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Episodes
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: 'Predator' - Larry Murphy and Ireland's missing women (Part 1)
His name still strikes fear across Ireland - a hunter who stalked his prey in the heart of the area known as the vanishing triangle.But where is Larry Murphy…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: '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…
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Episode 217: The MI6 spy and the 'man in the bag' mystery
His was a bizarre and macabre death which led to more questions than answers.Since the body of British spy Gareth Williams was found padlocked inside a sports…
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Episode 216: The amateur super sleuths solving real-life crimes
WHO says you can’t solve crime in your spare time? Elderly armchair detectives with a penchant for puzzles are the inspiration for Richard Osman’s…
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Episode 215: The hunt for 'The Silver Killer' - the UK's mysterious serial murderer
CHESHIRE, England 1996, Howard Ainsworth violently bludgeoned his wife to death with a hammer before taking his own life. Three years later in the same town…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: 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…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh - from low-level dealer to Ireland's most-feared mob boss (Part 2)
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…
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BEST OF CRIME WORLD 2022: Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh - from low-level dealer to Ireland's most-feared mob boss (Part 1)
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…
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Episode 214: Jonathan Dowdall: I didn't suggest getting IRA to carry out hits on Kinahan mob (Day 7)
DAY seven of the cross examination of Jonathan Dowdall came to its conclusion, as it was put to him that he had a role in a botched gun attack on the Kinahan…
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Episode 213: Jonathan Dowdall denies planning 'mass murder' and 'planting bombs' (Day 6)
Jonathan Dowdall’s evidence to the Special Criminal Court is now centred on his own 10-hours of bugged conversation in a car with Gerry Hutch.Dowdall is…
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Episode 212: Why the takedown of 'Bomber' Kavanagh marked a major milestone in the war on crime
THE takedown of Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh can be directly linked to a decrease in the gangland murder rate in Ireland, the country's most-senior officer…
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Episode 211: The two faces of State witness Jonathan Dowdall (Day 5)
THE Special Criminal Court watched two faces of State witness Jonathan Dowdall during his fifth day under cross examination, as tapes of his arrest were played…
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Episode 210: Jonathan Dowdall: I lied to gardai to save my family (Day 4)
Jonathan Dowdall watched from the witness box at the Special Criminal Court at videos of his arrest from 2016 on firearms offences, where he told gardai that…
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Episode 209: 'Tall tales and bravado' as Jonathan Dowdall claims he tried to impress 'The Monk' (Day 3)
Jonathan Dowdall said he wanted to make stories more "beefy" for Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch and was only trying to impress him with tales of bomb making, ordering…
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Episode 208: 'Patsy's sons started Hutch-Kinahan feud', Jonathan Dowdall tells Regency trial (Day 2)
Jonathan Dowdall told the Special Criminal Court that Patsy Hutch’s sons, Gary and Patrick Junior, started the Kinahan-Hutch feud when they attempted to steal…
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Episode 207: The extraordinary testimony of Jonathan Dowdall in the Regency murder trial (Day 1)
Jonathan Dowdall finally stepped into the witness box on day 30 of the Regency Hotel trial, where Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch stands accused of murdering David…
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Episode 206: D-Day for Dowdall in the Regency Hotel murder trial
STATE Witness Jonathan Dowdall will appear in the Special Criminal Court on Monday, but before he gives evidence a senior Garda officer from the Crime and…
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Episode 205: Jonathan Dowdall and the witness protection programme - what's the deal?
FORMER Sinn Fein councillor Jonathan Dowdall has agreed to give evidence against Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch at the Special Criminal Court - but a Judge has…
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Episode 204: The battle to hear the testimony of Jonathan Dowdall in the Regency Hotel murder trial
STATE witness Jonathan Dowdall could be delayed in giving his evidence at the Regency Hotel murder trial as defence lawyers continue to argue his permission to…
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Episode 203: Three gangland shootings in one night on Ireland's streets of fear
THREE gangland shootings in one night. One dead drug dealer, a hitman on the run and a feuding mob baying for revenge.Nicola Tallant talks with Irish…
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Episode 202: The jailing of Robert 'Roo' Redmond and Bernard Fogarty - Ireland's most-feared assassins
THE conviction of gangland hit-men Robert ‘Roo’ Redmond and his sidekick Bernard Fogarty marks the end of the short and dangerous careers of Dublin’s one-time…
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Episode 201: Crime World Live - The Dingle Whiskey Movie Club final verdict
Crime World 'boss' Nicola Tallant hosts this special, live edition of The Dingle Whiskey Movie Club from a packed Sugar Club in Dublin.Over the past five weeks…
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Episode 200: The suspected three-man hit team behind the murder of mobster Robbie Lawlor
A three-man assassination squad scouted out Irish crime boss Robbie Lawlor’s movements before carrying out his contract killing, a Belfast court has heard.The…
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Episode 199: The bugging dilemma - Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's murder trial at a crossroads
THE judges at the Special Criminal Court are set to rule on the admissibility of evidence relating to 10 hours of conversation between murder accused Gerry…
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Episode 198: The dramatic Dubai arrest of Balkan mob boss and Kinahan ally Edin Gacanin
THE arrest of a Balkan mob boss in a massive Europol co-ordinated operation against the so called 'Super Cartel' leaves just one man standing from the…
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Episode 197: Court sketch artist reveals the secrets behind the mask of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch
FOR Gerry Hutch the stakes couldn't be higher at the Special Criminal Court, where he stands accused of murder - a crime that goes with a mandatory life…
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Episode 196: 'The Disappeared' of Northern Ireland's Troubles
It was an unforgiveable crime - to murder someone and refuse to give up their body. And it became the ultimate terror threat of the IRA: “We will disappear you…
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Episode 195: The Hutch tapes - the paramilitaries and the Kinahan peace summit
The final hour of bugged conversations between Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch and Jonathan Dowdall were played to the Special Criminal Court as the prosecution and…
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Episode 194: The Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - Goodfellas and The Usual Suspects
WELCOME to the Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - a Crime World special where we will be discussing our favourite mobster movies with special guests.Each week for the…
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Episode 193: The Hutch tapes - 'Monk' on a mission to stop a tide of murder
GERRY 'The Monk' Hutch hated what organised crime had become by the time, the State say, he was headed North in a jeep with Jonathan Dowdall to facilitate the…
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Episode 192: The extraordinary surveillance tape of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch and State witness Jonathan Dowdall
CONVERSATIONS between Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch and State Witness Jonathan Dowdall were played to the Special Criminal Court today in extraordinary evidence the…
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Episode 191: Jeffrey Mitchell - heroin kingpin to tragic homeless addict
NOTORIOUS mobster Jeffrey Mitchell was found dead in a Dublin hostel after a suspected heroin overdose.The 49-year-old from Crumlin was the most prolific…
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Episode 190: The Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - Donnie Brasco and Scarface
WELCOME to the Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - a Crime World special where we will be discussing our favourite mobster movies with special guests.Each week for the…
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Episode 189: Why did secretive Garda unit destroy data relating to the tracking of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch?
A SENIOR officer from the Garda National Surveillance Unit ordered the destruction of records from a tracker device used on a jeep which, the State claim…
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Episode 188: 'Dapper Don' Christy Kinahan's complex love life and his plans to escape and set up in Zimbabwe
'Dapper Don' Christy Kinahan was planning an African escape with his partner Nessy Yildirim to Harare in Zimbabwe where he hoped to settle with his family…
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Episode 187: The north inner city neighbourhood which the State say was used by the Regency Hit team
It’s the north inner city neighbourhood which the State say was used by the Regency Hit team to gather before they headed to the north Dublin hotel.The…
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Episode 186: The Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - Casino and The City of God
Welcome to the Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - a Crime World special where we will be discussing our favourite gangster films with special guests.Each week for the…
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Episode 185: Why Gerry 'the Monk' Hutch is continuing to fight for his reputation in the court of public opinion
Gerry The Monk Hutch has vigorously defended his 'innocence and reputation' at the Special Criminal Court where he is on trial for the murder of David Byrne.In…
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The life and crimes of Kinahan hitman Imre Arakas (Repost)
A survivor of the Cold War and of the notorious Russian Gulags, Imre Arakas was an international hitman who washed up on our shores like a character dreamed up…
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Episode 184: The extradition of Imre Arakas and his doomed trip to Dublin to kill James 'Mago' Gately
He looks a far cry from the international legend first arrested in Ireland in April 2017 on a trip to murder Kinahan cartel target James ‘Mago’ Gately.Gone are…
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Episode 183: The evidence about the threats issued by the Kinahan Cartel in the wake of Regency Hotel shooting
The fear that surrounded the aftermath of the Regency Hotel attack for those who had been linked to the murder of David Byrne has been laid bare at the Special…
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Episode 182: The latest from the murder trial of Detective Garda Colm Horkan
THE trial of Stephen Silver for the murder of Detective Garda Colm Horkan is continuing at the Central Criminal Court where the motorbike mechanic has taken…
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Episode 181: How Dubai became the new Costa del Crime for the world's gangsters
It’s been a place of refuge for countless mega-rich European drug traffickers who have beaten a golden path to the luxury Gulf state of Dubai over the past 10…
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Episode 180: The murder trial of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch – Suspects under surveillance
THE trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch for the murder of Kinahan Cartel lieutenant David Byrne has focused on events that took place in the weeks following the…
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Episode 179: The Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - The Godfather I & II
WELCOME to the Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - a Crime World special where we will be discussing our favourite mobster movies with special guests.Each week for the…
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Episode 178: The story of Darkey Kelly - Witch, devil worshipper or Ireland's first female serial killer?
Witch, devil worshipper and Ireland’s first serial killer are just some of the titles that have been bestowed on Darkey Kelly over the years. Born in the 1700s…
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Episode 177: The Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - Pulp Fiction and The Departed
WELCOME to the Dingle Whiskey Movie Club - a Crime World special where we will be discussing our favourite mobster movies with special guests.Each week for the…
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Episode 176: The murder trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch - the undercover sting to recover the Regency weapons
Twenty-seven members of the Garda’s National Surveillance Unit had an operation in place on the day the State say Shane Rowan drove to Dublin to collect the…
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Episode 175: The murder trial of Detective Garda Colm Horkan
A trial at the Central Criminal Court has been hearing evidence of events surrounding the death of a Detective Garda who was shot dead with his own weapon…
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Episode 174: How the Troubles hid a history of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and security forces
Suggestions of collusion between security forces and loyalist paramilitaries has long been denied when it comes to Northern Ireland’s Troubles, but it seems…
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Episode 173: The murder trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch - The 'kill team' caught on camera
A few seconds of CCTV footage showing six men running towards what the State says was a getaway car sparked gasps from the gallery at the Special Criminal…
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Episode 172: The murder trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch - the movements of the gangland hit team
THE trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch for the murder of David Byrne has seen footage of Regency Hotel gunman Kevin 'Flat Cap' Murray enjoying a relaxed pint of…
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Episode 171: George 'The Penguin' Mitchell, the underworld bagman and the mystery godfather of crime
Underworld banker Patrick Lawlor is beginning a jail term after a court heard he was caught with drug money belonging to a 'trans-global organisation'.The…
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Episode 170: The dramatic opening to the murder trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch
GERRY 'The Monk' Hutch defiantly pleaded not guilty today as he stood accused of the murder of David Byrne at the Regency Hotel in February 2016 - the killing…
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Episode 169: The sentencing of Jonathan Dowdall for his role in the Regency Hotel murder
Jonathan Dowdall and his father Patrick were given two weeks to prepare for custodial sentences yesterday after a court heard they were to be handed over to…
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Episode 168: The undercover customs officer who infiltrated the world's most-feared drug cartels
The life of an undercover operative embedded deep in the world of drugs gangs and money launderers is far from ordinary. And it's rare we get an insight into…
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Episode 167: The secrets behind Ireland’s witness protection programme
THE secretive Witness Protection Programme has been thrust into the spotlight with the decision of Jonathan Dowdall to turn State witness against his former…
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Episode 166: Just what evidence will Jonathan Dowdall reveal in the trial of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch?
The trial of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch looks set to go ahead next week despite new witness statements and the dramatic turn around of his former co- accused…
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Episode 165: The daylight murder of Belfast drug lord Sean Fox
It took two gunmen just 21 seconds to murder drug dealer Sean Fox in a packed Belfast bar in an assassination which was meticulously planned, calm and…
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Episode 164: The Spanish trial of veteran mobster John Gilligan
IRISH gangster John Gilligan managed a smile for the cameras this week after appearing in a Spanish Court on drug charges.The trial of the 70-year-old mobster…