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Episode 13: Do the Right Thing

13 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Detective Sergeant James Brannigan has one last chance to convince his bosses to launch an investigation into Katie's death. Working on his own, he c...

Episode 12: The Detective Sergeant

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Detective Sergeant James Brannigan is able to speak to this series for the first time. He reveals how a call from journalist Tanya Fowles leads him ...

Episode 11: The Recap

29 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Creswell very nearly gets away with murder. He tells police Katie Simpson had tried to take her own life. He's the hero who'd tried to save...

4. Mum

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As Cameron Finnigan is sentenced at the Old Bailey his mum speaks out. She offers a rare, painful and deeply revealing insight into families caught in...

3. Taken in 90 Seconds

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In a chilling look at how screens become crime scenes, we uncover a murder that was plotted in Romania and live streamed to 764 members worldwide.The ...

2. The Lion’s Den

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Uncovering what happens inside 764’s chatrooms and its devastating toll on victims and families who are caught in the web of a network so dangerous,...

1. The Arrest

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Teenager Cameron Finnigan from Horsham in Sussex is arrested in a dawn raid. Behind it all is a shadowy online network called 764, so dangerous it’s...

Introducing... Creation of a Teenage Satanist

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

They are a terrorist organisation who believe ‘no lives matter.’ They search for and extort children and young people, with deadly results. This i...

4. Parachuting into War with a Gramophone

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A fierce warrior turned master strategist, he led elite SAS troops on missions that shifted the tide of World War II. Decorated four times yet denied ...

3. The Power of the Unthinkable

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Blair Mayne instils a maverick form of discipline, mourns a brother-in-arms, and forms the tip of the spear to liberate Europe from the Nazis.

2. Vagabonds and Gentlemen

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the shadows of the Middle East, Blair is pulled into a secret war fought far from the headlines. Recruited by a newly formed unit known only to a f...

1. Let’s rob the bank next door...

19 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Blair Mayne floored his own boxing coach at Queen’s University in Belfast, shot a springbok on the 1938 British & Irish Lions tour, and later st...

Episode 8: Who Watches the Watchmen

10 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of two journalists who investigated an unsolved mass murder in Northern Ireland. Six men were shot dead by Loyalist paramilitaries in the He...

Episode 7: Full Disclosure

10 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of two journalists who investigated an unsolved mass murder in Northern Ireland. Six men were shot dead by Loyalist paramilitaries in the He...

Episode 6: A Short History of Spying

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When the High Court finds the warrants were unlawful, the police investigation comes to an end. But Barry is concerned that he may have been placed un...

Episode 5: Ex Parte v Inter Partes

03 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Released on bail, Barry McCaffrey and Trevor Birney begin a legal fight to challenge the legality of the warrants. Central to their case is the questi...

Episode 4: Operation Yurta

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of two journalists who investigated an unsolved mass murder in Northern Ireland.Six men were shot dead by Loyalist paramilitaries in the Hei...

Episode 3: No Stone Unturned

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of two journalists who investigated an unsolved mass murder in Northern Ireland. Six men were shot dead by Loyalist paramilitaries in the He...

Episode 1: Early One Morning

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of two journalists who investigated an unsolved mass murder in Northern Ireland. Six men were shot dead by Loyalist paramilitaries in the He...

Episode 2: Six Men Dead

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The story of two journalists who investigated an unsolved mass murder in Northern Ireland. Six men were shot dead by Loyalist paramilitaries in Loughi...

1. A Very Strange Event

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A hush-hush factory opening. No photographs allowed. A story of cover-ups, corporate espionage, fightbacks – and death ...In this series, casually s...

2. Burying Evidence

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An unmarked grave – and missing documents. What do the authorities know?In this series, casually scanning old newspaper archives, Ophelia Byrne come...

3. The "Evil Day"?

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A secretive place – but some are talking. And a dying woman decides to tell her story. Will anyone get to listen?In this series, casually scanning o...

4. Panic

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Strikes, panic, stock market shares in freefall. Corporate espionage has some very odd results.In this series, casually scanning old newspaper archive...

5. The Bodies Pile Up

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A woman types an anonymous letter. She’ll never know - but it will trigger a battle from red brick England, to the skyscrapers of Manhattan.In this ...

6. One Million Pages

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Strange packages arriving from the US - and a terrible death prompts a woman to take action for her family.In this series, casually scanning old newsp...

7. Guilty Knowledge

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The teams prepare for court battle but are finding it tough – until the phone rings.In this series, casually scanning old newspaper archives, Opheli...

8. The Poisoned Children

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Casually scanning through old newspaper archives, Ophelia Byrne comes across an odd headline: “Hush hush process in Ballyclare firm.” The newspape...

9. Frozen

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Into the present – and people are still dying…In this series, casually scanning old newspaper archives, Ophelia Byrne comes across an odd headline...

10. Back to Ballyclare

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A new campaign - and a return to that small town story where it all began.In this series, casually scanning old newspaper archives, Ophelia Byrne come...

Episode 1: Death Becomes Him

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Doctor John Bodkin Adams enters the frame. A Northern Irish doctor with a foreboding personality, and big aspirations to go with it. Life in Eastbourn...

Episode 2: A Fatal Practice

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Death, death and more death. A high profile arrest shines a spotlight on some surprising goings on among Eastbourne patients. Brash and determined ‘...

Episode 3: Echoes of Trust

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A clear picture emerges of how deeply entrenched in the lives of his patients, the ‘good doctor’ was. Was this all-consuming trust and care, or so...

Episode 4: The Trial of the Century

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Doctor John Bodkin Adams finds himself in the Old Bailey, in front of the imposing Judge Lord Devlin. The country is hooked by revelation after revela...

Episode 5: A Gay Love Triangle?

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Salacious gossip of an ignorant era, or the underlying’s of corruption and control? We discover surprising claims of passion and companionship that ...

Episode 6: The ‘Double Effect’

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A possible new motive becomes apparent. After all this time, was the driving force behind Dr John Bodkin Adams actually compassion and kindness? Have ...

Episode 7: The Final Judgement

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The verdict is in and the country is stunned. Further revelations on the actions of Dr Adams become apparent but they do little to change the directio...

Episode 8

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vinny Hurrell is joined by a panel of experts and an audience to discuss Doctor John Bodkin Adams and series. Who may have had a lucky escape? Why wer...

Episode 10: Justice Denied

07 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Katie will never get justice, but the fight for her legacy beginsThe inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestrian community. Wh...

Episode 9: The Trial

07 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Now the jury finds out why…The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestrian community. When a promising showjumper Katie Simp...

Episode 8: New Team

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This day might never have come, if not for a call…The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestrian community. When a promisin...

Episode 7: Getting away with it

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Creswell is managing the narrative – his future freedom depends on it.The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestrian commun...

Episode 6: The Unravelling

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The mask slips when the red mist descends.The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestrian community. When a promising showjump...

Episode 5: The Women

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The women are told a story.The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestrian community. When a promising showjumper Katie Simpso...

Episode 4: Red Flags

23 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Creswell misleads police… others try to warn them.The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestrian community. When a...

Episode 3: His Priorities

23 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The panic in Jonathan's voice from the emergency call has been replaced by practicality.The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s e...

Episode 2: Covering Tracks

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jonathan Creswell is told to follow the ambulance, but instead he turns for home.The inside story of a crime that rocked Northern Ireland’s equestri...

Episode 1: A Wanted Man

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Horse trainer Jonathan Creswell is able to break and control animals that others just can’t. His partner’s sister Katie Simpson, has a bright eque...

Episode 8: A Heritage of Fear

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

June 1989, a family in West Belfast claim they are being tormented by a violent presence that seems hellbent on driving them from their home.Reggie co...

Episode 7: Forbidden Ground

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In June 1989, a family in West Belfast claimed they were being tormented by a violent presence that seemed hellbent on driving them from their home –...

Episode 5: A Night in the House

09 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In June 1989, a family in West Belfast claimed they were being tormented by a violent presence that seemed hellbent on driving them from their home –...

Episode 6: The Investigator

09 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In June 1989, a family in West Belfast claimed they were being tormented by a violent presence that seemed hellbent on driving them from their home –...

Episode 3: The Priest

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In June 1989, a family in West Belfast claimed they were being tormented by a violent presence that seemed hellbent on driving them from their home –...

Episode 4: The Ghosts of Others

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In June 1989, a family in West Belfast claimed they were being tormented by a violent presence that seemed hellbent on driving them from their home –...

Episode 1: The House

26 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

June 1989. A family in West Belfast claim they are being tormented by a violent presence that seems determined to drive them from their home. The loca...

Episode 2: The Book

26 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In June 1989, a family in West Belfast claimed they were being tormented by a violent presence that seemed hellbent on driving them from their home –...

Episode 1: The Search

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Gordon Adair is waiting on a call from a contact – a former IRA prisoner who has spent nearly 30 years trying to locate the remains of Ca...

Episode 2: The Contact

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Journalist Gordon Adair has had a secret contact for a long time, a former Republican prisoner who ended his involvement with paramilitaries in the la...

Episode 1: A Noise in the Night

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When Belfast-born sound mixer Peter Devlin leaves a recorder running overnight while working on a movie in Greystone Mansion, Beverly Hills – he cap...

Episode 2: The Wild West

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The police close their investigation into the deaths of Ned Doheny and his secretary Hugh Plunkett, deciding it is a clear case of murder-suicide, but...

Episode 3: Black Gold in Mexico

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Sent south by a railway company in search of oil, Doheny and Canfield head into the jungles west of Tampico on horseback and soon discover vast tracts...

Episode 4: The Teapot Dome Scandal

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When the United States wants to increase its military presence at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, a lucrative deal worth millions presents itself to Doheny t...

Episode 5: Greystone Mansion

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Accused of bribery, Edward Doheny is feeling the pressure. Facing an uncertain future, he decides to start selling some of his vast oil business. Albe...

Episode 6: February 16th, 1929

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

9.30pm, Doheny avenue, Beverly Hills. A dark blue car approaches the gates of Greystone Mansion. The guard at the gates recognises the driver – it’...

Episode 7: Five Theories

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The morning after the tragic events at Greystone, detective Leslie T White brings his concerns about the evidence to District Attorney Burton Fitts. W...

Episode 8: In Forensic Detail

15 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Clark W Fogg investigated crime scenes with the Beverly Hills Police Department for nearly 40 years – what can he reveal about evidence found at Gre...

Episode 1: It’s On!

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 2: Through Glasses Darkly

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 3: Of Lunchboxes and Giros

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 4: Carnage

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At a press briefing, phones suddenly start ringing. Utterly shocking news is breaking.

Episode 5: Power Games

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 6: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 7: Anarchy in (part of) the UK

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 8: The Wayside

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 9: That Speech

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 10: It’s Over

11 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Writer Glenn Patterson finds out how, in May 1974, a tiny band of loyalists and unionists over fourteen days stages a strike that paralyses Northern I...

Episode 4: Trigger

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 1: A History of Control

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 2: Lovebombing

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 3: Living with Control

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 5: Escalation

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 6: A Change in Thinking

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 7: Planning.

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 8: Homicide

16 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Presented by actor Amybeth McNulty (Anne with an E, Stranger Things) this eight-part series investigates why women continue to be murdered and what co...

Episode 1: Leaks and Lies

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The award-winning drama returns for a new se...

Episode 2: Of Bombs and Bank Robberies

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The award-winning drama returns for a new se...

Episode 3: A Game of Risk

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The award-winning drama returns for a new se...

Episode 4: To Catch a Ghost

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer operating at the outset of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The award-winning drama returns for a new se...

Episode 1: The Letter

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Kernohan decides to find out if a letter, held by his family for generations, really does reveal the location of a murder victim’s remains in ...

Episode 2: The House

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Kernohan decides to find out if a letter, held by his family for generations, really does reveal the location of a murder victim’s remains in ...

Episode 3: I Killed Him There

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Kernohan decides to find out if a letter, held by his family for generations, really does reveal the location of a murder victim’s remains in ...

Episode 4: The Search

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Kernohan decides to find out if a letter, held by his family for generations, really does reveal the location of a murder victim’s remains in ...

Episode 5: The Dig

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Kernohan decides to find out if a letter, held by his family for generations, really does reveal the location of a murder victim’s remains in ...

Episode 6: What Lies Beneath

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Brian Kernohan decides to find out if a letter, held by his family for generations, really does reveal the location of a murder victim’s remains in ...

Episode 7: Sins of the Father

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?

Episode 8: The Final Dig

07 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What if someone confessed to a murder and told you where the body was buried?

Episode 1: Paradise

05 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Days after their dream wedding, John and Michaela McAreavey arrive on the beautiful island of Mauritius, unaware of the horror that awaits them. As Jo...

Episode 4: Tales Of Torture

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The investigation is rocked by a claim that could alter the entire outcome of the case. ‘They tortured me, they beat me, they held my head under wat...

Episode 2: Can't Beat A Confession

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shortly after the murder, police arrest multiple suspects who worked in the hotel. A confession is made in the presence of law enforcement and a lawye...

Episode 3: A Botched Investigation

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Serious allegations of failures within the investigation are made and the police come under intense scrutiny. Did the officers looking into Michaela’...

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