11. The Machine Gun Kelly Kidnapping

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This week, Iain’s case has all the trappings of a true crime extravaganza: old-school gangsters, wealthy oil tycoons, elaborate money drops, and even a trip to Alcatraz.

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0:00.0	Encro chat was used by 60,000 criminals around the world.
0:05.3	In summer 2020, police reveal they've penetrated an encrypted phone network favoured by criminals.
0:11.9	Encro chat.
0:12.8	Encrow chat.
0:13.7	Suddenly, the police were reading millions of messages being sent from inside the world of organised crime.
0:20.2	Corruption, money laund crime. Corruption.
0:21.7	Money laundering.
0:22.7	Firearms.
0:24.5	It was like being in a room with them,
0:26.1	and they are talking freely.
0:28.3	At a time when the Met is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons.
0:29.9	Do you trust the Metropolitan Police?
0:32.0	It's a rare story of something that has actually gone right.
0:35.6	Wow, this is quite major, isn't it?
0:38.3	Catching the Kingpins. Listen on BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:48.2	Hello. Hello, everybody. Oh, I feel wiser today. Ian is extra Friday this week. I feel more mature today.
0:56.0	I feel grown up, Laura.
0:57.6	I feel like a new man.
0:58.4	You look old.
0:59.5	You look a little bit haggard.
1:01.4	I've looked old for ages, but now I've looked...
1:03.4	A few more salt and pepper sprinkles in the owl beard.
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