The Hunt for Peter Tobin

The Hunt for Peter Tobin

Limited Series 2025 · 2 eps · Documentary, Crime

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Inside the shocking investigation into three missing young women that eventually revealed a serial killer.

Directed by Matt Pinder

Network: BBC Scotland

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