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Jul 2024
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Episode 617: Celebrity Criminals - the f...

Sunday World
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A new genre of celebrity gangsters has emerged in recent years as criminals and killers take to the airwaves to tell their own stories often becoming Instagram and TikTok sensations.


From mafia podcasters to organised crime YouTube channels it seems that gangland is finally telling its own story in its very own way.


Nicola speaks to Eamon Dillon about the changing media landscape, meaning the underworld is moving overground.




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