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 Beyond the headlines, behind the shadows, discover the true stories of espionage that shaped history. The Spy Network uncovers the hidden world of secret agents, covert operations, and intelligence agencies.

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  • He Was the IRA's Executioner - Did Britain Protect a Killer?

    He Was the IRA's Executioner - Did Britain Protect a Killer?
    Oct 28 2026
    He Was the IRA's Executioner - Did Britain Protect a Killer?

    A cold August recording captures a man who may have been both the IRA's feared Internal Security boss and a paid British agent - a man allegedly paid about £80,000 a year and called "the golden egg." If he ran the Nutting Squad that interrogated and executed suspected informers, how many lives were lost because of what he revealed or concealed?

    In this episode, we chart the life and alleged double role of Freddie Scappaticci, from his January 12, 1946 birth in the Markets area of Belfast to the car park tape at the Culloden Hotel on August 26, 1993, and the findings of Operation Kenova: did his handlers value intelligence over innocent lives?

    Person: Freddie Scappaticci
    Date: January 12, 1946 (birth) and August 26, 1993 (Culloden Hotel recording)
    Location: Markets area of Belfast; Culloden Hotel car park, Cultra, County Down
    Event: Operation Kenova launched October 2015 concluded strong evidence of very serious criminality
    Topic: Alleged codename "Stakeknife" and role in IRA Internal Security Unit ("Nutting Squad")

    - Scappaticci was recorded speaking at the Culloden Hotel car park on August 26, 1993 without knowing the microphone was running.
    - By 1980 he held a senior position in the IRA's Internal Security Unit, the "Nutting Squad."
    - Reporting in May 2003 identified him as Stakeknife and reported a reported salary of approximately £80,000 a year.
    - Operation Kenova, launched in October 2015, concluded there was strong evidence of very serious criminality and found identifiable lives saved numbered in the high single figures to low double figures.
    - A senior British military figure, Sir John Wilsey, described Stakeknife as "the golden egg."

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    24 min
  • Stakeknife: The Man Who Executed Informers While Feeding British Intelligence

    Stakeknife: The Man Who Executed Informers While Feeding British Intelligence
    Oct 27 2026
    Stakeknife: The Man Who Executed Informers While Feeding British Intelligence

    A recording of a man in a hotel car park on 26 August 1993 would later help confirm that Freddie Scappaticci lived two lives - as an IRA Internal Security Unit leader and as an agent for British military intelligence - and a 2025 report concluded more lives were probably lost than saved. How did a single informer become the man who hunted and executed other informers?

    In this episode, we tell the story laid out in the transcript: Scappaticci’s upbringing in Belfast, his rise to run the Nutting Squad inside the IRA, the Culloden Hotel tape, allegations he was Stakeknife handled by the Force Research Unit, and the unresolved accounting of lives and responsibility that followed. What does the evidence in this record say about who gained and who paid the price?

    Person: Frederick Scappaticci
    Date of birth: 12 January 1946
    Event: Recording made in hotel car park on 26 August 1993
    Report: Investigation published in December 2025 concluded more lives probably lost than saved
    Payment: Alleged £80,000 per year to Scappaticci reported by The Guardian in 2003

    - Scappaticci was fined for riotous assembly in 1970 and interned at Long Kesh in 1971 under Operation Demetrius.
    - By the late 1970s he had risen to a senior position in the IRA’s Internal Security Unit, known internally as the Nutting Squad.
    - The Nutting Squad’s executions typically involved a single shot to the head following interrogation without legal oversight.
    - A former operative, Martin Ingram, publicly alleged Scappaticci was Stakeknife and that the FRU handled him directly.
    - The Culloden Hotel recording from 26 August 1993 resurfaced about a decade later and became key evidence in later investigations.

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    21 min
  • The Man Who Fed Killers: Britain's Secret IRA Mole Revealed

    The Man Who Fed Killers: Britain's Secret IRA Mole Revealed
    Oct 26 2026
    The Man Who Fed Killers: Britain's Secret IRA Mole Revealed

    Fear and fascination meet in a single recording: a man in a car park in 1993 spoke openly about IRA operations while unknowingly being taped - and that man was later identified by investigators as Stakeknife, the highest-placed British agent inside the IRA. How did a trusted Internal Security Unit member, who hunted, interrogated and executed suspected informants, remain an agent for decades, and what did that protection cost in human lives?

    In this episode, we tell the documented story of Freddie Scappaticci, tracing his path from a Markets-born bricklayer to a senior figure in the IRA’s Internal Security Unit and to the agent codenamed Stakeknife, and we explore the findings of Operation Kenova and the Irish government’s 2026 confirmation: did more people die because of him than were saved?

    Person: Freddie Scappaticci
    Codename: Stakeknife
    Recording date: 26 August 1993
    Birth date: 12 January 1946
    Investigation: Operation Kenova

    - Scappaticci was recorded speaking about IRA operations on 26 August 1993 in a car park outside the Culloden Hotel in Cultra, County Down.
    - He was born in the Markets district of Belfast on 12 January 1946 and worked as a bricklayer with six children.
    - By approximately 1980 he held a senior position in the IRA Internal Security Unit, known as the Nutting Squad.
    - Records examined by investigators indicate Scappaticci admitted participation in the 1989 interrogation and killing of Joe Fenton.
    - The Irish government in January 2026 confirmed Operation Kenova’s finding that there was "solid evidence of very serious criminality" linked to Scappaticci.

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    23 min
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