Episodes

  • Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb
    Oct 13 2025

    On Remembrance Sunday in November, 1987 an IRA bomb exploded in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen, killing 11 people. A twelfth victim would die in a coma 13 years later.


    No one has ever been charged.


    The Times’s Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to properly investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened?


    Begins Monday 20th October.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.

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    2 mins
  • The Atrocity (Pt 1)
    Oct 19 2025

    On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Mario Ledwith’s hometown of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, killing 11 people.


    A lifetime later, Mario returns to investigate the silence surrounding that terror attack.


    Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence that you may find upsetting.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    30 mins
  • The Aftermath (Pt 2)
    Oct 19 2025

    Mario asks if enough was done to stop the bombing, and finds evidence of police failures to properly investigate.


    And the alleged mastermind is dramatically named.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    33 mins
  • The Borderlands (Pt 3)
    Oct 22 2025

    Mario asks why the IRA targeted Enniskillen and discovers police may have known about suspected IRA figures seen nearby, on the night before the killing happened.


    He also goes searching for the man accused of being the ‘mastermind’ behind the bomb.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    43 mins
  • The Dirty War (Pt 4)
    Oct 27 2025

    Mario searches for the ‘man with the limp’, allegedly seen in the Reading Rooms the night before the bombing.


    He learns the man is also linked to another terror plot.


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    39 mins
  • The Politician (Pt 5)
    Oct 30 2025

    Mario speaks with a former IRA volunteer, who tells him something shocking about the bombing.


    Deep into his investigation, Mario is left asking how high up did the decision to authorise the killing go?


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    35 mins
  • The Answers? (Pt 6)
    Nov 3 2025

    With his investigation reaching its final stages, Mario is given a name…


    And could a change in the law mean a breakthrough for the Enniskillen families?


    Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.


    Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.uk

    investigates.podcasts@thetimes.com

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    40 mins