Episode 440: The ill-fated Lucky Day and the cocaine incident at Dunlough Bay

The half brother of one of Ireland's most notorious sex offenders has spoken about the years of abuse and rape he suffered at the hands of a sibling. Philip Murphy has long been regarded as a dangerous predator after being convicted of sinister attacks on random women in Dublin. Niall speaks to Tom Ryan about how Murphy also sexually abused him from the age of six and his long fight for justice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An RIP notice marked her passing and urged mourners to give donations to charity and bring no flowers. But gardai became suspicious of the untimely passing of serial fraudster Amy McAuley. Nicola speaks with Eimear Rabbitt about a woman who faked her own death to avoid facing theft and fraud charges. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Journalist Tanya Fowles has been credited being one of a handful of people whose interference forced the PSNI to investigate the murder of tragic showjumper Katie Simpson. In the Crime World Presents podcast series Groomed she describes how she tried to raise red flags with police after killer Jonathan Creswell told them that Katie had taken her own life. In Nicola's book Groomed she documents the lengths Tanya went to - to agitate the police and to have them held to account. Tanya continues to seek the truth in the case despite Creswell’s death. Nicola speaks with Tanya Fowles about how she is still pushing for answers five years after Katie’s tragic death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The trial of Ruth Lawrence, accused of the double murders of drug debt collectors Anthony Keegan and Eoin O’Connor, has heard that her partner Neville van der Westhuizen is currently in jail in South Africa for a brutal kidnapping and murder which took place in 2017. The murder was of a young man following a row over a mobile phone charger. The court heard, three years after the bodies of O’Connor and Keegan were found on Inchicup Island with gunshot wounds. Ruth Lawrence was extradited back from South Africa in recent years. Eamon Dillon is covering the trial. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The legal bill for the defence of Bloody Sunday murder accused Soldier F has been revealed as a whopping £4.3 million after MP Colum Eastwood lodged a parliamentary question about the publicly funded fees. Eastwood has described the figure as "sickening" while pointing out that the families of those murdered and wounded had to rely on the generosity of a law firm working for free and others who offered their support and friendship. Nicola speaks with Belfast Telegraph's Allison Morris about the case that continues to divide opinion in Northern Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.