
<p>In a hugely significant development, the former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney has been arrested in Florida. Mark brings us the very latest.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written...


Cover is an award-winning series investigating true stories of people living secret double lives, presented and produced by Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy. Series 1: Where Is George Gibney? An Olympic coach charged with child sexual abuse who never stood trial. Instead, he vanished. Series 2: Stakeknife. A man tasked with finding and killing alleged IRA informers who was, in fact, a British agent all along. You can contact our production team about either series at cover@bbc.co.uk. Credits for series 2: Stakeknife - Reporter: Mark HorganProduced and written by: Mark Horgan and Ciarán CassidyCo-Producer: Paddy FeeEditing and Sound Design: Ciarán CassidyComposer: Michael FlemingSound mixing: Ger McDonnellTheme tune by LankumArtwork by Conor MerrimanAssistant Commissioners for BBC: Lorraine OkuefunaCommissioning Editor for BBC: Dylan Haskins Cover is a Second Captains & Little Wing production for BBC Sounds.
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Signup to Generate a PitchCover is an award-winning series investigating true stories of people living secret double lives, presented and produced by Mark Horgan and Ciarán Cassidy. Series 1: Where Is George Gibney? An Olympic coach charged with child sexual abuse who never stood trial. Instead, he vanished. Series 2: Stakeknife.
Recent episodes include "12. Case Update: George Gibney Arrested in Florida" (11 July 2025, 11 minutes), "12. Bonus Episode With Angela Donnelly, Sister of Eugene Simons" (20 June 2025, 42 minutes), and "11. Bonus Q&A with Mark Horgan and Patrick Radden Keefe" (20 June 2025, 63 minutes).
Cover publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 30 episodes.
Booking probability for Cover is 21%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Cover requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Cover's contact route on record: verified email.
Cover is a true crime podcast with 30 episodes published.
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<p>In a hugely significant development, the former Irish Olympic swimming coach George Gibney has been arrested in Florida. Mark brings us the very latest.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark Horgan Produced and written...

<p>Angela Donnelly was one of the voices you heard at the end of episode 9 coming forward publicly for the first time. Angela is the sister of Eugene Simons who was murdered and disappeared by the IRA in 1981. She...

<p>Mark is joined by the author of 'Say Nothing' Patrick Radden Keefe to discuss the making of 'Stakeknife' and also the television adaptation of 'Say Nothing'. They'll take your questions on both series and discuss the...

<p>Two bonus episodes coming soon including a Q&A with Patrick Radden Keefe, the author of the international bestseller Say Nothing. The second episode is an exclusive interview with Angela Donnelly, a woman whose...

Episode #12
<p>Mark travels to where Freddie Scappaticci lived after he disappeared from Belfast. A news report we featured from 1987 inspires a man to get in touch with the podcast.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark Horgan...

Episode #11
<p>Shauna tells the story of her mother Caroline Moreland. We hear how her campaigning has helped others connected to the the Stakeknife case and how other families have come forward to Mark since the start of this...

Episode #10
<p>We return to the solicitor’s office in West Belfast as Mark meets three crucial people to discuss the end of Scappaticci’s time in the IRA and his eventual uncovering as the agent...

Episode #9
<p>In 1990, a man called Sandy Lynch was tied up, blindfolded and interrogated by Scappaticci. He survived to document his experience. Marks speaks to an IRA man who “guarded” Lynch.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark...

Episode #8
<p>Episode 7 is available on Friday, January 3rd on BBC Sounds.</p>

Episode #7
<p>Orla and Kevin Coyle tell the story of their father who was killed as an alleged informer by the IRA. The profound shadow cast by their father’s death has lasted almost 30 years.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark...

Episode #6
<p>Brendan Hughes wants to question Joe Fenton and find the “main mover.” Is Stakeknife suspected? We meet the former IRA man who interviewed Hughes and whose hero was Scappaticci.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark...

Episode #5
<p>Mark tells the story of a man called Joe Fenton and how he was connected to Stakeknife. We learn there was a hierarchy of agents, where some were saved and some were not.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark Horgan...

Episode #4
<p>Mark meets two former members of the FRU, the secret army intelligence unit that ran the agent Stakeknife. How did they recruit people? How was Scappaticci recruited?</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark Horgan...

Episode #3
<p>Mark speaks to the brother of one of the first people interrogated by Stakeknife. We follow Seamus’ journey as he retraces his brothers steps in the days before he was murdered.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark...

Episode #2
<p>A man flees Northern Ireland when he’s named as Stakeknife. At a surprise press conference a few days later he denies the charges but a forgotten tape comes back to haunt him.</p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark...

Episode #1
<p>In Northern Ireland from 1978 to 1994, the IRA killed over 40 alleged informers; people accused of passing information to the police and the British Army. But the man who often found, tortured, and sometimes killed...

<p>A message from Mark Horgan on a new investigative series launching next week from the production team behind ‘Where Is George Gibney?’</p><p>This new series will focus on another figure who lived a double life and...

Episode #14
<p>Almost three years on from our last episode, there’s a significant update on the case of George Gibney. We also hear from contributors to the podcast series speaking publicly at an emotional event in the National...

Episode #13
<p>As a police investigation into Gibney is confirmed, survivors around the world begin to talk. A significant voice in the story of George Gibney comes forward.</p><p>-- </p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter: Mark Horgan...

Episode #12
<p>Survivors continue to come forward for the first time and a new voice emerges from Waterford. We tell the story of Loraine Kennedy with some help from her daughter, Louise.</p><p>-- </p><p>Credits</p><p>Reporter...
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