7. The Maple Syrup Heist

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 18 December 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

We’re in the countdown to Christmas – a time to overindulge on sweet treats and sugary goodness. With that in mind, Iain has a maple-syrup-themed story he’s diving into this week. Get ready to hear all about an outlandish, multi-million-dollar heist that comes to a particularly sticky end.

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling is available weekly on BBC Sounds. Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. Email us at [email protected] and join the conversation using the hashtag #lauraiainpodcast.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Big, baggy, flamboyant, luminous green, pink and yellow shirts.
0:04.0	Brill-creamed hair, boy band style.
0:05.8	Levi's denim jackets, whack on the cologne.
0:08.5	Welcome to Belfast 1997.
0:11.2	Not just any old part of Belfast, but gay Belfast.
0:14.4	It was electric.
0:15.8	There was semi-naked guys dancing in cages.
0:18.1	Every cell in my body was just lit up.
0:20.8	Sat at the bar was Darren Bradshaw.
0:22.7	What happened next would go on to threaten peace in Northern Ireland.
0:27.3	One of the few gay police officers in the country shot dead.
0:31.3	Someone had told them that Darren Bradshaw was going to be murdered.
0:35.0	It's a story that's never been told before.
0:37.3	For his own skin, he traded darned life.
0:40.2	This is blood in the dance floor.
0:42.0	Listen now on BBC Sounds.
0:46.0	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:50.3	Okay, welcome back, everybody.
0:52.2	It's our final episode before the Christmas break.
0:55.4	I love a Christmas break.
0:57.0	I love the festive season.
0:58.7	I know.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.