Crime World

Bláthnaid Raleigh was just 21 when her life changed forever after a night out ended in a terrifying aggravated rape carried out by a young rugby player who she knew from her local town.When Johnathan ‘Johnny’ Moran was found guilty of the attack she waived her anonymity so that he could be named and that she could speak out for other women.Blathnaid talks to Nicola about a night of darkness that has seen her become a powerful advocate to help break silence and shame around sexual assaults.This episode contains graphic descriptions of rape and sexual assault. Anyone affected by these issues can contact the Rape Crises Centre on 1800778888. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A new genre of celebrity gangsters has emerged in recent years as criminals and killers take to the airwaves to tell their own stories often becoming Instagram and TikTok sensations.From mafia podcasters to organised crime YouTube channels it seems that gangland is finally telling its own story in its very own way.Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the changing media landscape, meaning the underworld is moving overground. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Border Fox Dessie O’Hare has walked free from Portlaoise Prison where he has served a six-year sentence for kidnap.But what next for the 67-year-old notorious terrorist who has been linked to more than 30 murders and who has a long history of violence?Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the future prospects of the yoga-loving criminal whose reputation has long gone before him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A spiritual healer or a psychic spoofer? Has convicted criminal Gareth Quinn found his true calling or is he just on the make.Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about the armed robber turned healer who promises to help the sick. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

50-year-old taxi driver Raymond Shorten who targeted vulnerable women on their way home at night will be sentenced later this month for rape.Today Shorten listened as two victim impact statements were read to a court and a Judge heard that he has already been convicted of other serious sexual offences.Crime World’s Clodagh Meaney was at the Central Criminal Court to hear the proceedings and today she talks to Nicola about the impact his crimes have had on his victims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The former deputy head of counterintelligence at the FBI, Frank Figliuzzi has spent his life tracking down spies and keeping some of America’s biggest secrets.Following his retirement from the bureau he began investigating a very specific type of serial killer - long-haul truckers.His new book, Long Haul, Frank takes to the road as he delves into profiling the suspects in a series of serial killings in which the victims were found adjacent to highways across the United states.Speaking to Clodagh Meaney at Crime Con in Nashville, Frank tells her about his career, his new book, and exactly what he thinks of the Kinahan cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James ‘Mago’ Gately’s luxury Dublin home has been declared as ‘overwhelmingly’ the proceeds of crime in the High Court.Gately, described as a key figure of the Hutch organised Crime Group, and his partner Charlene Lam lived an exotic lifestyle funded by criminal cash Judge Alex Owen’s said.Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the proceeds of crime case and the house at the centre of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A relation of infamous gang boss “Fat” Andy Connors has admitted leading Gardai on an hour-long pursuit that ended in a spectacular crash that went viral on social media.William Connors and four other younger men were lucky to escape serious injury when their stolen Audi Q5 smashed into a roundabout and flipped into a supermarket car park back in April 2022.Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about the frightening high-speed chase and the burglary gang behind it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Tayto bag tossed in a trash bin, a deft move by a murder suspect who believed he’d covered a camera and an insight into how contraband makes its way into our prison systems.Nicola chats with Niall Donald about how prison staff nabbed inmate Nicky McConnell and his cunning plan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

***This episode was originally broadcast in June 2022***A survivor of the Cold War and of the notorious Russian Gulags, Imre Arakas was an international hitman who washed up on our shores like a character dreamed up in a work of fiction. His paymaster for this trip was Daniel Kinahan, the son of Christy Kinahan Snr and director general of the Irish mafia on the Costa Del Sol where Arakas lived. He’d worked for them before and he’d always been paid swiftly and efficiently on completion of a job He’d flown into Dublin with a tent, a little camping stove, fishing rods and binoculars, looking every bit the nature lover who enjoyed holidays in the great outdoors. Despite his celebrity as an international hitman for hire, Arakas was confident that nobody would know him in Ireland and that he could pass off as a tourist. It didn’t quite work out like that though. This is his story. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.