Episode 116: Michael Stone - a true Loyalist paramilitary or simply a violent psychopath?
He is one of the most notorious killers in the history of the North's Troubles, and when he staged a single-handed attack on a Provisional IRA funeral at Milltown Cemetery in 1988 his face became infa...
14 Jun 202232min
Episode 115: Mob boss Ridouan Taghi and the murder trial of journalist Peter R. De Vries
The trial for two men charged with the murder of celebrity Dutch journalist Peter R. De Vries has heard of the text messages sent between the hit team and an un-named overlord who ordered the shooting...
11 Jun 202258min
Episode 114: How I helped crack the case of the infamous 'Golden State Killer'
Retired detective Paul Holes knows just what it is like to immerse himself in a murder mystery. It was his work on the infamous 'Golden State Killer' case which led to the 2018 arrest and conviction o...
9 Jun 202235min
Episode 113: The 'Lifers' behind bars in Irish prisons
They are the killers and rapists deemed so dangerous that they are serving life sentences behind bars.But what does life mean in Ireland, and while the sentence is mandatory in murder cases, how does ...
7 Jun 202255min
Episode 112: The truth behind North Korea's cyber-crime gang 'The Lazarus Group'
It is a story that reads like the plot from a Hollywood movie and punches right into the heart of one of the most secretive regimes in the world.Hackers from the so-called ‘Lazarus Group’ first shut d...
4 Jun 20221h
Episode 111: Lisa Smith's journey into the dark heart of Islamic terrorism
She is the former Irish soldier who, a court heard, enveloped herself in the black flag of IS.Now, Lisa Smith awaits her fate in the Special Criminal Court, which heard the details of her journey into...
2 Jun 202248min
Episode 110: 'Mr Flashy' and Dublin's dirty gang war
When drug dealer James Whelan was gunned down in Finglas, north Dublin, two months ago gardai braced themselves for an explosion of violence and tit-for-tat attacks.In recent weeks, the home of Whelan...
30 Mai 202224min
Crime World Long Read: Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh - from low-level dealer to Ireland's most-feared mob boss (Part 3)
When the Criminal Assets Bureau was set up in 1996 after the brutal murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh was its first target. A known drug dealer and with a string of convic...
28 Mai 202234min
