Criminologist, Professor David Wilson, will be on stage in a show called My Life with Murderers at The Blake Theatre, Monmouth on Friday 23rd September.

My Life with Murderers is the story of TV’s David Wilson’s journey from idealistic prison governor to expert criminologist and professor, a career which has brought him into contact with virtually every recent serial killer. With experience unlike any other, David gives a fascinating and compelling insight into human nature.

David’s recent TV work has included BBC Scotland’s David Wilson’s Crime Files, Channel 4’s In The Footseps of Killers with Emila Fox and Radio 4’s In The Criminologist’s Chair.

In 2019 TV doc Dark Son - The Hunt For A Serial Killer – he named Abertillery double-child killer Harold Jones – jailed for life in 1921 at Monmouth’s Shire Hall – as the prime suspect in the ‘Jack the Stripper’ serial killings in London in the early 1960s.

Professor Wilson is Professor Emeritus of Criminology and founding Director of the Centre for Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University – one of the university’s “research centres of excellence”.

He is the former Editor of the prestigious Howard Journal of Criminal Justice. Prior to taking up his academic appointment in September 1997, David was Senior Policy Advisor to the Prison Reform Trust, and between October 1983-April 1997 he worked as a Prison Governor.

Professor Wilson: My Life with Murderers is on Friday at 7:30pm and he will be signing copies of his books after the talk. The recommended audience age is 14 and over.

Tickets available from The Blake Theatre Box Office on 01600 719401 or online at theblaketheatre.org.