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It was 11:15pm on the evening of 6 December 1982 when the bomb went off in the Droppin Well bar in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland. The INLA bomb killed 6 civilians and 11 British soldiers. In this episode of the UK True Crime podcast I tell the story of what happened on that terrible day. Best Fiends. Download this game today. https://download.bestfiends.com CrimeCon UK Get discounted tickets for this event in June 2021 using the code: UKTC https://www.crimecon.co.uk Referenced sites www.uktruecrime.com www.patreon.com/uktruecrime https://www.facebook.com/groups/UKTrueCrime Sources https://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/revealed-terrorists-whose-inquests-you-are-paying-sometimes-twice-1122806 https://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/09/northern-ireland-terror-shoot-to-kill https://www.britisharmedforcesthebest.com/single-post/2018/12/06/The-Droppin-Well-bombing-Ballykelly-Northern-Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droppin_Well_bombing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_National_Liberation_Army#:~:text=the%20Troubles,republic%20encompassing%20all%20of%20Ireland https://www.londonderrysentinel.co.uk/news/it-was-devils-work-droppin-well-bombing-30th-anniversary-2719026 https://kossuth-klub.hu/i-just-put-my-stuff-on-the-bed-and-i-suddenly-found-myself/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20623070 https://www.thepensivequill.com/2018/12/seamus-grew-roddy-carroll-wreath-laying.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/2554261.stm http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2002/dec4_dropping_well__Editorial.php http://www.nuzhound.com/articles/irish_news/arts2007/dec6_Dropping_Well_INLA_nearly_called-off.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seamus_Grew https://www.wikizero.com/en/Shoot-to-kill_policy_in_Northern_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessie_Grew https://apnews.com/article/44ba48b53739120589e9b6928fa65af2 Got 5 mins? Fill in the Always True Crime survey for a chance to win a £100 restaurant voucher https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/MMk0718T Closes 31st Oct 2026 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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