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Last Man Standing | Times Investigates

Last Man Standing is season 1 of Times Investigates - bringing you award-winning investigative and true crime podcasts from The Times and The Sunday TimesFrom war zones to suburban homes, pursuing brutal criminals and cult leaders, our podcasts go further than any other to uncover the truthIn season 1, war correspondent Anthony Loyd investigates the life - and fate - of his colleague John Cantlie, who was kidnapped in Syria by Islamic StateIn season 2, crime correspondent John Simpson breaks down

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42:09

The final battle | Last Man Standing Ep 10

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2026/03/12

Manveen and Anthony travel to a maximum security prison in Iraq to meet a man who could hold the answer to what happened to John Cantlie. But will this ISIS prisoner reveal all? Or will Cantlie’s death remain a mystery?Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.Further reading: Anthony Loyd: my hunt for the forgotten Isis hostage John CantlieWatch: Hostage on BBC iPlayer.Clips: BBC.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To

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29:15

New leads | Last Man Standing Ep 9

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2026/03/05

An unusual listener gets in touch. Four years on Anthony and Manveen are back exploring the circumstances behind the kidnap and disappearance of British photojournalist John Cantlie by ISIS in Syria, Last Man Standing returns.Hosts: Manveen Rana and Anthony Loyd, special correspondent, The Times.Watch: Hostage on BBC iPlayer.Clips: BBC.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalismsubscribehere. Hosted

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39:55

The Answers? | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 6

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/11/03

With his investigation reaching its final stages, Mario is given a name…And could a change in the law mean a breakthrough for the Enniskillen families?Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukpodcasts.investigates@thetimes.comThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalismsubscribehere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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35:01

The Politician | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 5

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/30

Mario speaks with a former IRA volunteer, who tells him something shocking about the bombing.Deep into his investigation, Mario is left asking how high up did the decision to authorise the killing go?Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukpodcasts.investigates@thetimes.comThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalismsubscribehere. Hosted on Acast. See

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39:06

The Dirty War | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 4

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/27

Mario searches for the ‘man with the limp’, allegedly seen in the Reading Rooms the night before the bombing.He learns the man is also linked to another terror plot. Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukpodcasts.investigates@thetimes.comThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalismsubscribehere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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43:08

The Borderlands | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 3

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/22

Mario asks why the IRA targeted Enniskillen and discovers police may have known about suspected IRA figures seen nearby, on the night before the killing happened.He also goes searching for the man accused of being the ‘mastermind’ behind the bomb.Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukpodcasts.investigates@thetimes.comThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our

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32:43

The Aftermath | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 2

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/19

Mario asks if enough was done to stop the bombing, and finds evidence of police failures to properly investigate.And the alleged mastermind is dramatically named.Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.Get in touch: mario.ledwith@thetimes.co.ukpodcasts.investigates@thetimes.comThis podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalismsubscribehere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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30:17

The Atrocity | The Poppy Day Bomb Ep. 1

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/19

On Remembrance Sunday in 1987, an IRA bomb went off in Mario Ledwith’s hometown of Enniskillen in Northern Ireland, killing 11 people.A lifetime later, Mario returns to investigate the silence surrounding that terror attack.Warning: This episode contains descriptions of violence that you may find upsetting.Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.Get in touch: mario.ledwidth@thetimes.co.ukpodcasts.investigates@thetimes.comConnect your Times subscription with Apple Podcasts and get episodes ad

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2:10

Introducing: The Poppy Day Bomb

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/14

On Remembrance Sunday in November, 1987 an IRA bomb exploded in the Northern Irish town of Enniskillen, killing 11 people.No one has ever been charged.The Times’s Mario Ledwith returns to his hometown, asking who carried out these bloody murders, how the authorities failed to properly investigate, and why a silence continues to surround what happened?Begins Monday 20th October.Host: Mario Ledwith, news reporter at The Times.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The

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42:59

Poison - A conversation on suicide prevention |...

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/09

Why does suicide occur?Why is there still a stigma around it?And how canwe work to prevent people from taking their own lives?If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.Guest: Professor Rory O'Connor, Professor of Health Psychology at the University of Glasgow.Author of 'When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to

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14:41

UPDATE: Kenneth Law in the dock | Poison Ep. 5

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/09

Kenneth Law faces 14 counts of murder and 14 of aiding suicide. James returns to speak with David Parfett, the bereaved father whose loss began it all.WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.This podcast was brought to you thanks

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18:03

UPDATE: Kenneth Law is arrested | Poison Ep. 4

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/09

Days after Poison first aired, Kenneth Law is arrested in Canada. At a late-night press conference, police reveal the alleged scale of his operation: 1,200 packages, shipped to over 40 countries.For the families left behind, the arrest brings both relief and renewed grief, and a question that hangs over the entire investigation: why did it take so long?WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in

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39:02

An encounter in Toronto | Poison Ep. 3

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/09

James flies to Canada, hoping to talk to Kenneth Law. After days chasing false leads, he tracks him down to a car park in Toronto.WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116 123.Host: James Beal, Social Affairs Editor, The Times.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of

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24:27

The man who sells death | Poison Ep. 2

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/09

The search for answers leads to a name: Kenneth Law. From a quiet suburb outside Toronto, Law appears to run a website selling a substance to young, vulnerable, adults around the world, some of whom are using it to take their own lives.WARNING: this series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116

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24:21

The Life of Tom Parfett | Poison Ep. 1

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/09

Twenty two-year-old Tom Parfett took his own life in October, 2021.As his father David begins to ask questions, what first appeared as an isolated tragedy reveals a darker truth - one that exposes the ease with which death can be bought online.WARNING: This series contains discussions about suicide. If you or someone you know has been affected or needs to talk to someone, please get in contact with the Samaritans online https://www.samaritans.org/ or call them for free on their 24-hour helpline 116

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1:53

Introducing: Poison

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/09

Twenty two-year-old Tom Parfett took his own life in October, 2021. His grieving father’s search for answers leads investigative journalist James Beal from a quiet British town to a freezing carpark in Canada, where he tracks down a man allegedly selling death online.In this award-winning series, James uncovers the global trade in a lethal substance, searches for the man alleged to be at its centre, and exposes the systemic failures that allowed it to thrive.WARNING: this series contains discussions

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43:12

The wilderness of mirrors | Murder in Cairo Ep. 2

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/03

The case breaks open. Using WikiLeaks cables, memoirs, and declassified files, journalist Emanuele Midolo joins Peter Gillman as their investigation into David Holden's death leads them all the way to a CIA post in Jerusalem.But who ordered the hit, and who looked away?Host: Manveen RanaGuests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo, Emanuele Midolo, reporter, The Times and The Sunday Times and co-author of Murder in CairoClips: ITN, Getty, Truth

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34:25

The death of our star reporter | Murder in Cairo Ep. 1

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/03

December 1977: The Sunday Times correspondent David Holden lands in Cairo to report on crucial peace talks between Egypt and Israel. Hours later he’s found dead near the airport - shot with a single bullet to the heart.Decades later, Peter Gillman retraces Holden’s final days, uncovering a planned abduction, missing telexes, and an espionage tangle between Whitehall, the CIA and the KGB.Host: Manveen RanaGuests: Peter Gillman, former The Sunday Times reporter and co-author of Murder in Cairo,

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33:18

The neo-Nazi YouTuber | Britain’s New Far Right Ep. 2

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/01

On the trail of the far-right YouTuber known only as ‘Ayatollah’. Tips from undercover sources, summer camp sightings and voice-recognition technology lead David to a quiet village in the West Midlands.How did a karaoke-singing millennial go from writing about Asian footballers to livestreaming Hitler praise, and what role did YouTube play in keeping him online?Host: David Aaronovitch.Clips: Father and Son by Yusuf / Cat Stevens, 2020 Universal Music Operations Limited.This podcast was brought to

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36:16

A lockdown creation | Britain’s New Far Right Ep. 1

Last Man Standing | Times Investigates ·

2025/10/01

With the streets emptied by Covid, David Aaranovitch steps into the online world of Patriotic Alternative, a far-right group turning the pandemic into a recruitment tool.Discovering a particularly virulent racist aligned to the group, David asks if YouTube is doing enough to stop hate speech?Host: David Aaronovitch.Clips: BBC, Channel 4, Sky News, ITN.This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our

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