by Robert Murphy
### WINNER 'Outstanding Indie Podcast at the True Crime Awards 2024. ### What makes a criminal? What makes a truly great detective? Award-winning TV crime correspondent Robert Murphy speaks with people involved with some of the most fascinating true crime cases of recent years: detectives, victims, experts and sometimes even the criminals themselves. What drives a person to ignore the morals, laws and conventions of normal society and pushes them to perform the darkest acts? Sex? Money? Revenge? Love? Humiliation? Are criminals born bad or are they a creation of their circumstances? How can detectives catch people who are intent on causing truly dreadful harm to others? What happens when that criminal has done a brilliant job covering their tracks? This podcast and newsletter explores some of our biggest crime stories - and some of the lesser-known, compelling cases which deserve a better understanding. For video interviews, evidence from each case, articles and more, go to https://robertmurphy.substack.com/about <br/><br/><a href="https://robertmurphy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">robertmurphy.substack.com</a>
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December 10, 2024
<p>Neil Woods spent fourteen years as an undercover police officer, helping dismantle some of Britain’s most notorious drug gangs.</p><p>Yet after his biggest victory he came to the conclusion: was it worth it?</p><p>He started to feel that the problem was helped by repeated failures of governments to tackle the cause of Britain and America’s drugs epidemic. In fact by handing control of drugs supply to criminals governments were the cause.</p><p>‘A doctor controlling it (drugs supply) with a prescription pad has no incentive to find new customers and so the market doesn't develop. So what happened is it becomes a pyramid scheme. If you're organised crime, you want to find new customers, you find someone who's addicted and you say, ‘Look, if you find five more customers and you sell to them, they'll pay for your habit’ and the pyramid scheme explodes.’</p><p>Neil’s views are controversial views. But they are compelling. In this interview Neil describes:</p><p>* How the world used to experience two competing drug policies: The American System and The British System - with the American System winning.</p><p>* How following criminalisation in the 1960s, addicts fell into the hands of organised crime.</p><p>* How some schemes decriminalising drugs have worked in recent years.</p><p>To find out more about Neil and to get copies of his books ‘Good Cop, Bad War’ and ‘Drug Wars’ click here: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.neilwoods.net/">https://www.neilwoods.net/</a></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://robertmurphy.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1">robertmurphy.substack.com</a>
November 7, 2024
Robert Murphy delves into the 50-year mystery of Lord Lucan's suspected murder of nanny Sandra Rivett, uncovering surprising twists and a potential curse of the Lucan nannies.
October 29, 2024
<p>Neil Woods spent years as an undercover police officer. He says his techniques in included ‘weaponising empathy’ - using the good nature of society’s most vulnerable.</p><p>And as Britain was being hit by a wave of cheap drugs and a rise in heroin and crack cocaine addicts, Neil had the most staggering results.</p><p>In just one operation against Britain’s most notorious gang - The Burger Bar Boys - his work led to 96 arrests.</p><p>But what impact did living a double-life have on this family man? What was it like having knives held at his throat?</p><p>And why does he now believe undercover policing should only be used in the rarest and most extreme cases?</p><p>Neil Woods has written two thought-provoking books. Links to them and him are here: </p><p>https://www.neilwoods.net/</p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://robertmurphy.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">robertmurphy.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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