The phrase 'a queue like an execution' was never more appropriate; this was the waiting line to witness the 1958 High Court trial of Glasgow serial-killer Peter Manuel. 

It was the free show of the season, with thousands of grimly-curious Glaswegians all eager to grab a seat at the 'trial of the century'. Odd as it may seem to us, the western end of the adjacent Glasgow Green became a bit of a makeshift summer camp, with families picnicking on the grass, all eager to hear the latest details from the court.

Eventually, after conducting his own defence, the New York-born killer was found guilty of seven murders. He was hanged, at Barlinnie, on the morning of July 8th, 1958.

His last words, as he was led to the hanging cell, were: "Turn up the radio, and I'll go quietly..."

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