{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/6aad6a360a12e917743b0b20?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Johnny ‘Mad dog’ Adair: “He created the mad dog persona” ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1789748984949-9fd08205-7fdc-4ca4-947f-73f228ff9c89.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Johnny Adair, commonly referred to as ‘Mad dog Adair’, was one the most well-known terror bosses of the Troubles. He said his war was aimed at the IRA, but innocent Catholics were more often than not his real victims.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>His C Company of the west Belfast UDA also turned their guns on their fellow loyalists.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Who is Mad dog Adair, what does he believe, and how does he view his murderous reign?&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Aaron Edwards, a Senior Lecturer in Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and author of ‘Enemies within: The explosive true story of Johnny ‘Mad dog’ Adair’.</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}