Episode 70: Helen Fiona Torbet

Murder She Spoke

Episode 70: Helen Fiona Torbet. This week Joannagh brings us the story of Helen Torbet, a 62-year-old outdoors-woman who disappeared in July 1993. Helen was an avid hill walker, having climbed all the Munro's in Scotland and we hear about the important and lasting contributions she made to hill walking in Scotland.
However we also hear how Helen disappeared whilst on one of her solo hill walking adventures, with no trace being found of her, despite thorough searches by police and rescue teams.
Joannagh tells us how a chance discovery 10 months after Helen went missing was the breakthrough that changed the case from a missing persons enquiry to the search for a body.
This break in the case identified a potential suspect and ultimately led police to uncovering the grisly truth behind Helen's disappearance.
Case research by Joannagh Shanks
Produced by Emma Taylor & Joannagh Shanks
Editing by Shaun O'Neill
Music by Tribe of Noise
Sources of research:
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12696771.police-dig-for-body-at-guest-house-10-month-hunt-for-doctors-wife-returns-to-quiet-highland-village/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12687291.i-really-suspected-all-along-that-it-was-mcmillan/
https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/12820805.notorious-killer-found-dead-in-his-prison-cell/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/hunt-for-walker-1369410.html
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-herald-1130/20070213/281719790116430
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12687276.murderer-bagged-by-hidden-holdall/
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/6354761.stm
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11890368.former-soldier-who-killed-female-hillwalker-ordered-to-serve-15-years/
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12687596.hill-walking-claim-by-murder-accused/
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/KILLED+BY+PEEPINGTON+CREEP%3B+Innocent+doctor%27s+wife+fell+victim+to+B%26B...-a0179444326
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_and_hills_in_the_British_Isles#Grahams
https://twofeetfourpaws.blog/category/hill-classifications/
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/true-crime-in-the-outdoors/tag/Grianan+House+B%26B+murder
There is also a book named ‘Blood In The Glens’ by Jean McLennan’ which covers the disappearance of Fiona Torbet.