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The TRUTH About The SHANKILL BUTCHERS
Apr 28, 2026
24m 36s
SOUTH ARMAGH IRA SHOOT AT IRISH COP - Ex Garda John O' Brien Tells His Story
Apr 26, 2026
1h 45m 03s
DERRY IRA MAN TELLS HIS STORY
Mar 30, 2026
2h 21m 14s
FEAR & LOATHING IN TROUBLES-BELFAST | LSD, Riots & Solidering in The IRA's Backyard | Stu Griffiths
Mar 24, 2026
1h 34m 26s
Son Of Stakeknife Victim Speaks Out | Paul Wilson On Father's PIRA M*rder & His Search For Answers
Mar 9, 2026
1h 23m 36s
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| Date | Episode | Description | Length | ||||||
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| 4/28/26 |  The TRUTH About The SHANKILL BUTCHERS | Send us Fan Mail In this clip from our upcoming episode, historian and author, Dr. Gareth Mulvenna talks about some of the myths and half-truths that surround the Shankill Butchers, a group of UVF members who terrorized Belfast's catholic community during the height of the troubles. FULL EPISODE COMING SOON BUY GARETH'S BOOK : https://www.amazon.com/Tartan-Gangs-Paramilitaries-Loyalist-Backlash/dp/1781383251 | 24m 36s | ||||||
| 4/26/26 |  SOUTH ARMAGH IRA SHOOT AT IRISH COP - Ex Garda John O' Brien Tells His Story | Send us Fan Mail Retired Garda (Irish police) John O' Brien joins us once again, this time to discuss his career as a police officer during the most dangerous times in recent Irish history. He tells us about his posting in "the south" along the border with the conflicts' most notorious area, South Armagh, better known to some as "Bandit Country". Despite the IRA's rule against engaging Irish state forces John was fired at as he and his colleague gave chase and the two Gardai were lucky to es... | 1h 45m 03s | ||||||
| 3/30/26 |  DERRY IRA MAN TELLS HIS STORY | Send us Fan Mail Christopher “Pinta” McKnight grew up in Derry’s Bogside as this city erupted in violence and as a 15 year old boy he lied about his age and joined the Provisional IRA. Chris talks to us about his life in the IRA which included moving weapons and explosives as a young member , training camps in the Donegal Mountains and working closely with one of the troubles most notorious figures, Martin McGuinness. He tells us about his time on the “blanket protest” and being in Long Kesh ... | 2h 21m 14s | ||||||
| 3/24/26 |  FEAR & LOATHING IN TROUBLES-BELFAST | LSD, Riots & Solidering in The IRA's Backyard | Stu Griffiths | Send us Fan Mail Stuart Griffiths is an ex-british paratrooper who was stationed in Belfast and East Tyrone during the late 80s/early 90s. His book “Pigs Disco” explores the sub-culture of hard dr*g use in his regiment including LSD and other substances which would get a soldier kicked out of the army. He speaks about the reality of life on patrol in some of Belfast’s most hostile areas, facing both the IRA and also a population who had particular contempt for the parachute regiment, for obv... | 1h 34m 26s | ||||||
| 3/9/26 |  Son Of Stakeknife Victim Speaks Out | Paul Wilson On Father's PIRA M*rder & His Search For Answers | Send us Fan Mail In June 1987, Thomas Emanuel Wilson, a member of the Official IRA, was abducted and subsequently m*rdered by the Provisional IRA’s “nutting squad”. Like so many of the killings involving Freddie Scappaticci, better known as “Agent Stakeknife”, the victim was lifted and m*rdered on the pretense of being an informer or a “tout”, but he wasn’t. Paul Wilson was a very young child when his father was m*rdered and since taken it upon himself to dig as deep as he can to find ... | 1h 23m 36s | ||||||
| 2/9/26 |  DID THE UVF ACT ALONE ?? | Irish Cop Investigates The Worst Attack of The Troubles | John O' Brien | Send us Fan Mail John O’Brien is a retired Detective Chief Superintendent of An Garda Síochána, the national police service of Ireland. Over the course of a distinguished policing career that spanned more than 38 years, he held a succession of senior operational and strategic leadership roles. John also served as National Head of Interpol and Europol, playing a pivotal role in fostering cooperation between Irish law enforcement and international policing organisations. His assessmen... | 1h 33m 27s | ||||||
| 1/25/26 |  CATHOLIC PRIEST HELPS IRA PRISON ESCAPE | Ex-Republican Prisoner Tells The Story | Send us Fan Mail **NOT A CLIP FROM MARTIN'S LAST INTERVIEW** Ex-republcian prisoner Martin McAllister joins us again to share the story of one of the IRA's most brazen and risky one-man prison escapes, an escape that was masterminded & executed in the space of 2 hours. It resulting in an IRA man walking straight out of the British internment camp, all while being assisted, unwittingly, by one of the top prison guards. Martin, not content with having once taken part in a mass-jail... | 32m 10s | ||||||
| 1/21/26 |  Ex-RUC Officer Reflects On A Career Spent In Conflict | Sam Thompson | Send us Fan Mail For the episode I’m joined by ex Royal Ulster Constabulary and PSNI officer Sam Thompson. Sam spent his teen years growing up in a 1970s Belfast and remembers seeing his city descend into chaos and violence as the conflict erupted. Despite this Sam elected to join the police force which brought him face to face with danger in some of Northern Ireland’s most deadly areas including East Tyrone, Armagh and Springfield Road in Belfast. Sam shares stories about narrowly avoiding ... | 1h 53m 05s | ||||||
| 12/17/25 |  SOUTH ARMAGH IRA MAN TELLS HIS STORY | Prison Breaks, Ambushes and Robert Nairac | Martin McAllister | Send us Fan Mail For this episode I'm joined by ex- South Armagh man Martin McAllister who you may have seen in the recent BBC documentary on Captain Robert Nairac. Martin shares his experiences including guerrilla warfare in the fields of South Armagh, being part of one of the IRA's biggest prison escapes and being shot while attempting to ambush British soldiers. He tells us about the british army medic who intervened and potentially stopped his fellow troops from k*lling Martin and how th... | 1h 30m 54s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 |  HUGH JORDAN - Journalist | D*ath Threats, Running Sources & Conflict in 1990s Belfast | Send us Fan Mail My guest for this week is long-time Belfast -based journalist, Hugh Jordan. Hugh explains what being a journalist was like during some of Belfast's most turbulent years as elements of the Loyalist and Republican paramilitaries tried to derail the peace-process and plunge the North back into violence. Hugh tells us about how he acquired and kept his sources during this time, often members of the IRA, UVF, UDA and more. He speaks about the dangers that come with his role, thre... | 1h 51m 49s | ||||||
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| 11/10/25 |  The Man Who Led The Black & Tans | Churchill's Man in Ireland - Henry Tudor | Send us Fan Mail This week I'm joined by the author of "An Accidental Villain: A Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile", Linden MacIntyre. This book explores the life of Henry Hugh Tudor, a close friend of Winston Churchill who, during the height of Irish War Of Independence, was appointed as the de-facto chief of police (RIC) in Ireland which put him charge of arguably the single most hated group in Irish history - "the Black and Tans". BUY THE BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Accidental-Vill... | 59m 40s | ||||||
| 10/12/25 |  FIGHTING TO FIND PEACE | Eamon McAuley's Story - Growing Up In Ardoyne During The Troubles | Send us Fan Mail My guest for this episode is Eamon McAuley, a former professional boxer from Ardoyne and author of “Fighting to Find Peace”. Eamon was born in Belfast just before “the troubles” erupted and has experienced a childhood unique to his place and time. From arms dumps on his street to his great uncle being brutally m*rdered by the infamous Shankill Butchers, Eamon’s life is one that has been shaped, in many ways, by the conflict that surrounded him. Eamon also shares many ... | 1h 24m 12s | ||||||
| 9/9/25 |  IRELAND DURING WW2 - WHOSE SIDE WERE THEY REALLY ON ?? | Send us Fan Mail For this episode I am joined by author and historian, John Crotty. John has researched extensively the subject of Irelands neutrality during WW2 and the actions the Irish govt took that broke neutrality in favor of the allied side. We discuss the efforts that the IRA of the time made to collaborate with the Germans, how the Irish govt took extreme measures against the republicans (including internment and execution) and DeVelera’s decision to offer condolences after the deat... | 1h 41m 58s | ||||||
| 8/19/25 |  Martin Galvin Tells His Story | Adams, McGuinness & Did NORAID Fund The IRA ? | Send us Fan Mail Martin Galvin is the former publicity director of The Irish Northern Aid Committee, better known as "NORAID", and to many, the face of the group. A proud Irish-American, Martin joined NORAID in 1976 and, along-side his day job as a district attorney, worked tirelessly to bring awareness to the American public and political leadership about Irish republicanism and the injustices suffered by the people of Northern Ireland. He was barred from entering Northern Ireland and defie... | 1h 35m 18s | ||||||
| 8/6/25 |  The IRA's Secret American Army | How Irish America Armed The Provos & How The FBI/ATF Took Them Down | Send us Fan Mail My guest for this episode is Ali Watkins, author of “This Next One’s For You”, a book which explores the world of Irish-American gun-running in the early days of the troubles in Philadelphia and New York and how this impacted the conflict. We discuss Clan na Gael, an Irish-American group that pre-date the IRA and how they have been aiding the Irish Republican movement for decades and their efforts to arm the Provos however they could. Ali tells us about the methods they used... | 56m 53s | ||||||
| 7/15/25 |  WILL BLOODY SUNDAY'S "SOLDIER F" BE CONVICTED ? | Human Rights Lawyer Lays Out The Case | Send us Fan Mail For this special episode I’m joined by Ciaran Shiels, human rights lawyer for the Madden & Finucane law firm. For almost 30 years, Ciaran he has represented the majority of the Families and Wounded throughout the Saville Inquiry, the subsequent civil actions, and in all of the Judicial Review challenges related to the criminal investigations and prosecutions of those responsible for the shootings of 27 unarmed young men and a woman on Bloody Sunday, as well as... | 3h 01m 49s | ||||||
| 6/22/25 |  BELFAST LOYALIST JOHNNY ADAIR Tells His Story | UDA C. COMPANY, Collusion & Surviving IRA Sho*ting | Send us Fan Mail For this episode I'm joined by a man well known ex-loyalist paramilitary and one-time leader of the Lower Shankill Road's infamous UDA (Ulster Defence Association), Johnny Adair. Johnny speaks about his growing up in Belfast during some of it's most turbulent and violent times, his lifelong friend with UDA k*ller Sam McCrory and he came to join, and later lead the Lower Shankill Road's UDA C- Company. We discussed his days as an active paramilitary, his many near brus... | 2h 56m 45s | ||||||
| 5/25/25 |  BRITAIN'S BIGGEST MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE ? | The Story Of The Birmingham 6 | Chris Mullin | Send us Fan Mail For this week's episode I'm joined by ex-investigative journalist and MP, Chris Mullin, who though his efforts, was able to help free the falsely convicted Irishmen known as "the Birmingham 6". We speak about the sequence of events on the November 21st 1974 which left a mark on the city and people of Birmingham, k*lling 21 people and injuring over 200 and how the 6 innocent men ended up in prison for this heinous IRA b*mnbing. Chris also talks about his own involvement in t... | 1h 02m 09s | ||||||
| 5/20/25 |  JUSTICE FOR MY FATHER'S IRA M*RDER | Son Of Irish Prison Guard K*lled by IRA Tells His Story | Send us Fan Mail This week I’m joined by Austin Stack, son of murdered Portlaoise Maximum Secruity Prison Officer, Brian Stack, who was shot and later died after a planned IRA attack in 1983. Austin tells us about the night his father was shot, what his life was like in the 18 months between Brian being sh*t in the head and his eventual passing and how he would later come to a place of forgiveness. I asked Austin about his quest for truth surrounding his father’s death, those who were invol... | 1h 58m 25s | ||||||
| 5/13/25 |  MEETING "THE DISAPPEARED" - Irish Priest Gives (Last?) Confession To M*rdered IRA Man, Joe Lynsky | Send us Fan Mail This week I’m joined once again by Fr. Sean McManus, Fermanagh priest who shared with us the story of meeting IRA intel officer, Joe Lynsky prior to his eventual execution and the hands of his fellow Provos. Fr McManus didn’t know it at the time but it would transpire, decades later, that he had likely given Lynsky his last confession before he became one of the IRA’s 17 “disappeared”, 13 of which have had their bodies recovered but not Lynsky. 00:00 Joe Lynsky’s... | 31m 13s | ||||||
| 5/6/25 |  MARTIN McGUINNESS & The DERRY IRA | Jon Trigg (Author of "Death In Derry") | The Troubles | Send us Fan Mail For this episode I’m joined once again by author and ex-solider, Jon Trigg to speak about his new book “Death In Derry” which tells the story of the Derry IRA and it’s perpetual leader, Martin McGuinness. Jon joined us last year when he released “Death In The Fields”, his excellent book on the East Tyrone IRA, for what was one of my personal favorite interviews. Jon tells us about Derry’s significance in Irish history as well as “the troubles” period itself. We discuss Mart... | 3h 09m 51s | ||||||
| 3/12/25 |  Women Of The Troubles | B*mbers, Assassins & Victims| Martin Dillon, Author | Send us Fan Mail For this episode I'm speaking with Martin Dillon, well renowned author and journalist who has spent his career writing about the conflict in the North of Ireland. Martin's latest book, "The Sorrow and The Loss" deals with the women of the troubles and how the conflict affected the lives of the area's females including those who become combatants themselves , those whose husband/partners were in a paramilitary group, members of the security forces and much more. We speak abou... | 1h 20m 36s | ||||||
| 2/19/25 |  HUNTING DESSIE O'HARE, IRA Training Camps & The Irish Special Forces | Kevin McDonald, Ex Irish Army | Send us Fan Mail My guest this week is ex Irish Defence Forces soldier Kevin McDonald. Kevin served in Irelands Special Forces during the conflict that rocked the island. Kevin tells us about his involvement in the one of the biggest man hunts in the state’s history when INLA kidnapper Dessie O’ Hare was on the run. He shares with us the atmosphere amongst his fellow soldiers as they searched for one of the North’s most infamous paramilitaries. Kevin talks about IRA training camps in the&nb... | 1h 14m 08s | ||||||
| 12/9/24 |  LOUGHLINISLAND MASSACRE | U.V.F , Collusion & Press Freedom |Trevor Birney | Send us Fan Mail On June 18th 1994 while watching Ireland play in the World Cup, 6 completely innocent men were slaughtered by a loyalist paramilitary gunman who sprayed the bar with an assault rifle in an act of cold blooded sectarianism. Trevor Birney's book, "Shooting Crows" tells the storey of this tragic event, the hatred and bitterness that provide the basis for it, the history of loyalist collusion with various security forces branches, the arms shipment that the weapons came i... | 56m 34s | ||||||
| 11/24/24 |  BANDIT COUNTRY & THE SOUTH ARMAGH IRA | Toby Harnden (Author Of "Bandit Country") | Send us Fan Mail Toby Harnden is the author of one of the best-selling and well regarded books on the IRA and the troubles, “Bandit Country”. Toby’s book lifted the lid on the area where is was most dangerous to be a British soldier in during the conflict and the IRA brigade that made it that way. One of my most requested guests and an author that I’ve been dying to speak to, Toby and I spoke about their history, actions & legacy as well as the reasons why this small rural area was the th... | 2h 42m 49s | ||||||
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5 placements across 4 markets.
Chart Positions
5 placements across 4 markets.