Obscene: The Dublin Scandal Podcast
Adrian Dunbar narrates a story about a time in Ireland when nothing was quite what it seemed.
Episodes to download
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Bad People present True Crime Crackers 2022 ft. Obscene
Tue 20 Dec 2022
Bad People meet the people behind some of the BBC’s best true crime podcasts of 2022.
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Episode 7: Frozen In Time
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Malcolm MacArthur is released from jail. But the questions persist.
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Episode 6: A Forgotten Murder
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Was Malcolm MacArthur connected to a third killing in Dublin in 1982?
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Episode 5: Four Courts, Seven Minutes
Wed 28 Sep 2022
The outcome of MacArthur’s trial only adds to a sense of suspicion in Ireland.
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Episode 4: The Right Man
Wed 28 Sep 2022
The Irish Prime Minister intervenes in the MacArthur affair to attempt damage limitation.
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Episode 3: Whatever it is, you are on your own
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Who is the suspect, Malcolm MacArthur?
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Episode 1: Man in a Dickie Bow
Wed 28 Sep 2022
Ireland, 1982. Two unprecedented killings shock the nation.
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Welcome to Obscene: The Dublin Scandal
Tue 20 Sep 2022
Wild rumour and conspiracy sweeps 1980s Ireland when two killings shock the nation.

