This Feels Criminal: A True Crime Podcast (Formerly Killer Queens)

The Murder of Calum Simpson | The Question We Couldn't Ignore- Part 1

August 11, 2026

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The Murder of Callum Simpson | The Question We Couldn't Ignore — Part 1

On the night of November 3rd, 2021, 24-year-old Callum Simpson went to hang out at a friend's house in Methil, Scotland. He was a father of four; his youngest child had been born just 11 days earlier. He was drugged, sexually assaulted, and left to die. The two men responsible, Dylan Brister (27) and Cameron Allen (18), were convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. And that outcome triggered a question that the hosts of This Feels Criminal couldn't let go.

It started with a Facebook post. A woman shared the Callum Simpson case and wrote: "I find it fascinating that this happens to a man and they get life in prison. This happens to a woman and they get a slap on the wrist." The hosts initially agreed. They could think of case after case where violence against women seemed to result in light sentences. But when they started digging into the research, they realized they might have been asking the wrong question entirely.

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What you'll learn

1 (01:00) **The Case That Started with a Facebook Post** - The hosts introduce the murder of 24-year-old Calum Simpson and the question that set off their investigation.
2 (03:04) **The Night of the Murder** - Detailed timeline of the events leading to Calum's death on November 3, 2021.
3 (11:52) **The Morning After and the Cover-Up** - How the perpetrators reacted when they found Calum dead.
4 (13:56) **The Defense and the Deleted Video** - The suspects' initial claims and the key evidence that contradicted them.
5 (16:26) **The Trial and Sentencing** - The convictions and the sentences handed down in the High Court in Edinburgh.
6 (21:27) **The Sentences: Life for Murder, Not for Assault** - Breakdown of the specific sentences and the hosts' key observation.
7 (25:36) **Revisiting the Facebook Post** - The hosts return to the original claim and reframe their investigation.

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Show Notes

A Facebook post comparing the murder of Calum Simpson to violence against women raised a question we couldn't stop thinking about:

Do we treat violence against women differently than violence against men?

At first, the answer seemed obvious.

Then we started reading the court records.

In this episode, we tell Calum Simpson's story—from the night he met two strangers to the evidence presented in court—and explain why one social media post sent us down a much bigger investigation.

This is Part 1 of a two-part series.

In Part 2, we leave the courtroom and follow the research to see whether the evidence actually supports what we thought when we started.

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