The Droppin Well, Part1/2: Episode 211

UK True Crime Podcast

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4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It was 11:15pm on the evening of 6 December 1982 when the bomb went off in the Droppin Well bar in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. The INLA bomb killed 6 civilians and 11 British soldiers.

In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast I tell the story of what happened on that terrible day.

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https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/revealed-terrorists-whose-inquests-you-are-paying-sometimes-twice-1122806

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/09/northern-ireland-terror-shoot-to-kill

https://www.britisharmedforcesthebest.com/single-post/2018/12/06/The-Droppin-Well-bombing-Ballykelly-Northern-Ireland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droppin_Well_bombing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Liberation_Army#:~:text=the%20Troubles,republic%20encompassing%20all%20of%20Ireland

https://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/it-was-devils-work-droppin-well-bombing-30th-anniversary-2719026

https://kossuth-klub.hu/i-just-put-my-stuff-on-the-bed-and-i-suddenly-found-myself/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20623070

https://www.thepensivequill.com/2018/12/seamus-grew-roddy-carroll-wreath-laying.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2554261.stm

http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2002/dec4_dropping_well__Editorial.php

http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2007/dec6_Dropping_Well_INLA_nearly_called-off.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Grew

https://www.wikizero.com/en/Shoot-to-kill_policy_in_Northern_Ireland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessie_Grew

https://apnews.com/article/44ba48b53739120589e9b6928fa65af2

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to episode 212 of their UK True Crime Podcast.
0:07.0	I'm Adam.
0:08.0	Today's another milestone.
0:10.0	Nope.
0:11.0	Unfortunately, I haven't made it yet to be the 36th most popular UK True Crime Podcast.
0:16.1	One Canbert Hope.
0:17.1	But on November the 25th, it will be 4 years since I recorded my first podcast.
0:22.9	And here I am still.
0:24.6	Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to me when there are so many demands on
0:28.4	your time.
0:29.4	More good news is the book I'm right to move Chris Clark on the life and crimes of
0:34.7	Angus Sinclair has been accepted by our good friends at Mango Publishing.
0:39.3	Check them out.
0:40.6	We will complete the manuscript by the 31st of December this year.
0:45.1	We already have an astonishing tale to tell, but we want the book to be as thorough as possible.
0:50.0	So if you have any information at all about Angus Sinclair, do please contact me in confidence
0:55.4	by any of my social channels.
0:58.6	Today's story is from Northern Ireland during the Troubles.
1:02.1	It's a heartbreaking tale of murder and loss.
1:06.2	But before we get to that, a huge thank you to all my supporters on Patreon, especially
1:11.0	the new members of this most exclusive club.
1:14.9	That is Joanne Offord, Hans Gruber, Steve Daley and Laura West.
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