We All Go into the Dark

As a child, Francisco was entranced by his aunt’s stories about her first social work job in the East End of Glasgow in the 1990s. Two decades later he moved there, eager to see if the city lived up to his aunt’s tales of good times and occasional chaos. On a night in with an old friend, Francisco heard the story of Bible John for the first time. He instantly became obsessed with one of the city’s most infamous spook stories. The story launched Francisco’s career and now comes a spectacular deep dive into the case of Bible John.

Bible John’s shadow loomed over Glasgow’s nightclub scene in the late 60s. He sexually assaulted and murdered three women, leaving their bodies outside to freeze in the Scottish winter. He 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 words, suspects, books, documentaries, earnest speculation, pub theorizing and bouts of urban mythmaking.

In We All Go Into The Dark, Francisco delves into how Bible John has morphed across generations and interrogate our collective obsession with ‘solving’ historic crimes. Captivating, eloquent and deeply original, this book is an absolute must read for true crime fans across the board.