Hello legends! It's been a while I know but never fear Season 2 is coming and I can't wait for you to hear the stories we have for you.In the meantime if you haven't heard my latest show Crime at Bedtime I wanted to bring you an episode we recently released. Hope you enjoy x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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MI5 intelligence on the run P2 - Annie Machon
Born in 1968, the daughter of a former pilot who became a Guernsey newspaper editor, Annie won a scholarship to a private school and would go on to study at Britain's elite Cambridge University.In 1990, Annie sat a Foreign Office examination in hopes of becoming a diplomat but instead would receive a rather obscure letter suggesting there might be other careers that would suit her better and that was the start of her recruitment into the infamous MI5, Britain's secret service. She was posted to their counter-subversion department, officially known as 'F2' and almost from day 1 found herself uncomfortable with what was happening behind the scenes. In 1996, she resigned from MI5 in order to help her then partner and MI5 officer David Shayler reveal a series of alleged crimes committed by the agency.In doing so they had broken the official secrets act, a crime punishable by imprisonment, David and Annie we're now Wanted and being hunted by their former employer.You can get a copy of Annie's book hereCHsVlGYjylvW0z8OOOBx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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MI5 intelligence on the run - Annie Machon
Born in 1968, the daughter of a former pilot who became a Gurnsey newspaper editor, Annie won a scholarship to a private school and would go on to study at Britain's elite Cambridge University.In 1990, Annie sat a Foreign Office examination in hopes of becoming a diplomat but instead would receive a rather obscure letter suggesting there might be other careers that would suit her better and that was the start of her recruitment into the infamous MI5, Britain's secret service. She was posted to their counter-subversion department, officially known as 'F2' and almost from day 1 found herself uncomfortable with what was happening behind the scenes. In 1996, she resigned from MI5 in order to help her then partner and MI5 officer David Shayler reveal a series of alleged crimes committed by the agency. In doing so they had broken the official secrets act, a crime punishable by imprisonment, David and Annie we're now Wanted and being hunted by their former employer.You can get a copy of Annie's book here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Escaping Thai Prison P3 - David McMillan
David McMillan has lead a life that is almost unbelievable, its like something out of a Hollywood crime thriller.Born in the UK to Australian parents David would travel back and forth between the two countries a few times until at the age of 10 his parents divorced and he, his sister and mother made the permanent move to Melbourne.David was always different as a kid, he was expelled from school for trying to make a batch of LSD, a sign of things to come?At eighteen David got a job at the city cinema and by chance would meet some retired safe crackers, safe crackers who were looking to invest their money in the drug business. With no one that could source it for them David jumped in head first and thus changing the course of his entire life.David made millions of dollars, before an Australian task force swooped and he would spend 10 years in maximum security prison in Victoria. Once he was out he decided he was done with Australia and left for the UK, with a stop off in Thailand, a decision that would see him arrested again and facing the death penalty.Just two weeks before he was to be killed by firing squad David did something that no western has ever achieved, he escaped. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Escaping Thai Prison P2 - David McMillan
David McMillan has lead a life that is almost unbelievable, its like something out of a Hollywood crime thriller.Born in the UK to Australian parents David would travel back and forth between the two countries a few times until at the age of 10 his parents divorced and he, his sister and mother made the permanent move to Melbourne.David was always different as a kid, he was expelled from school for trying to make a batch of LSD, a sign of things to come?At eighteen David got a job at the city cinema and by chance would meet some retired safe crackers, safe crackers who were looking to invest their money in the drug business. With no one that could source it for them David jumped in head first and thus changing the course of his entire life.David made millions of dollars, before an Australian task force swooped and he would spend 10 years in maximum security prison in Victoria. Once he was out he decided he was done with Australia and left for the UK, with a stop off in Thailand, a decision that would see him arrested again and facing the death penalty.Just two weeks before he was to be killed by firing squad David did something that no western has ever achieved, he escaped.Get a copy of David's book here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wanted, a show where host Jack Laurence sits down and interviews men and women from around the world who have been or who are currently wanted by authorities. From claims of international kidnapping and Panamanian cartels to North Korean sanction dodging, leaked government secrets and even prison escapes. Welcome to the world of the Wanted. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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