We All Go into the Dark: The hunt for Bible John

Three women had been brutally murdered between early 1968 and late 1969, each after a night dancing at Glasgow’s infamous Barrowland Ballroom. Their murders were linked and ascribed to the spectre of the well dressed, scripture quoting killer who had apparently stalked the city’s dancehalls. The figure was never caught or identified. But the intervening years have spawned a legend that has never quite lost its grip on the popular imagination of Glasgow. The killings provoked the country’s largest-ever manhunt, and countless suspects, books, documentaries, earnest speculation, pub theorising and bouts of urban mythmaking.

In We All Go Into The Dark, Francisco delves into how Bible John has morphed across generations, interrogates our collective obsession with ‘solving’ historic crimes and questions why some killings are forgotten with indecent haste and why others are never permitted to be forgotten at all. A captivating, eloquent and deeply original book, this is an absolute must read for true crime fans across the board.

Format: Hardback
Pages: 336
Imprint: Mudlark (Harper Collins)
Publication date: 27/04/2023