Chapter 1: Who was Eamon Cook and why is he a controversial figure?
This is Radio Dublin on 253 metres medium wave. This is the voice of Eamon Cook. Time band time check now is at 1.32. Two minutes after half past one.
A cult-like figure in what was one of Ireland's coolest underground scenes until the late 1980s.
I actually found Eamon Cook to be like a character. From a Batman movie.
He was the captain running Ireland's most successful pirate radio station.
The one thing about Eamon Cook, he wasn't a very hygienic person. He always looked scruffy, as if he'd just come out of a tunnel.
But behind closed doors, what was Eamon Cook capable of?
That's what we always thought, that he murdered Helena, you know. You're kind of conscious at all times, at the back of your head, that this man, who found his wife dead from electrocution, is a qualified electrician.
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Chapter 2: What allegations were made against Eamon Cook?
I'm Peter Mulrhyne, and this is a story I've waited over 20 years to tell.
Yes, they were the allegations laid down against me personally.
Of a man who preyed on those around him and used his power to corrupt the most innocent.
The children were allowed into this radio station here and were indecently molested. That was the actual allegation.
A predator hiding in plain sight. And that's the first time that the hands went up under my dress, on my sleeve.
But I have a vivid memory of going in on my communion dress and being abused in my communion dress.
For almost half a century, Eamon Cook threatened, abused, intimidated and scared his victims and anyone who tried to stand up to him.
Are you threatening me? Are you threatening to kill me? He said, no, James, you're mistaken. I think you worry so much you'll put yourself in an early grave.
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Chapter 3: How did Eamon Cook manipulate and control his victims?
What struck me most was not just the abuse itself, but the extraordinary lengths he went to in order to control everything and everyone around it.
He was probably Ireland's most prolific ever child abuser.
Funny enough, Jimmy Savile came to the Radio Dublin at one stage. He actually came into the station. So there was definitely some kind of connection there.
Now, for the first time, we can tell the full story of Eamon Cook, whose criminal record stretches from the early 1950s until a little over 10 years ago.
And I think when we started dealing with him, we actually had no idea of how cunning, how ruthless and how capable he was.
Through exclusive interviews with those involved in bringing Eamon Cook to justice, this series uncovers new victims and voices that have remained silent until now.
He was going someplace and he had the Jaguar car. He put me in the back seat of the car and then there was this young child who was about six, seven, eight and he was in the front seat. You know, I thought it was his son and he sort of kind of smiled and said, no, no, no, no, he said.
And for the very first time, some of Eamon Cook's children speak out.
All we are trying to do now is live our lives, raise our children and move forward from a past that we did not choose but have been forced to carry.
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Chapter 4: What impact did Eamon Cook have on his victims and society?
From RTE Documentary Unwon, Pirate Predator is the unimaginable story you won't be able to forget.
That's our team tune there in the background, Boola Boola, courtesy of Capital Radio. This is Joe Eamon from Capital with Best Wishes, April 1978.
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And to be honest, at that point, the only solution that was evident to me was that he had to die.
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