November 25th...The Shankill Butchers

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 92. This time we examine the year 1975 as the Shankill Butchers make their first kill and earn their infamous nickname.

Gruesome Content.

 

Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

  

iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/I3itppkgflgewupxhllk632qfpm?t=The_Year_Was

Podbean: https://theyearwas.podbean.com/

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Qdd00m2NWvrViVIfAh6kA

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCzWavt8mqXHsC_uRNpU3lQ

 

Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/easter-rising

https://belfastchildis.com/2015/06/09/the-shankill-butchers-documentary/

https://wikimili.com/en/Lenny_Murphy

http://www.judecollins.com/2011/03/five-things-we-know-about-the-shankill-butchers-2/

https://discover.hubpages.com/politics/The-Shankill-Butchers-Britains-Most-Bestial-Death-Squad

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankill_Butchers

http://www.crimemagazine.com/node/855

https://www.kexp.org/read/2019/10/24/13-songs-halloween-decemberists-shankill-butchers/

https://www.amazon.com/Shankill-Butchers-Murder-Dillon-Martin/dp/B00DJFSH26/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=martin+dillion+shankill+butchers&qid=1606284169&sr=8-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5pmukzk8n0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsw3Kdnt16k

 

Photo: 

https://cdn.newsserve.net/700/i/20170616/1113-Lenny-Murphy-brother-was-real-boss-of.jpg