
David Wilson
Actor · b. 1957 · Sauchie, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, UK
Professor David Wilson (born 23 April 1957) is a Scottish emeritus professor of criminology at Birmingham City University. A former prison governor, he is well known as a criminologist specialising in serial killers through his work with various British police forces, academic publications, books, and media appearances.
Movies8
- Movie8.0CrimeDrama
Failed series pilot about a pair of mismatched law partners who struggle to stay ahead of their creditors.
Bar Girls
1990 · 1 votes
Movie5.5ComedyDramaIn this remake of the Oscar-winning film, "Three Coins in the Fountain," three vacationing American women find fun and romance during their visit to Rome.
Coins in the Fountain
1990 · 2 votes
Movie7.4DocumentaryEmilia Fox and Britain’s top criminologist, Professor David Wilson, cast new light on the Jack the Ripper case. Together, they examine the Ripper’s modus operandi using modern technology to recreate the murder sites to help understand the extraordinary risks the Ripper took to kill his victims. Using the Home Office Large Major Enquiry System (HOLMES)—a bespoke computer system used by the police to help detect patterns in criminal activity—and evidence uncovered within the investigation, results strongly indicate another woman was, in fact, the first Ripper victim.
Jack the Ripper : The Case Reopened
2019 · 10 votes
Movie5.5CrimeDocumentaryA famed criminologist reexamines the evidence in this powerful interview with murderer Bert Spencer, suspected in the killing a paperboy in 1978.
Interview With A Murderer
2016 · 2 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryKnown as a “kindly killer”, this documentary details Nilsen’s moves between 1978 and 1983, after which he admitted to killing as many as 15 young men.
The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story
2020 · 5 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryCrimeIt is the biggest unsolved serial murder case in British criminal history - the so-called 'Jack the Stripper' murders took place in Swinging Sixties London. Professor Wilson and his investigative team - which includes former detective Jackie Malton and forensic psychologist Professor Mike Berry - begin their hunt for the killer not in London, but 150 miles away in Abertillery, South Wales. In 1921, the Welsh mining town was devastated by the double murder of two schoolgirls when eight-year-old Freda Brunell and 11-year-old Florence Little were killed just weeks apart by a local boy, 15-year-old Harold Jones, who the Abertillery residents still refer to as their 'Dark Son'.
Dark Son: The Hunt for a Serial Killer
2019 · 1 votes
- MovieDocumentaryTV Movie
The actions of Austrian family captor and rapist Josef Fritzl, who held his daughter in his cellar for more than two decades, fathering seven of her children.
MovieDocumentaryCriminology professor David Wilson uses interviews and archives to highlight Britain's most notorious criminals and the place they call home.
Series4
TV7.3DocumentaryCrimeEmilia Fox and Professor David Wilson, Britain's leading criminologist, investigate famous unsolved murder cases. By visiting the scenes of the crimes and reinvestigating the evidence, they attempt to get to the bottom of what really happened.
In the Footsteps of Killers
2021 · 6 votes
TV6.0DocumentaryCrimeProfessor David Wilson explores Scottish crimes.
David Wilson's Crime Files
2019 · 1 votes
TV3.0DocumentaryPresented by criminologist Professor David Wilson, this series focuses on the cases of seven notorious, cold-blooded psychopathic killers. Professor Wilson walks in their footsteps, living and breathing their movements and speaking to those closest to them as he tries to get inside their twisted minds.
Killer Psychopaths
2015 · 1 votes
- TVDocumentaryCrime
Killers Behind Bars: The Untold Story is a British television documentary series. It is presented by David Wilson and is broadcast on Channel 5.