Real Outlaws

From Noiser, Detectives Don’t Sleep is the new whodunnit podcast. Step beyond the police tape to shadow the real detectives who worked history’s most intriguing cases. In this taster episode, we’re in 1913 following Chicago’s first female detective, Alice Clement, as she gets called out to the slums to investigate the death of a young woman. At first glance, it looks like the girl died of typhoid fever. A tragic but all too common ending for Chicago’s impoverished population...

The Star-crossed killers are hurtling towards their final date with destiny. But they still have one thing left to do - come good on Clyde’s promise of revenge on the facility that shaped his future - Eastham Prison.  Their daring raid will bring the bloodhound Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, down on them. As the net finally closes in, their celebrity reaches new heights - their exploits get wilder and the stories get stranger, and the truth becomes harder to see...

It’s the early 1930s. In Dallas, Texas, under the Trinity River viaduct - life is hard. They call it the Devil’s Back Porch. Amongst the tents and wagons, the dispossessed scrap it out for survival. Here, kids grow up mean. So it’s no surprise when young Clyde Barrow strays into a life of crime. In a few short years his run-ins with the law will transform him into a hardened killer.  But it won’t be until he meets the love of his life that he’ll step into the national spotlight...

It’s the early 1930s. In Dallas, Texas, under the Trinity River viaduct - life is hard. They call it the Devil’s Back Porch. Amongst the tents and wagons, the dispossessed scrap it out for survival. Here, kids grow up mean. So it’s no surprise when young Clyde Barrow strays into a life of crime. In a few short years his run-ins with the law will transform him into a hardened killer.  But it won’t be until he meets the love of his life that he’ll step into the national spotlight...

REAL OUTLAWS will be back as usual next Tuesday, but today we are dropping an episode by our friends at Legends Of the Old West podcast.  Saddle up, and join them on a wild ride through frontier mining towns, prairies and cattle ranges to discover stories from the most iconic era of American history. Meet infamous outlaws like Butch and Sundance as well as legendary lawmen like Wild Bill Hickok...

London’s Old Bailey becomes the scene of the criminal celebrity trial of the century. Flash bulbs pop and crowds gasp as the gory details of the Krays’ murderous empire are revealed to an enthralled public.  Loyalties are tested to the limit and old oaths are broken. Detective Nipper Reads' career is on the line; but for those who dare to give evidence - the stakes are far higher...

The Krays’ criminal house of cards begins to wobble and fall, as more blood soaks into London’s streets.  Reggie finds love, Ronnie finds even more trouble, and together the twins behave more erratically than ever before…and Scotland Yard’s finest are closing in.  Gang members within The Firm are gripped with fear - too scared to defy their bosses, but also terrified of where their actions will lead them...

It’s the swinging sixties and London is home of fashion, pop music, and celebrity scandal. But beneath the glitz and glamour is a dark underbelly of gangland crime.  Emerging from the ashes of a war-torn city; two brothers would forge a criminal empire from the snooker halls and pubs of the East End, to the jazz bars and clubs of the fashionable West End - these two young men would come to rule it all.  This is the rise of Ronnie and Reggie Kray.   A Noiser production, written by Robert Parker...

John H. Dillinger is declared Public Enemy number 1! After his daring escape from Crown Point Jail the gang reorganises and doubles down on their criminal exploits - and every act is splashed across the nation’s newspapers.  But the Feds have had enough. J. Edgar Hoover finds his own job is on the line - he must prove that one way or another the bureau can bring Dillinger to justice.  A team of special agents are on the case - but Johnnie is nothing if not elusive...

The Dillinger craze sweeps the nation as Johnnie's infamous gang go on a freewheeling crime spree. They target the richest banks in the country, enacting the revenge of the everyday American.  But as banks topple, their rise to national obsession will cause embarrassment to state authorities - their daring escapades now draw the eye of the Federal Government. And J. Edgar Hoover is not a man to be taken lightly.  A Noiser production, written by Kateland Brown. With thanks to Elliott J...