Episode 163: The Liverpool gang wars and the killing of tragic 9-year-old school girl Olivia Pratt-Korbel

Britain’s toughest prison HMP Wakefield is known to many as the ‘Monster Mansion’, housing some of the most dangerous criminals in the country.Serial killers Harold Shipman and Levi Bellfield once spent time inside its cells and some 750 prisoners are kept there today.In this extract from Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion, Jonathan Levi and Emma French trace Wakefield’s dark and sinister history through the years.It’s the second instalment of the Inside Prison series, published by Bonnier, and you can also hear snippets from Inside Broadmoor and Inside Belmarsh on the Crime World feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Elo 25min

Three men have been arrested and charged for their involvement in the murder of Robbie Lawlor. Who are the suspects, and why are they the only people before the courts?This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Elo 38min

For over 150 years, Broadmoor has contained the UK's most violent, dangerous and psychopathic.Since opening as an asylum for the criminally insane in 1863, it’s housed sinister individuals like Jack the Ripper suspect James Kelly, serial killer Peter Sutcliffe (aka the Yorkshire Ripper), and cannibal Peter Bryan.TV journalist Jonathan Levi and cultural historian Emma French share the full story of the high-security hospital in Inside Broadmoor, including accounts from staff, patients, and experts.Listen to an extract from the first instalment of the Inside Prison series, published by Bonnier, here before checking out Inside Wakefield Prison and Inside Belmarsh on the Crime World feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Elo 22min

Police in Northern Ireland assemble a list of twenty people under investigation for the murder of Robbie Lawlor. While some of the names are very familiar, others are not.This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Elo 27min

How did the cocaine trade infiltrate Ireland and evolve into a billion-euro empire after the drug first washed ashore on Cork's rugged coast?From the country's first cocaine lord and his attempts to establish a direct route from Miami to Dublin to the modern-day violence that led to the brutal dismemberment of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, this is an extract from my book, Cocaine Cowboys.Listen to the full story wherever you get your audiobooks or get your hands on a copy in all good bookstores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Elo 58min

Robbie Lawlor's time in Belfast is short. In the aftermath of his death, who is in the frame for his murder?This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Elo 20min

Delroy Grant was one of Britain’s most wanted men – a shocking sex predator known as the Night Stalker.He had been at large for a seventeen-year reign of terror, visiting his victims after dark before committing despicable sexual assaults in their homes.In Manhunt: The Night Stalker, detective Colin Sutton reveals how the Metropolitan Police brought one one of London’s most feared monsters to justice.The following is an audio extract from the book, published by Bonnier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Elo 25min

After the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods, Robbie Lawlor heads to Belfast and a whole new world of trouble.This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Elo 20min