A TRUE crime podcast delves deep into the chilling murder of Dr Brenda Page.
It took cops more than 40 years to make an arrest on the killing, which became one of Britain’s longest-running unsolved murders.
Who killed Dr Brenda Page?
Ipswich-born Brenda was just 32 when she was beaten to death in her home in Aberdeen.
On July 13, 1978, she left her lab at Aberdeen Uni — where she ran the genetics department — and headed out for dinner with two rich businessmen at a hotel in the city.
Hours after returning home to her flat, Brenda’s bloodied and battered body was discovered.
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She had been bludgeoned to death with a blunt instrument.
The murder weapon has never been found.
A damaged window suggested the property had been broken into, but nothing was stolen.
Despite a huge police investigation and a reopening of the cold case in 2015 — giving her family fresh hope — her killer was never brought to justice, until now.
Her ex-husband, Christopher Harrisson was arrested in 2020.
In March 2023, he was found guilty of the murder, 45 years after the killing.
He was jailed for life and ordered to serve at least 20 years before he can apply for parole.
What happened between Dr Brenda Page and Christopher Harrison?
The pair met while they were students at the University of Glasgow in 1970.
They married in 1972 but divorced five years later.
It was later revealed Brenda had taken a restraining order against her ex.
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She left what turned out to be a will with her sister, Rita Ling, with the message: "To be opened only after my death".
Rita said: "I didn't open it until after she died.
"I didn't think it was relevant to her marriage at the time. It was only afterwards I put two and two together."
Where can I find the Murder in the Granite City podcast?
Scottish Sun award-winning journalist Ruth Warrander investigates the twists and turns of the case in Murder in the Granite City.
Ruth said: "Growing up up in Aberdeenshire, I’d always been aware of Dr Brenda Page’s murder, having heard about it from relatives and family friends.
"As you often find with unsolved cases, rumours spread like wildfire, with everyone in the city having their own theory about who they believed was behind her brutal killing.
"So I jumped at the chance when I was approached to carry out my own investigation into the murder case which, for decades, was steeped in secrets, sex and scandal — and cast a long shadow over my home city."
The podcast can be streamed or downloaded on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and other podcast platforms.
Ruth added: "In the first two episodes of the seven-part series listeners can join me out on the road as I track down and speak to Brenda’s family, friends and those at the heart of the initial murder probe.
"Her loved ones give me an incredible insight into the life of the talented academic, originally from Ipswich in Suffolk, and their painful recollection of being told the heart-wrenching news that she was dead."
