Bloody Sunday and H-Block - Sam Millar - Part 1
In a two-part episode, we speak with Belfast author Sam Millar who was imprisoned at the age of 17 in Northern Ireland and went on to spend 8 years enduring some of the toughest conditions imaginable. In this episode, Sam talks about Bloody Sunday, how he ended up in prison, the protests that took place and the physical and mental torture he endured during his time in the infamous Long Kesh detention centre, also known as H-Block. We build up to a journey that took him to New York, where he attempted one of the biggest bank robberies in US history, described in detail in his book 'on the Brinks' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.