1. The Man Who Never Was

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True Crime

4.7 • 797 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A man flees Northern Ireland when he’s named as Stakeknife. At a surprise press conference a few days later he denies the charges but a forgotten tape comes back to haunt him.

Credits

Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy Co-Producer: Paddy Fee Editing and Sound Design: Ciarán Cassidy Composer: Michael Fleming Sound mixing: Ger McDonnell Theme tune by Lankum Artwork by Conor Merriman Assistant Commissioners for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna and Sarah Green. Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins

Stakeknife is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:05.1	You're about to listen to a brand new episode of Steakknife, the new series of cover.
0:09.6	Episodes will be released weekly, wherever you get your podcast, but if you're in the UK,
0:13.3	you can listen to the latest episodes right now, first, on BBC Sounds.
0:17.7	And just so you know, the following podcast contains interviews that some listeners may find upsetting and some occasional strong language.
0:25.1	Episode 1. The Man Who Never Was.
0:31.3	Just got a phone call and was asked to come down to the office. I knew where the office was.
0:39.7	We're in a solicitor's office
0:41.2	in West Belfast.
0:43.6	It's May 14th, 2003.
0:46.4	I didn't know who I was going to be meeting there.
0:49.2	It's not the first and it wasn't the last time
0:51.5	that I had got a cryptic message
0:53.3	to be at a certain place at a certain time.
0:58.0	Two people are sitting in a room, two journalists.
1:02.0	They sit and wait opposite a desk and two empty chairs.
1:06.0	They've no idea who they're meeting or why they've been asked to be there.
1:14.7	I didn't know that it was going to be him.
1:20.4	I didn't know who I was going to be introduced to when I went down there for this meeting.
1:26.5	This is Ankad Wadder. She's one of the journalist, sitting there, waiting in the room.
1:32.0	All I can remember is that I was asked to be at his office.
1:34.5	At 3 o'clock, I think it was that afternoon.
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