{"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 - Modern Irish Gangster (Episode 2)","slug":"the-science-of-fear-modern-irish-gangster-episode-2","published_at":"2026-07-06T16:48:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810/the-science-of-fear-modern-irish-gangster-episode-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-world-1335810","url":"https://shows.acast.com/crime-world/episodes/the-science-of-fear-modern-irish-gangster-episode-2","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6538ccdabc6f900012695107/e/6a4bd3e3d379c6d9d7629ad8/media.mp3","summary":"Rising through the ranks of a drug-fuelled Dublin in the 1990s, Kavanagh weaponised fear and forged a deadly alliance with the notorious Byrne crime dynasty to dominate the city’s exploding cocaine market. As he became the historic first target of the Criminal Assets Bureau, a campaign of savage witness intimidation and extreme violence eventually forced Bomber to flee Ireland and expand his operations across the Irish sea.  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":"Rising through the ranks of a drug-fuelled Dublin in the 1990s, Kavanagh weaponised fear and forged a deadly alliance with the notorious Byrne crime dynas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1503,"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-modern-irish-gangster-episode-2/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-modern-irish-gangster-episode-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}