Episode 1052: The shameful history of the Kincora Boys' Home (Part Two)
17 June - 39 minsJournalist 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.
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