93. The Bootleg King, Part 1
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling
BBC
4.3 • 922 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
In the first half of a two-part case, Iain introduces us to one of history’s most successful bootleggers. A man so rich that he lit his cigarettes with £100 bills.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | They call themselves Evil Corps, a cybercrime gang accused of stealing hundreds of millions of dollars. |
| 0:13.0 | And at the center of it all, one of the FBI's most wanted. |
| 0:17.0 | They ran their operations out of the back of an Italian restaurant in Moscow. |
| 0:22.0 | How does a man hunted by the world's top law enforcers still manage to grow an empire? |
| 0:26.6 | These guys were going to town on small businesses across America. |
| 0:30.9 | They anger, the frustration, the fear. |
| 0:33.5 | Cyberhack, evil core. |
| 0:35.5 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:38.4 | We are starting today's episode. In a courtroom. |
| 0:47.3 | It's the last day of a murder trial in Chicago and defence attorney, George Remus is getting ready to make his closing argument. |
| 0:55.6 | George is a local celebrity known for his cutthroat tactics and his flair for the dramatic. |
| 1:01.0 | George isn't afraid to take on clients that others may deem hopeless cases. |
| 1:06.0 | He's a fierce opponent of the death penalty and he'll stop at nothing to secure a win. |
| 1:11.8 | Today, George is defending a man accused of murdering his wife. |
| 1:15.7 | Over the course of the trial, the prosecution has put forward an ironclad case. |
| 1:20.4 | The pinnacle of their argument came when they presented a very important piece of evidence, |
| 1:24.3 | an empty bottle found in the defendant's possession shortly after his wife's death. |
| 1:29.9 | The bottle once contained a substance that if swallowed could prove lethal. |
| 1:36.0 | The prosecution is arguing that the defendant used this substance to poison his wife. |
| 1:42.6 | But George isn't worried. |
| 1:45.6 | He stands up from his desk and walks towards the jury. |
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