Episode 1290: How ‘Beast of all Sex Beasts’ who threatened to rape and kill girls was caught

He didn’t look like a gangster. Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh looked more like a suburban dad with his glasses and taste for designer cardigans. But behind that mild exterior lay Ireland’s answer to Tony Soprano - a brutal, feared criminal at the top of the Kinahan cartel.In our new nine part series exclusively for crimeworld.com subscribers, we investigate Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh's bloody rise to power and learn about the international effort to bring him to justice.Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about our new series The Science of Fear: Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh and his brutal reign as Daniel Kinahan's right-hand man.Episodes from Monday, January 12. Subscribe now to listen on crimeworld.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Jan 26min

Gangland hard man Derek ‘Bottler’ Devoy claimed that a breakdown followed the guilt he felt at the murder of his sister Antoinnette and led him to a lethal grapple with police while he was armed with a submachine gun and a grenade.But now, the volatile criminal has become a peacemaking king of his wing in Portlaoise prison where a piece of leaked mobile phone footage has shown him intervening in a row. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 Jan 19min

The Kinahan Organised Crime Group and their links to Iran has been detailed in a highbrow terrorism report released by a top US government think tank.The group are detailed by the Combating Terrorism Centre as being a proxy group used by the regime to commit murder and fund terrorism through drug trafficking.Nicola speaks to Niall Donald as dark clouds loom over the cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

12 Jan 14min

A father believed to have murdered his 12-year-old son before taking his own life had been previously accused of threatening to kill the boy. Oisin O’Reilly and his father Wayne were found dead at two different addresses in West Dublin on Thursday.Niall speaks to Eimear Rabbitt about the investigation into the murder-suicide and its impact on the local community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Jan 14min

An arson attack on a home sees an innocent family miraculously escape with their lives as a feud plays out on social media.Nicola speaks with Patrick O’Connell murder and attacks in Ireland’s communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

9 Jan 16min

An innocuous house in Youghal leads the Criminal Assets Bureau into a tangled web of romance fraud, criminality, and links to the Sinaloa Cartel.Today, Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the Kerry man linked to the European head of Mexico's biggest cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Jan 14min

Scissor sister Charlotte Mulhall is due to get a release date this year when she finally finishes a life sentenced for murdering her mother’s partner and dismembering his body.So, what lies in store for Ireland’s most famous prisoner and how has she finished a life sentence aged just 39?Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Mulhall and her time behind bars. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 Jan 12min

A brutal hostage scenario in an Irish prison is averted when skilled prison officers stand down the threat.Nicola talks with Crime World's Patrick O’Connell about the incident. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

7 Jan 13min