Where There Is Evil by Sandra Brown OBE - Audiobook Production
Scottish Podcast Awards 2025
Coatbridge: The Disappearance of Moira Anderson, was the gripping podcast Offbeat recorded last year for London Production Company Chalk & Blade, and narrated by Sandra Brown OBE and created with journalist Rachael Revesz. The podcast was runner-up at the 2025 Scottish Podcast of the Year Awards in May, having reached No.1 in the True Crime category on Audible.
Now, Sandra’s astonishing true story in which she reveals her own father’s involvement in the disappearance of 7 year old Moira in late 1950s in Coatbridge, has being recorded and produced at Offbeat by Iain McKinna and Olivia Caw as the audiobook edition of her Sunday Times bestseller Where There Is Evil, for Pan Macmillan.
Sandra Brown OBE is the founder of The Moira Anderson Foundation which was set up in 2000 to provide support to children and adults affected by childhood sexual abuse.
The new edition of the book and audiobook contains revelations discovered since the original publication. Sandra's investigation is ongoing however as she is determined to achieve the outcome Moira deserves.
The recording of the story with Sandra's narration was a harrowing yet inspiring experience for us at Offbeat and we are in awe of Sandra's relentless efforts to uncover the truth.
The Disappearance
In 1957, 12-year-old Moira Anderson went missing from Coatbridge, near Glasgow.
The Confession
Almost three decades later, Sandra Brown says her estranged father admitted a role in what happened.
The Investigation
Brown launched her own inquiry, uncovering that her father was a serial abuser and that people in the community — including some police — had long suspected him.
The Truth
Her book follows her step-by-step effort to piece the story together and fight for justice for Moira.
Impact
Brown went on to found the Moira Anderson Foundation, supporting children who have suffered abuse, in Moira’s memory.
Kirsty McKinna, Sandra Brown OBE & Olivia Caw