Crime World Extra: The warring factions behind the Drogheda gangland feud
It’s just three years since a hitman attempted to murder gang boss Owen Maguire, leaving him paralysed and dividing a town’s underworld into two feuding sides intent on wiping each other out.Since the...
15 Juli 202127min
Episode 35: Ireland's war on drugs - should we legalise cannabis and cocaine?
It may seem like a simple solution to the war on drugs – legalise weed and cocaine, regulate the market and then tax the profits.This week, 100 youth workers in Ireland joined forces against prohibiti...
10 Juli 202142min
Crime World Extra: The Cold-Blooded Shooting Of Dutch Crime Journalist Peter R. De Vries
Politicians, police and media colleagues in The Netherlands have been horrified by the shooting of famous crime journalist Peter R. De Vries, who was gunned down in Amsterdam on Tuesday night.The well...
7 Juli 202112min
Crime World Extra: Trouble in paradise for mob boss Daniel Kinahan
Mob boss Daniel Kinahan has been keeping his head down in Dubai since a BBC Panorama documentary catapulted him and his links to boxing into the spotlight last February.But now, a determined American ...
5 Juli 202120min
Episode 34: Drug mule Michaella McCollum and the case of the 'Peru Two'
She was the teenage drug mule who became a household name and when she was jailed in Peru for attempting to smuggle 11 kilos of cocaine to Ibiza her fame was cemented.But since then, the story of Mich...
3 Juli 202147min
Crime World Extra: The search for answers in the death of tragic schoolboy Noah Donohoe
It’s the case that has baffled Northern Ireland - and on the one-year anniversary of the discovery of the body of tragic schoolboy Noah Donohue in a drain, it is clear that there are still more questi...
2 Juli 202130min
Crime World Extra: The mobsters behind the Kinahan murder plot of James 'Mago' Gately
His guilty plea has meant little evidence of Peadar Keating's role in a plot to kill will ever be heard.But behind the headlines lies one of the Kinahan mafia’s highest-ranking Irish executives and on...
1 Juli 202131min
Episode 33: True crime junkies - what intrigues us about violence, fear and gruesome death?
It’s the most popular genre for book lovers, podcasters and even documentary makers, with a growing audience who love all things true crime.But what is it that intrigues us about violence, fear and gr...
26 Juni 202145min
