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Crime World
Hit podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld - now with further in-depth investigations and exclusive insights at our new website crimeworld.com.
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Episodes
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Episode 327: Killer Wayne Dundon moved prison for inciting mass brawl at Mountjoy
Killer Wayne Dundon was transferred to Portlaoise Prison last week after a fight with a fellow inmate which turned into a mass brawl resulting in four staff…
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Episode 326: Noel Long goes on trial in 42 year old cold case for murder of Nora Sheehan
74 year old Noel Long went on trial this week accused of the murder of Nora Sheehan in 1981.The then 54 year old was found dead at Shippool Woods in Co Cork…
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Episode 325: Kirsty Ward murder accused Keith Byrne and his chilling video from behind bars
The man suspected of murdering his girlfriend Kirsty Ward in a Spanish hotel has released a selfie video from his prison denying he had anything to do with her…
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Episode 324: Alan Wilson's bust up behind bars and how prison staff deal with trouble-makers
Hitman for hire Alan Wilson lashed out at prison officers during a shift change in the Midlands Prison as he said he didn’t recognise the new wardens landing…
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Episode 323: Garda Killer Aaron Brady and his fight for freedom
Killer Aaron Brady is set to appeal his conviction for the capital murder of Garda Adrian Donohoe next October.But in the meantime an online campaign for his…
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Episode 322: What did Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly say before the Oireachtas committee?
Former Late Late Show host Ryan Tubridy came out fighting for his career today during six gruelling hours before the Oireachtas Committees who quizzed him and…
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Episode 321: The life and crimes of Martin 'The Viper' Foley
Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley could be facing a short jail term after pleading guilty to engaging in threatening behaviour as he attempted to recover a debt from a…
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Episode 320: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part Four - The Antwerp drug route)
IT'S the diamond capital of Europe and the second city of Belgium, but Antwerp is also on par with Rotterdam as the largest entry point for cocaine into the…
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Episode 319: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part Three - The murder of a journalist)
It's almost two years since famous Dutch journalist Peter R. De Vries was shot dead on an Amsterdam street in an assassination believed to have been ordered by…
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Episode 318: What we know so far about the mysterious Donegal missing persons case
A mystery on a Donegal cliff side, an idyllic fishing community left in shock and a victim with a shady past.Nicola speaks to journalist Allison Morris about…
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Episode 317: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part Two - The Threats)
Journalist Jan Meeus a senior reporter at NRC in Amsterdam didn’t start out as a crime hack but since he made the transition from his finance beat he’s become…
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Episode 316: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part One - The Bunker)
The Marengo trial is the largest ever held in the Netherlands and at the centre of it sits gang leader, Ridouan Taghi, a business partner and friend of Daniel…
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Episode 315: Inside the last days of Noah Donohoe's life
The opinion of a psychiatric report prepared for the Coroner investigating the death of teenager Noah Donohoe is that he died from suicide while struggling…
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Episode 314: what questions do RTE have to answer about the Ryan Tubridy scandal?
Trouble at RTE over the payment of Ryan Tubridy’s complete salary has led to calls in the Dail for the arrest of former Director General Dee Forbes and for the…
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Episode 313: Brian 'The Ratt' Rattigan's love rival Paul Geraghty jailed for heroin dealing
Gangsters moll Natasha McEnroe swapped her killer partner for a new man when he was locked up for murder.But later she and partner Paul Geraghty faced the…
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Episode 312: The Europe wide impact of the Encrochat hack and the Gardai's missed opportunities
A Europol press conference has heard about the phenomenal on-going success of the EncroChat investigation with the release of updated figures showing that more…
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Episode 311: Canada's notorious 'Barbie and Ken' killers
A murderous couple who looked like ordinary newlyweds but who hid a dark secret. A series of shocking rapes and murders of teenage girls and finally a bust up…
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Episode 310: The Marengo trial and the business of drug crime in Europe
A murder trial in Amsterdam, business dealings in the diamond district of Antwerp and a secretive money launderer from a posh south county Dublin…
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Episode 309: The shocking new revelations in the investigation Noah Donohoe's tragic death
14-year-old Noah Donohoe snuck out of his Belfast home in the early hours of the morning he disappeared and took a secret 35 minute trip before returning…
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Episode 308: State witness Jonathan Dowdall appeals his four year jail term
State witness Jonathan Dowdall has been back in court appealing the length of a 4 year sentence he was handed down after he pled guilty to facilitating the…
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Episode 307: Why are we all so obsessed with true crime as entertainment?
The true crime genre is one of the world’s most popular in books, podcasts, tv shows and films but what is it that makes us so drawn to violence and and all…
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Episode 306: The PGA's deal with Saudi Arabia and corruption in professional sport
Golf fans and some of the sports top stars were left reeling recently when the PGA did a deal with Saudi Arabia and its bulging public investment fund.But the…
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Episode 305: What's next for Ridouan Taghi at the Marengo trial?
The trial of Dutch murder suspect Ridouan Taghi gets underway in the Netherlands again this week as it moves into the final phase and as he asks the court to…
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Episode 304: The life and alleged crimes of Andrew Tate
Social media influencer Andrew Tate along with his brother Tristan and two other suspects are being investigated for human trafficking as Romanian authorities…
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Episode 303: How does law enforcement tackle the illicit underworld of money laundering?
Criminals are always looking for weakness in people, organisations and particularly in systems where they can launder their dirty cash and wash it into the…
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Episode 302: The American fraudster who faked his death before being found alive in Scotland
Journalist Jane MacSorely sipped a glass of Champagne and stared at the man on the oxygen tank who had invited her to dinner.It was probably the strangest…
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Episode 301: The day Tina Turner's lawyers came looking for 'Mad Dog' Johnny Adair
Rock 'n' Roll legend Tina Turner never realised the impact her powerful ballad 'Simply The Best' was going to have on one of Northern Ireland’s most feared…
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Episode 300: Liam Byrne's arrest and the Gardai's encrochat failings
The Encrochat phone hack which has been the catalyst for the sensational arrest of Kinahan Cartel lieutenant Liam Byrne on Majorca this week has netted…
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Episode 299: Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's failed bid to recoup costs for Regency murder trial defence
Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch has failed in his court bid to recoup his massive legal costs from the Regency murder trial.The Special Criminal Court has refused his…
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Episode 298: Kinahan cartel lieutenant Liam Byrne and his circle of celebrity friends including Steven Gerrard
Kinahan Cartel target Liam Byrne has networked with a host of celebrities from the world of sport in recent years managing to moonlight between days out at…
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Episode 297: The crimes of far-right extremist Kristofer Kearney
A self described ‘British fascist’ has admitted that he shared terrorist documents on a Telegram channel and now faces a lengthy jail term.Gym fanatic…
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Episode 296: The arrest of senior Kinahan cartel member Liam Byrne
Kinahan Cartel kingpin Liam Byrne has been arrested on the holiday island of Majorca after slipping home from Dubai to meet his family.The 42 year old is…
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Episode 295: The life and crimes of 'Border Fox' Dessie O'Hare
He is a convicted terrorist and a self professed killer involved in up to 27 murders but 'Border Fox' Dessie O’Hare is also a devoted husband who practices…
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Episode 294: Phillip Schofield's sex scandal and the TV stars 'cancelled' by online hounds
It’s the sex scandal that has rocked ITV and pitted two powerful presenters against a former colleague as allegations of Phillip Schofield’s relationship with…
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Episode 293: The Kinahans and their links to the Iranian island of Kish
A tiny Iranian island known as the Pearl of the Persian Gulf has been identified as a hub for Kinahan dirty money and is where America’s Drug Enforcement…
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Episode 292: DCI John Caldwell - seven men appear in court charged with attempted murder
Evidence heard during the first court appearance of seven men charged with the attempted murder of DCI John Caldwell in Tyrone last February show a complex…
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Episode 291: Trucker Thomas Maher and his greedy European drug ring
King of the Road Thomas Maher was handed down 14 years in prison when he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering offences after messages on his…
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Episode 290: Mexico's narco state - corruption, guns and the Fentanyl crisis
Mexican based author Ioan Grillo has worked as a crime journalist for more than 20 years in a country that is a true narco state.Over two decades interviewing…
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Episode 289: Gardaí set to interview Kinahan ally turned state witness Raffaele Imperiale
Gardaí have officially joined the queue in a bid to talk with Italian super cartel member Raffaele Imperiale who spent years in business with mob boss Daniel…
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Episode 288: Could you tell if you were living next door to a serial killer?
SERIAL killers are one of the most fascinating and spoken about facets of the true crime genre. But what makes a murderer and why are we so interested in their…
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Episode 287: The true story behind the sensational 'Headless Body in Topless Bar' tabloid headline
IT was the headline that vent viral 1983 style, inspired the movies and is being celebrated by old school tabloid hacks across the world 40 years on."Headless…
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Episode 286: Fat Freddie Thompson's bust up behind bars and who's who in Portlaoise Prison
Ireland’s most secure prison is a melting pot of some of the most dangerous, notorious and difficult inmates where each landing is ruled by a top dog and where…
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Episode 285: The tight security measures set for Katie Taylor's homecoming fight
THE weigh in is due to take place today for the big fight between homecoming hero Katie Taylor and her boxing rival Chantelle Cameron.The ticket only event is…
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Episode 284: The story of 'Doomsday Mother' Lori Vallow and husband Chad Daybell
THEY'RE the doomsday preppers who were arrested while on honeymoon in Hawaii.Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell were wanted by police as their children Tylee and JJ…
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Episode 283: Inside Barry Young's reign as a feared drug boss
GANG boss Barry Young ran a mob of 20 drug dealers and sent out enforcers to collect his debts in Sligo often smashing up homes for less than €500…
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Episode 282: The sentencing of Regency getaway drivers Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy
THE jailing of Regency getaway men Jason Bonney and Paul Murphy for a total of 17.5 years brings to an end one chapter in the gangland story which has…
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Episode 281: Julie Flood, Christina Anderson, and the insanity defence
THEY are the violent deaths that can leave shattered families struggling for answers afterwards.This month two high profile cases heard how insanity was used…
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Episode 280: Money laundering, criminal assets and how investigators follow the cash
ALMOST 100 years ago a team of untouchables brought down Al Capone following a trail of money that led right to the top of his crime empire.But today modern…
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Episode 279: Community justice, young offenders and preventing violent crime
SHE'S the former nurse and police officer who changed a city’s descent into violence by a mixture of understanding, compassion and getting up close and…
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Episode 278: The jailing of Ger Dundon and the murky murder of Robbie Lawlor
GER DUNDON was yesterday sentenced to 15 years for his role in a kidnap and extortion plot in the UK, in a hearing that shed some light on a tangled web of…
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Episode 277: Addicted Ireland - the nation's battle with cocaine, booze and betting
HE is the consultant psychiatrist with his finger on the pulse when it comes to alcohol abuse, cocaine use and gambling addictions.With an expertise in the use…
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Episode 276: Drug-debt intimidation and how a gangster is spreading fear from behind bars
HE is the notorious gangland killer currently serving a life sentence but is still spreading fear outside the prison walls. In February, convicted killer…
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Episode 275: The Regency fallout, the €1m 'Monk' bounty and the double-crossing republican spy
A €1 million bounty on the head of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch, a down payment given to a terrorist to entice him to carry out the job and a vipers' nest of…
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Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 4: Trial of the Century)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the…
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Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 3: Dublin underworld)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the…
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Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 2: The education of a criminal)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the…
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Crime World Long Read: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 1: The double cross)
THIS is the story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch, from his early days as a young hoodlum through to his astonishing acquittal in the Special Criminal Court for the…
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Episode 274: The Hutch Gang and the 'Dirty Dozen' behind the Regency hit
HE'S been cleared of murder charges in the Regency trial and has gone straight back into the bosom of his family in Dublin’s north inner city.But while the…
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Episode 273: Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch walks free after Regency murder trial
GERRY ‘The Monk’ Hutch walked free from court an innocent man after being found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel.After a dramatic…
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Episode 272: D-Day in Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's murder trial
GERRY ‘The Monk’ Hutch will learn his fate on Monday when three judges from the Special Criminal Court return with a verdict after his lengthy murder trial…