelseapthib36 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    @Megan TrueCrime would LOVE this, as she is a Scot! Love that wee woman!

  • @swoondrones
    @swoondrones Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    Why would anyone want to buy these booka? Did you make money from it? If anyone bought them, they just disapproved is he is. And they want a film about him? That is absolutely insane. Humanity is so stupid.

  • @kingburger7334
    @kingburger7334 Pƙed 3 lety +7

    Can you make a video about the disappearance of my wallet because I can’t find it

  • @yetundekareem2922
    @yetundekareem2922 Pƙed 3 lety

    why would they release keto

  • @heather213100
    @heather213100 Pƙed 2 lety

    I wonder about the "lay on the file" of the murder of Dorothy Scott Elliot. Could this be code for its not as important because she is a woman? Really I find this quite perplexing.

  • @MentokTheMindTaker
    @MentokTheMindTaker Pƙed 3 lety +5

    I kind of hate that whenever there's a gay killer they always need to mention that gay people were being discriminated against as if that has anything to do with serial murder

    • @CorridorJ
      @CorridorJ Pƙed 2 lety

      Totally lol

    • @kiiingst0n
      @kiiingst0n Pƙed 2 lety +6

      It could have a lot to do with it. We are shaped by our surroundings growing up, if he was always discriminated against then it could be that his hatred for people somewhat stemmed from this... think outside the box.

  • @michaelmancini2589
    @michaelmancini2589 Pƙed 2 lety

    Judging by the beginning of the vid.....you can say this is the 'male' shyana huber?

  • @weilandiv8310
    @weilandiv8310 Pƙed 2 lety

    No, not Archie too! 😊

  • @honeybadgerdontcare4763
    @honeybadgerdontcare4763 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Malcolm McDowell does a great job as metallo in superman the animated series. He would have been great as Archie Hall

  • @eddiegould6091
    @eddiegould6091 Pƙed 3 měsĂ­ci

    German cities where rebuilt
    First

  • @RJ-qs6nm
    @RJ-qs6nm Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Noti gang has arrived

  • @Jolenesmart1980
    @Jolenesmart1980 Pƙed 2 lety

    When he’s reading it sounds like he’s reading off a script so I bet they are the coppers words

  • @addie_is_me
    @addie_is_me Pƙed 3 lety

    Mary Coggle needed to go. She could have bought a different coat. Killing that couple was unnecessary, just awful. The pedophile one I can believe, otherwise how can you kill your brother. He needed to be in prison. I wonder how or why his partner got out of prison. I wonder why he didn’t become a performer instead of a con man/killer. He was not getting prestige as a con man/butler, or killer. He loved to pretend, why not be an actor. He didn’t know when to give up.

  • @shughy1
    @shughy1 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    Yet another case of perpetrators with no father figure when growing up... kids need dads!

  • @saorsa5
    @saorsa5 Pƙed 24 dny

    Britain is not a country London is the capital of England

  • @annamarielewis7078
    @annamarielewis7078 Pƙed 2 lety

    💜💜💜

  • @eliciacollins350
    @eliciacollins350 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    David Wright was my uncle s our family hate this man it broke my nan when they got the knock on the door this man told so many lies my uncle was a lady's man and this monster was in love with my uncle but becouse he wasn't that way didn't like it left my uncle under rubble like nothink for 6 months then another 6 months befor my grandparents were told

    • @giddyup4232
      @giddyup4232 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Just because he was a ladies man doesn't mean he wasn't gay. In those days it wasn't something that was openly shared

    • @eliciacollins350
      @eliciacollins350 Pƙed 2 lety

      He killed my uncle becouse he knew what he was doing robbing the people he was working for Roy ( Archie bald ) new he was going to tell lady Hudson

    • @giddyup4232
      @giddyup4232 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@eliciacollins350 yes, that's right. I didn't deny that. You denied your uncle was gay, I was making a statement regarding that.

  • @xaviermateo5319
    @xaviermateo5319 Pƙed 2 lety

    Talking cheese

  • @xaviermateo5319
    @xaviermateo5319 Pƙed 2 lety

    123

  • @sandyc6569
    @sandyc6569 Pƙed 3 lety

    👍😼👍

  • @xaviermateo5319
    @xaviermateo5319 Pƙed 2 lety

    1234

  • @egregiousqueef7781
    @egregiousqueef7781 Pƙed 2 lety

    Just read that this guy died in 2002 in _HMP_ Kingston. I was born in this states so it took me a second but please tell me _HMP_ stands for _Her Majesty's Prison_ so I feel okay having busted out laughing assuming that it does

    • @amye3078
      @amye3078 Pƙed 2 lety

      It does, but then again, a quick google search would have confirmed that for you already 😉

  • @nomada6789
    @nomada6789 Pƙed rokem

    If you are bisexual and your marriage is falling apart 
.. well think again in the right direction đŸ€·â€â™€ïžđŸ˜

  • @nunya7319
    @nunya7319 Pƙed 2 lety

    Just goes to show you what everyone has known all along. Living a deviant sexual lifestyle is just a gateway to other deviant crimes.

  • @mikefarrant6880
    @mikefarrant6880 Pƙed rokem

    This is my first thumbs down.

  • @timosomit6535
    @timosomit6535 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    got the notification really late for this for some reason!
    I had actually heard of this man but I didn’t know half the story

    so this was really interesting and new thank you!!