Episode 1051: The shameful history of the Kincora Boys' Home (Part 1)

The jury in the trial of Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie who has been accused of raping a woman in Boston last year have retired to consider their verdict. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the evidence which the trial heard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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. His new book Kincora: Britain’s Shame is 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. Today, in part two of Nicola's interview with Chris Moore, they discuss the hidden layers of intrigue and secrets he uncovered as he continued his investigation into the goings-on at Kincora Boys' Home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chaotic killer Robert Roo Redmond is suspected of being the man who ordered a brutal prison attack which has left a fellow inmate in critical condition. Stephen Kearney was just weeks from his release date and in the exercise yard in recent weeks when he was set upon by at least three fellow lags and physically beaten almost to death. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about Redmond and Kearney both of whom have notorious reputation as violent and volatile men. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A possible new breakthrough in the case of missing Annie McCarrick focuses police on a theory far from the Dublin mountains where the investigation has previously been centred. A rape trial in Boston hears that DNA from the Irish firefighter accused is NOT identified in profiles taken from the victim. And the greatest criminal hangover of all times sees a man jailed eight years after he was caught with a small quantity of ecstasy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sordid sex parties fuelled by drugs, escorts trafficked into hotel rooms to perform for hours on end, and a hedonistic billionaire with an insatiable appetite for women, violence, and power. This is the world of P Diddy, which a jury has been hearing over the past four weeks as he stands trial for sexual assault and human trafficking. Nicola speaks with author and journalist Douglas Century as we round up what the jury have heard so far in the world’s most-watched trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.