Episode 938: Three leaders of ‘The Family’ gang arrested in major Ghost hack update

Veteran criminal John Gilligan is facing more than 11 years in prison for drug and gun charges. An indictment presented to a court in the Costa Blanca heard the 74-year-old was arrested in a villa with ketamine, cocaine and marijuana along with a firearm. Nicola speaks with Niall Donald about the pensioner and what trouble he faces in Spain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christa Pike has spent 30 years on Tennessee's death row and last month made international headlines when her execution by lethal injection was botched. Her life is a story of childhood abuse, a brutal murder, and how claims of Satanism led to her conviction. Eamon Dillon speaks to documentary maker Steve Payne, who was part of a crew that interviewed her shortly after she was sentenced to death in 1995. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gregory Fox, who brutally murdered his wife and two sons has been moved to an open prison as he gets one step closer to freedom. Fox, who is originally from Clondalkin in Dublin, killed his wife Debbie, 30, and sons Trevor, nine, and seven-year-old Killian, in July 2001. It is understood the killer was moved to Shelton Abbey in Co Wicklow this summer as part of his sentence management set out by the Parole Board. Crime World's Caoimhe Young talks to Criminal Justice academic Clare Laxton about Fox and his move to Shelton Abbey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A man once branded Ireland’s most dangerous teenager is finally ready to face justice for the murder of a harmless addict committed 16 years ago. Kurt Ryan pleaded guilty in relation to the murder of Lee Slattery, who was shot twice at close range and buried in a shallow grave in Limerick in 2010. Ryan smirked as a court heard he’d pleaded guilty to lesser charges after originally going on trial for murder. Nicola talks to Niall Donald. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gangland killer Nicky McConnell has vowed revenge after an innocent female relative was wrongly targeted in a case of drug debt intimidation. McConnell wants to identify who threw a petrol bomb destroying the car of his associate mistakingly believed to owe money. Nicola talks to Niall Donald about McConnell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.