PODCAST:
UNTOLD: THE
DANIEL MORGAN MURDER
SEASON
ONE & TWO
The
Untold Story
The phone
hacking scandal that closed News of the World was big, but that was just the
tip of the iceberg. At the bottom of that iceberg of 'dark arts' -
hacking, burglary, bugging, and bribing bent cops - is the body of Daniel
Morgan.
It’s
been described by an Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police as “one
of the most disgraceful episodes in the entire history of the Metropolitan
Police Service.”
Over
the three decades since Daniel was killed, five failed police investigations
and an ongoing panel inquiry, his has become the most investigated murder in
British history.
The
story moves from back streets of London, through the highest echelons of
Scotland Yard, to the offices of Rupert Murdoch's best selling newspapers, to
the doors of Number Ten Downing Street.
If
you haven't heard this story, ask yourself, why?
MY
VERDICT: I listened to both seasons straight after one another and I binged the
whole thing pretty quickly. That was a problem, as the second season does go
back over a lot of the information from the first. However this was my problem
and not something that the makers of ‘Untold’ can be blamed for.
The
podcast is very well made and the story is fascinating. There is so much more to
this story than a straight forward whodunit, probably because all involved are
pretty sure they know who was responsible for the murder of Daniel Morgan,
instead we delve into a world of underhand tactics by not only private
investigators but also the police and the media.
I
would thoroughly recommend this podcast and found it refreshing to hear a story
based in England, it meant a little more to me to know the places and people
involved than the predominately American podcasts I had listened to in the
past, and it’s nice to hear an English voice for a change. Even if you’re not
from England, I think the storytellers give a good enough description of things
that even those unfamiliar with newspapers like The News of the World will
still be able to follow. However, be warned, there is a lot of information to
digest, a lot characters to remember and after five full investigations a whole
lot to process, hopefully with more to come this will all be worth it.
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