{"podcast":{"title":"Crime World","slug":"crime-world-1335810","podcast_index_feed_id":1335810,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6538ccdabc6f900012695107","website_url":"https://www.crimeworld.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/1763996117541-19c5e39d-3770-475e-82c2-ad0a57ef78a9.jpeg","author":"Crime World","episode_count":1858,"summary":"Hit podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld - now with further in-depth investigations and exclusive insights at our new website crimeworld.com. An Unlikely Statesman: How Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch Almost Got Elected is OUT NOW - https://www.crimeworld.com/podcast-series/an-unlikely-statesman/ Creative Commons License Attribution (CC BY): Music by ketsa.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T04:18:25.194534+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810"},"episode":{"title":"The Science of Fear - Hidden Empire (Episode 3)","slug":"the-science-of-fear-hidden-empire-episode-3","published_at":"2026-07-07T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/the-science-of-fear-hidden-empire-episode-3","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810","url":"https://shows.acast.com/crime-world/episodes/the-science-of-fear-hidden-empire-episode-3","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/e/6a4bd46dd379c6d9d7629ad9/media.mp3","summary":"In the quiet Staffordshire town of Tamworth, Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh established a deceptive front as a car dealer and built a sophisticated, international logistics hub for the Kinahan organisation. Utilising “Trojan horse” concealments in industrial machinery to smuggle millions in narcotics, he maintained absolute control through a cold “science of fear” that terrorised subordinates and ensured his status as a global underworld tycoon. The Science of Fear: The Bloody Reign of Thomas 'Bomber' Kavanagh was originally released as a subscriber-only series in January 2026 on crimeworld.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"In the quiet Staffordshire town of Tamworth, Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh established a deceptive front as a car dealer and built a sophisticated, internation…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1747,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crime-world-1335810/episodes/the-science-of-fear-hidden-empire-episode-3/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/the-science-of-fear-hidden-empire-episode-3.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}