Assume Nothing Podcast
The teams assume nothing as they examine events through fresh eyes.
Episodes to download
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Episode 1: The Find—The Shankill Gold Rush
Sat 1 Apr 2023
1/5 A child, a chimney and the discovery of a lifetime.
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Episode 2: The Rush—The Shankill Gold Rush
Sat 1 Apr 2023
2/5 The Shankhill speculates, in more ways than one.
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Episode 3: Whose Gold?—The Shankill Gold Rush
Sat 1 Apr 2023
3/5 Funds for a doomed rebellion or a family's forgotten savings?
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Episode 4: Tragedy—The Shankill Gold Rush
Sat 1 Apr 2023
4/5 Summer is ending, and with it life in Belfast will never be the same.
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Episode 5: (Long, long) After the Gold Rush—The Shankill Gold Rush
Sat 1 Apr 2023
5/5 Where has the gold gone?
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Episode 1: The Train—Death on the Tracks
Sun 8 Jan 2023
1/6 A teenage boy trapped on rail tracks in the dark of night. His father runs to save him.
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Episode 2: The Call—Death on the Tracks
Sat 7 Jan 2023
2/6 A breath-taking phone call strikes fear into the heart of a concerned father.
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Episode 3: Attacked?—Death on the Tracks
Sat 7 Jan 2023
3/6 Serious allegations emerge about what happened.
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Episode 4: A Murder Investigation—Death on the Tracks
Sat 7 Jan 2023
4/6 Soon after Ryan鈥檚 death the police open a murder investigation.
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Episode 5: Suspect in the house?—Death on the Tracks
Sat 7 Jan 2023
5/6 Questions are asked about the investigation鈥檚 interviews.
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Episode 6: End of the Line?—Death on the Tracks
Sat 7 Jan 2023
6/6 A devastating blow for Ryan Quinn鈥檚 family.
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Episode 6: The Maze—The Secrets of St Brides
Sat 5 Nov 2022
6/6 Life takes a dark turn for the maid at St Brides.
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Episode 5: The Maid—The Secrets of St Brides
Sat 5 Nov 2022
5/6 A chance encounter in a bookshop leads a young student to the Silver Sisters.
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Episode 4: The Headmistress—The Secrets of St Brides
Sat 29 Oct 2022
4/6 The mysterious headmistress of St Brides School tells her story.
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Episode 3: A Flash in the Dark—The Secrets of St Brides
Sat 29 Oct 2022
3/6 The mystery deepens as a visit to Burtonport reveals strange goings-on at St Brides.
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Episode 2: The Flickering Candle—The Secrets of St Brides
Sat 22 Oct 2022
2/6 A journalist recalls a strange visit to the mysterious school.
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Episode 1: The Silver Sisterhood—The Secrets of St Brides
Sat 22 Oct 2022
1/6 A mysterious new school opens in a remote Irish village, but all is not as it seems.
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Episode 6: The Final Throw—The Last Request
Sat 24 Sep 2022
6/6 Will a last throw of the dice be fruitful in the search for Martin's birth mother?
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Episode 5: Bleeding from the Ears—The Last Request
Sat 17 Sep 2022
5/6 Laura revisits an old story Martin worked on to see if it might advance the search.
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Episode 4: The Celebrity—The Last Request
Sat 10 Sep 2022
4/6 Concerns surface that Martin has already searched for his mother and been rejected.
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Episode 3: The Prodigal Son—The Last Request
Sat 3 Sep 2022
3/6 Laura contacts a woman that could be Martin's mother and digs deeper into Bessborough.
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Episode 2: Absolutely Terrified—The Last Request
Sat 27 Aug 2022
2/6 Laura explains why it has taken her 17 years to search for Martin's mother.
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Episode 1: A Nightmare About to Dawn—The Last Request
Sat 20 Aug 2022
1/6 Before Martin died at Dignitas he asked his ex to find his mother and pass on a message.
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Episode 1: The First Good Source—The Handler 鈥� A Matter of Life and Death
Sat 21 May 2022
1/8 1971: James recruits a key informer.
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Episode 2: The Interrogation—The Handler 鈥� A Matter of Life and Death
Sat 21 May 2022
2/8 A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A key informer is abducted by the IRA.
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Episode 3: Dangerous Liaisons—The Handler 鈥� A Matter of Life and Death
Sat 21 May 2022
3/8 A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. James builds dangerous relationships.
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Episode 4: Internment day—The Handler 鈥� A Matter of Life and Death
Sat 21 May 2022
4/8 A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer. 9th August 1971 鈥� internment begins.
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Episode 5: The Quartermaster—The Handler 鈥� A Matter of Life and Death
Sat 21 May 2022
5/8 A dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. A key IRA suspect is arrested, but how?
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Episode 6: The Irish Englishman—The Handler 鈥� A Matter of Life and Death
Sat 21 May 2022
6/8 Dramatised memoir of a Special Branch officer. James recalls Se谩n Mac St铆of谩in.
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Episode 7: Blurred Lines—The Handler 鈥� A Matter of Life and Death
Sat 21 May 2022
7/8 A dramatized memoir of a Special Branch Officer. The disappearance of Robert Nairac
