Episode 392: The life and crimes of IRA mole ...

Ten years ago this week Ireland’s underworld would change forever with the organised crime spectacular that was The Regency Hotel.In a new six part series, Crime World has returned to the day that the unmistakable sound of shotgun fire which scattered a crowd at a boxing weigh in ...  Show more

A lifelong criminal nicknamed 'The Vet' is facing a lengthy sentence after being caught red-handed with €10.6 million worth of cocaine.Michael Murphy (61) was a key player in organised crime for decades, where he specialised in smuggling and logistics. Niall speaks to Crime World ...  Show more

Freddie Scappaticci was Britain's most highly prized IRA informant.   

His codename was 'Stakeknife' and the unit he led - ironically in charge of hunting informants like him - was called the 'nutting squad' as it shot people in the head after abducting and torturing t ...  Show more

In 2015, former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the Espionage Act by leaking details of a top-secret operation to a journalist - a charge he has always denied. Jeffrey believes that during his time at the Agency, he was dis ...  Show more

Ronen Bergman is comfortable in the company of spies. As one of Israel's foremost investigative journalists, he's been privy to the inner workings of the country's legendary intelligence community. But when he was tasked with writing a definitive history of the Mossad's targeted ...  Show more

Dr Julia Shaw unwraps Bad People’s choice of true crime podcasts in 2022. Una Mullally discusses the extraordinary story behind Obscene, a BBC podcast that examines the political scandal that erupted following the discovery of a suspected killer in the home of the Irish Attorney ...  Show more