Sport's Strangest Crimes
The Real Story of Shergar the Super Horse
4. Send in the Cavalry
June 17, 2021
30 minutes
Available for over a year
The Europa 3, unsuspecting sports journalists get flown to Belfast, over 100 miles from the crime scene to a farm belonging to horse trainers the Maxwells.
Phone calls ensue, back and forth, details change, voices get more menacing. The police are on hand to try and trace the calls, but for some reason, they can’t find them.
Suddenly negotiations stop, there is a pause, then one final phone call.