Freddie Scappaticci ~ Stakeknife

About this episode

This episode explores the dual identity of Freddie Scappaticci, a man involved with the Provisional IRA and also a British agent known as Stakeknife.

Send us Fan Mail Episode 259 Freddie Scappaticci is a man who exists in two versions at once. In one, he is a committed member of the Provisional IRA, operating in the shadows of a conflict that reshaped Northern Ireland. A man trusted to identify informers, to protect the organisation from within, and to act when that trust was broken. In the other, he is something else entirely. A British agent, known by the codename Stakeknife, positioned at the very centre of the same organisation he is ...

People in this episode

Host: Darren

Guest: Freddie Scappaticci

Topics covered

• Northern Ireland conflict
• espionage
• identity
• IRA
• informers
• British intelligence

Keywords

• Freddie Scappaticci
• Stakeknife
• Provisional IRA
• British agent
• Northern Ireland
• espionage
• informers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Provisional IRA, British agent

Books & works: Stakeknife

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