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Aug 11, 2025 · 53 min
Episode 1133: Talking with Serial Killers - Murderous Medics (extract)
Released in the aftermath of nurse Lucy Letby's conviction in August 2023 for the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of six others, Talking with Serial Killers: Murderous Medics sheds light on the phenomenon of murders committed by doctors and other medical professionals, including Dr Harold Shipman, the UK's most prolific serial killer. The following is an extract from bestselling author Christopher Berry-Dee’s latest book, published by Bonnier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 11, 2025 · 40 min
Episode 1132: How a cold case team solved a 35-year-old murder using a cigarette butt
A mum of 11 is brutally murdered in her home after a night out and Police Scotland draw a blank as to who could have killed her. Now, 40 years on, a new book reveals how the murder of Mary McLaughlin was finally solved after her killer was identified through a cigarette butt and a strand of DNA on a rope. Nicola speaks to crime journalist Ju8797 with Gina McGavin tells the incredible story of one of Scotland’s most fascinating cold cases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 8, 2025 · 9 min
Episode 1131: Inside Belmarsh - Banged Up in Britain's Toughest Prison (extract)
Following on from the bestselling Inside Broadmoor and Inside Wakefield Prison, Jonathan Levi and Emma French navigate Britain's toughest and most renowned prison: Belmarsh. Through gangs, drugs, attacks, and redemption, Inside Belmarsh: Banged Up in Britain's Toughest Prison is the unfiltered story of the deadly prisoners that lie within. It’s the latest book in the Inside Prison series, published by Bonnier, and you can also listen to snippets from Inside Broadmoor and Inside Wakefield on the Crime World feed now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 8, 2025 · 1 hr 20 min
Episode 1130: Web of Betrayal - Murder in Ireland's brutal gangland (extract)
A murder in Belfast of gangland’s most wanted man, Robbie Lawlor, uncovers a web of betrayal that spans out across the Irish underworld and beyond. Follow a bloody trail that leads all the way into the heart of one of the worst gang feuds Ireland has ever seen which culminates in the Narco-style dismemberment of a teenage boy, Keane Mulready-Woods. And as the curtain is pulled back on the inner workings of the world of organised crime, a cast of ruthless characters take centre stage for their place in a double cross plot that reads like a fast-paced thriller. The following is an audio extract from my book, 'Web of Betrayal', which is available on Audible, Apple, and Spotify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 7, 2025 · 25 min
Episode 1129: Inside Wakefield - Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion (extract)
Britain’s toughest prison HMP Wakefield is known to many as the ‘Monster Mansion’, housing some of the most dangerous criminals in the country. Serial killers Harold Shipman and Levi Bellfield once spent time inside its cells and some 750 prisoners are kept there today. In this extract from Inside Wakefield Prison: Life Behind Bars in the Monster Mansion, Jonathan Levi and Emma French trace Wakefield’s dark and sinister history through the years. It’s the second instalment of the Inside Prison series, published by Bonnier, and you can also hear snippets from Inside Broadmoor and Inside Belmarsh on the Crime World feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 7, 2025 · 38 min
Episode 1128: Double Cross - Justice?
Three men have been arrested and charged for their involvement in the murder of Robbie Lawlor. Who are the suspects, and why are they the only people before the courts? This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2025 · 22 min
Episode 1127: Inside Broadmoor - Up Close and Personal with Britain's Most Dangerous Criminals (extract)
For over 150 years, Broadmoor has contained the UK's most violent, dangerous and psychopathic. Since opening as an asylum for the criminally insane in 1863, it’s housed sinister individuals like Jack the Ripper suspect James Kelly, serial killer Peter Sutcliffe (aka the Yorkshire Ripper), and cannibal Peter Bryan. TV journalist Jonathan Levi and cultural historian Emma French share the full story of the high-security hospital in Inside Broadmoor, including accounts from staff, patients, and experts. Listen to an extract from the first instalment of the Inside Prison series, published by Bonnier, here before checking out Inside Wakefield Prison and Inside Belmarsh on the Crime World feed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 6, 2025 · 27 min
Episode 1126: Double Cross - Conspiracy
Police in Northern Ireland assemble a list of twenty people under investigation for the murder of Robbie Lawlor. While some of the names are very familiar, others are not. This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 5, 2025 · 58 min
Episode 1125: Cocaine Cowboys - The Deadly Rise of Ireland's Drug Lords (extract)
How did the cocaine trade infiltrate Ireland and evolve into a billion-euro empire after the drug first washed ashore on Cork's rugged coast? From the country's first cocaine lord and his attempts to establish a direct route from Miami to Dublin to the modern-day violence that led to the brutal dismemberment of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, this is an extract from my book, Cocaine Cowboys. Listen to the full story wherever you get your audiobooks or get your hands on a copy in all good bookstores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 5, 2025 · 20 min
Episode 1124: Double Cross - Old Friends
Robbie Lawlor's time in Belfast is short. In the aftermath of his death, who is in the frame for his murder? This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 4, 2025 · 25 min
Episode 1123: Manhunt - The Night Stalker (extract)
Delroy Grant was one of Britain’s most wanted men – a shocking sex predator known as the Night Stalker. He had been at large for a seventeen-year reign of terror, visiting his victims after dark before committing despicable sexual assaults in their homes. In Manhunt: The Night Stalker, detective Colin Sutton reveals how the Metropolitan Police brought one one of London’s most feared monsters to justice. The following is an audio extract from the book, published by Bonnier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 4, 2025 · 20 min
Episode 1122: Double Cross - North of the Border
After the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods, Robbie Lawlor heads to Belfast and a whole new world of trouble. This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 1, 2025 · 42 min
Episode 1121: The Yank - My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA (extract)
In April 1975, a young Irish-American from Long Island headed on a mission to enlist in an elite unit of the US Marine Corps. His goal: to receive the most intensive and rigorous military training possible, and then move to Ireland to join the IRA and fight to end British occupation of the north. John Crawley has lived an extraordinary life – working with notorious American mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger before working with the IRA in an attempt to knock out England’s power supply in a bomb plot gone wrong. Here’s an extract from his memoir The Yank: My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA, published by Merrion Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Aug 1, 2025 · 21 min
Episode 1120: Double Cross - Just A Kid
Robbie Lawlor's response to the taunting of the teenagers who stole his gym bag could not have been predicted — the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods shocked the world. This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in December 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 31, 2025 · 21 min
Episode 1119: Stakeknife's Dirty War (extract)
The Troubles’ most notorious and sinister figure Freddie Scappaticci was the ‘jewel in the crown’ of a British infiltration system designed to cause mayhem and chaos in the IRA’s military operations from the late 1970s through to his eventual exposure in 2003. Codenamed Stakeknife, he headed the IRA’s secretive Internal Security Unit – also known as the ‘Nutting Squad’. His former comrades reveal extraordinary details about Scappaticci, state-sanctioned murder, and the political scandal that brought him down in Stakeknife’s Dirty War. The following is an extract from the sensational book by Richard O’Rawe, published by Merrion Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 31, 2025 · 22 min
Episode 1118: Double Cross - Chopper
Robbie Lawlor's involvement in the burgeoning Drogheda feud sparks fear amongst the gardaí, while his erratic and violent behaviour terrifies those close to him. This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in December 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 30, 2025 · 25 min
Episode 1117: Kincora - Britain's Shame (extract)
Journalist Chris Moore spent his career digging into the details of a story he first came across as a young BBC journalist in the 1980s. This is an extract from his new book Kincora: Britain’s Shame – a culmination of a decades-long investigation which weaves a tangled web of sexual abuse in a boys' home in Belfast with the murky workings of MI5 and the secret activities of Lord Henry Mountbatten. If you liked this, why not check out my chat with Chris in the Crime World studio earlier this year, where we discuss the origins of Kincora Boys' Home and the predators that worked there. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 30, 2025 · 25 min
Episode 1116: Double Cross - Loose Cannon
How did Robbie Lawlor earn his fearsome reputation as a cold-blooded killer? Nicola looks at his early crimes and the ruthless murders that made his name. This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in November 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 29, 2025 · 14 min
Episode 1115: Justice For My Father (extract)
Austin Stack was just 14 when his dad was shot and left with horrific life altering injuries at the hands of an IRA assassin. He survived for 18 months before dying from complications. Now 42 years on, Austin says he would like to look his father’s killers in the eye and tell them how his death has affected him. Here is an extract from his book Justice for My Father, which is published by Bonnier and available bookshops and audio streaming now. If you liked this, why not check out my chat with Austin in the Crime World studio earlier this year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jul 29, 2025 · 20 min
Episode 1114: Double Cross - Etna Drive
When Robbie Lawlor was murdered outside a house in the Ardoyne area of Belfast in April 2020, reporters were left with more questions than answers. What was one of Ireland's most feared criminals doing in the north? Why had he crossed the border? Who had the audacity to arrange for him to be shot while up there? Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in November 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.