‘Why I might have done what I did’: conversations with Ireland’s most notorious murderer

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The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Malcolm Macarthur was the wealthy, bookish socialite who shocked Ireland with a brutal double killing in 1982, and caused a major political scandal. I tracked him down and heard, for the first time, the tale he told about himself. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:09.2	Capital One wants to change the world of credit
0:11.6	one small good thing at a time.
0:14.1	It is one good thing about to happen to Steve
0:16.2	who's very like the work and has left his credit card at home.
0:20.1	Or did he?
0:21.2	Maybe it's stolen.
0:22.8	Maybe someone will hand it in.
0:24.8	Maybe not.
0:25.8	Maybe you should cancel it right now, Steve.
0:28.0	Better safe than sorry.
0:29.6	Capital One lets you lock your card with one tap
0:32.4	and you can unlock it again if it turns out to be.
0:35.6	Right way you left it.
0:37.2	Capital One, that's one good thing.
0:39.3	No one looks forward to the journey home from a festival.
0:43.0	No one has showered, raw squashed together
0:45.8	and somebody's tiny car crushed on a stupid backpacks
0:49.6	and it's boiling.
0:51.3	But somehow an M6 sing along with windows open wide
0:55.9	and icy cold refreshes in our hands,
0:58.6	well, it's almost as good as the headline act.
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