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Disclosure Investigates
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Gripping true stories unearthed by the award-winning Disclosure team.
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Intrigue: Lockerbie - Myles’ New Series
4w ago00:29:47Tap to summarizeToday we’re sharing the first episode of Myles’ new series in another BBC podcast, Intrigue: Lockerbie.One of the world's longest running conspiracies. Who was really behind the Lockerbie bombing?On 21 December 1988, a plane explodes over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people. A Libyan man, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, is convicted.Despite a global investigation Megrahi's conviction, and the failed appeals that followed, are still tainted - for some - with doubt and conspiracy theory. Myles Bonnar wants to find out why.Now, almost four decades on; fresh evidence and a new trial. The alleged bomb maker Abu Agila Masud is in custody, with a trial expected to begin any day. He denies any involvement in the Lockerbie bombing.Journalist Myles Bonnar (Dead Man Running, Shiny Bob) picks apart the original investigation and finds himself in a world full of militant groups, top secret files and grieving families who will never give up on the pursuit of the truth.This is Episode 1 of Lockerbie - to hear the rest of the series right now, search for ‘Intrigue’ on BBC Sounds.Intrigue - 'jaw-dropping', 'gripping', 'bingeable,' 'thrilling' - is the home to dramatic true stories and investigations that reveal how the world really works.
Transcribe →Charmain and the Prophet: 6. Afterlife
Jun 2500:33:19Tap to summarizeAfter the team uncover another crack in Eric Adusah’s story to police, Myles heads to the United States to finally face the Prophet.
Transcribe →Charmain and the Prophet: 5. Significant Others
Jun 1800:42:30Tap to summarizeWomen come forward to tell of the Prophet’s past before his quick marriage to Charmain. Is Eric Adusah the pious preacher he portrays himself as?
Transcribe →Charmain and the Prophet: 4. Visitors in the Night
Jun 1100:41:54Tap to summarizeMyles and team travel to Ghana to investigate what happened to Charmain in Room 112 and find a hotel worker who witnessed something suspicious the night she was last seen alive.
Transcribe →Charmain and the Prophet: 3. Room 112
Jun 400:30:00Tap to summarizeAfter Charmain’s body is found in a hotel bathtub in Ghana, Myles and the team trace her final steps in the weeks before her death and hear the Prophet’s side of the story.
Transcribe →Charmain and the Prophet: 2. ‘Til Death Do Us Part
May 2800:37:53Tap to summarizeThe honeymoon period doesn’t last long for the newlyweds as family and friends suspect something is off about the Prophet.
Transcribe →Charmain and the Prophet: 1. Whirlwind
May 2100:41:14Tap to summarizeCharmain embarks on a whirlwind romance with a Prophet. Marriage is quickly on the cards until a grave warning puts fear into the bride-to-be.
Transcribe →Charmain and the Prophet: Trailer
May 1400:02:29Tap to summarizeA whirlwind marriage to a Prophet. A mysterious death. A search for the truth. What happened to Charmain Speirs? And who really is the Prophet?
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Matched With A Predator: 5. Against The Odds
Nov 1400:37:18Tap to summarizeAs the dust settles, questions begin to emerge about whether Harkins could have been stopped sooner. Another woman makes a startling realisation that could have changed everything.
Transcribe →Matched With A Predator: 4. The Trial
Nov 700:28:07Tap to summarizeThe full extent of Harkins’ abuse is revealed as he stands trial, and his crimes go far beyond fraud. Even the journalist who exposed him is shocked by what she hears. As Harkins’ behaviour finally catches up with him, will the court deliver justice?
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