Obscene: The Dublin Scandal

Dr Julia Shaw unwraps Bad People’s choice of true crime podcasts in 2022.
Una Mullally discusses the extraordinary story behind Obscene, a BBC podcast that examines the political scandal that erupted following the discovery of a suspected killer in the home of the Irish Attorney General in 1982.
Julia also meets Gabriel Gatehouse about his series The Coming Storm, which began as an investigation into the Q-Anon phenomenon and has evolved to explore major conspiracies that have engulfed politics in the US and beyond.
And Winifred Robinson, the acclaimed BBC journalist whose podcast The Boy in the Woods revisits the disturbing case of murdered six year-old Rikki Neave.
CREDITS
Presenter: Dr Julia Shaw
Producer: Laura Northedge
Assistant Producer: Hannah Ward
Editor: Anna Lacey
Music: Matt Chandler
Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins
Commissioning Assistant Producer: Adam Eland
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Producer Eamon O’Connor, writer Paul Walker and journalist Una Mullally discuss the wider context surrounding the MacArthur affair and the making of the podcast.

After 30 years in jail, Malcolm MacArthur returns to the streets of Dublin. But the unanswered questions around his case persist.
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CREDITS:
Narrated by Adrian Dunbar
Written by Paul Walker
Archive producer: Declan Smith
Music: Jeremy Warmsley
Mix engineer: Peregrine Andrews
Development producer: Satiyesh Manoharajah
Development researcher: Christian Dametto
Creative director: Georgia Moseley
Assistant producer: Tess Davidson
Series Producer: Eamon O’Connor
Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace
Executive Producer: Paul Smith
Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins
Obscene: The Dublin Scandal is a BBC Studios Podcast production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

Another murder, this time of a gay man, feeds into the rumours that continue to swirl around Malcolm MacArthur.
Warning: This episode contains some strong language and graphic violent scenes.
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CREDITS:
Narrated by Adrian Dunbar
Written by Paul Walker
Archive producer: Declan Smith
Music: Jeremy Warmsley
Mix engineer: Peregrine Andrews
Development producer: Satiyesh Manoharajah
Development researcher: Christian Dametto
Creative director: Georgia Moseley
Assistant producer: Tess Davidson
Series Producer: Eamon O’Connor
Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace
Executive Producer: Paul Smith
Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins
Obscene: The Dublin Scandal is a BBC Studios Podcast production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.

The surprising outcome of Malcolm MacArthur’s trial only adds to a growing sense of suspicion in Ireland.
Warning: This episode contains some strong language.
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CREDITS:
Narrated by Adrian Dunbar
Written by Paul Walker
Archive producer: Declan Smith
Music: Jeremy Warmsley
Mix engineer: Peregrine Andrews
Development producer: Satiyesh Manoharajah
Development researcher: Christian Dametto
Creative director: Georgia Moseley
Assistant producer: Tess Davidson
Series Producer: Eamon O’Connor
Assistant Commissioner: Natalie Mace
Executive Producer: Paul Smith
Commissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins
Obscene: The Dublin Scandal is a BBC Studios Podcast production for BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds.