# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-manuel
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:35:39.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-manuel"
name: "Peter Manuel"
slug: "peter-manuel"
description: "Peter Thomas Anthony Manuel was a Scottish serial killer known as the Beast of Birkenshaw and the Bedroom Killer who committed the murders of seven people across Lanarkshire, Scotland, between 1956 and 1958. He is also suspected of murdering two further victims—one in East Kilbride, Scotland and one in Edmundbyers, England—in 1956 and 1957 respectively."
tagline: "American-born Scottish serial killer (1927-1958)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Peter_Manuel_mugshot.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1927-03-01"
deathDate: "1958-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.77
  momentum:             7.948315420842893
  historical:           6.001734666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Manuel"
    title: "Peter Manuel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيتر مانويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بيتر مانويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Manuel"
    title: "Peter Manuel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Manuel"
    title: "Peter Manuel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Manuel"
    title: "Peter Manuel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7175650"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump