American listeners (such as myself) may find the Scottish accents bracing. The investigators, Brown and Ellis, are experienced journalists. A two-hour presentation would have been significantly more enjoyable. The creators try their best to squeeze five hours of content out of a situation better served through briefer examination. The case itself is straightforward and there is not much ground to cover. The prosecution’s evidence, as explained in the podcast, is thin. The ins and outs of the Scottish adversarial criminal justice system are closely examined and painted in a negative light. Gilroy maintains his innocence to this day. He is sentenced to life in prison, where he remains. Despite an absence of physical evidence, witnesses, or corpse, Gilroy is convicted of the murder. The prosecution used circumstantial evidence to claim Gilroy killed Pilley, hid her body in the Thistle Street basement, and then dumped the remains in Western Scotland’s Argyll forest. When Pilley misses work, an investigation kicks off. The two pursued their tryst until things began to unravel. Gilroy was married, tPilley was single, and they embarked upon a romantic affair. David Gilroy, 47 years old at the time, was a director at the same firm. Suzanne Pilley was a 38-year-old bookkeeper at IML. It examines the prosecution’s case and Gilroy’s defense. The podcast takes place after the conviction. Pilley’s body has never been found and no physical evidence has turned up. The supposed crime took place at a firm named Infrastructure Mangers Limited (IML) on the heavily referenced Thistle Street in Edinburgh, Scotland. ![]() Body of Proof is an analysis of David Gilroy’s conviction in the May 2010 murder of Suzanne Pilley, an event I was not familiar with. A podcast of that same murder without a dash of Truman… not so much.ĭespite my apprehension, I enjoyed the experience. Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood has a presence. A solid author, and their unique voice, seemed impossible to capture in the format. ![]() ![]() I’ve always preferred reading to listening. I found it through the Audible Originals section. This acceptance led to Body of Proof, a true-crime podcast by Darrel Brown and Sophie Ellis, produced for Amazon’s Audible and released in September 2019. I wanted to see what the “literary” stuff was all about. I test-drove a few more highbrow and prize-winning novels hoping to enhance my cultural depth. With that said, I learned Midnight’s Children is not the best listening for a crime fiction aficionado. As the winner of the Booker of Bookers, Rushdie’s sprawling magical fiction merits its own review. My first venture into this world was Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie. A recent transfer to Atlanta, and the resulting ninety-minute commute, led me down an audio content rabbit hole.
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