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Imposters Tending To The Wild with Dr Isobelle Clarke

59 min • 7 mars 2025

*Warning: This episode contains strong language and threats of terrorism and other violence.* 

In 2018, a crudely made bomb was found in a car park in central Edinburgh. Later, blog posts by an unknown author appeared on a Mexican eco-anarchist website, in both Spanish and English, claiming responsibility for said bomb.

Our own Professor Tim Grant was contacted by Police Scotland to build a profile of the author. Two years later, the police contacted Tim again after identifying a potential suspect.

Dr Isobelle Clarke (Lancaster University) joined Tim in using comparative authorship analysis to determine who may have been responsible for these posts.  

If you have been affected by any of the themes in this week’s episode, please contact one of these free sources: 

https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/  

https://www.helpguide.org/find-help  

Resources:

Professor Tim Grant’s home page https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant 

Dr Isobelle Clarke’s home page https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/isobelle-clarke 

BBC Expert Witness episode about the case: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fwyswv 

BBC News story about case https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-60402838 

Aston University 2022 press release about Karvounakis case https://www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/linguistics-expert-aston-university-helps-police-scotland-secure-terrorism-conviction 

Production Team: Sam Cook, Jordan Robertson, Neus Alberich Buera 

Producer: Sam Cook 

Visual design: George Grant 

Additional Voices: Sam Cook, Neus Alberich Buera 

With our thanks to Dr Isobelle Clarke

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