Dead Man Running

By BBC Radio Scotland

A missing tourist, a US-wide manhunt and the story of how a local celebrity became a fugitive after his dark past begins to catch up with him.

Dead Man Running is produced by Myles Bonnar and Calum McKay.

Audio Editing, Sound Design, and Mixing by Gav Murchie.

The series’ producers are Mark Daly and Jack Kibble-White.

Original score composed by Callan Marchetti.

Research by Ricki Cooper, Katie McEvinney and Marisha Currie.

Location recording by Myles Bonnar, Calum McKay and Steven Donnelly.

Additional recording is by Jenn Daly, Hannah McClintock and Joanne Willott.

Artwork by Matt Russell.

Production Manager is Susan McLundie.

Production management assistant is Ruth McKay.

Series Editor is Shelley Jofre.

The Commissioning editors are Gareth Hydes and Heather Kane-Darling.

This is a BBC Scotland production for BBC Sounds.

Episodes

6. Inverness

In this final episode, Kim writes from prison. And back in the place where this all started, could a tragic story about a young woman's death in Inverness hold more answers about him?

07/06/24•35m 52s

5. Trial

It's been two years since Kim Avis faked his death at "Mortuary Beach", California. Now, four women take the stand in the trial against him at the High Court in Glasgow, Scotland.

31/05/24•32m 59s

4. Vince

As the net closes in on Kim, the programme team receives an intriguing tip-off and the promise of learning who the fugitive really is.

24/05/24•40m 57s

3. Trap

Kim has yet again switched identities and is beginning to settle down in Colorado Springs. But is the fugitive’s new friend Angie all that she seems?

17/05/24•21m 22s

2. Fugitive

While American police launch a manhunt, a woman who knows all about Kim Avis's darkest crimes shares her story.

10/05/24•28m 28s

1. Missing

After a mysterious drowning off ‘Mortuary Beach’, police start to question what’s really happened to the missing man.

03/05/24•28m 15s

Welcome to… Dead Man Running

A missing tourist, a US-wide manhunt and the story of how a local celebrity, Kim Avis, became a fugitive after his dark past begins to catch up with him.

18/04/24•1m 59s