The Ulster loyalists

The Shankill Butchers is the name given to an Ulster loyalist gang, many of whom were members of the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). 

The gang conducted paramilitary activities during the 1970s in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was most notorious for its late-night kidnapping, torture and murder (by throat slashing) of random Catholic civilians. The Shankill Butchers killed at least 30 people (including a significant number of Protestants) in sectarian attacks, paramilitary feuds, personal grudges and bombing raids. 

Despite extensive police resources channelled towards their capture, a wall of silence created by a mixture of fear and respect in the Shankill community, provided few leads that could be followed.

This is another documentary covering a murderous feud between rival paramilitary godfathers from Northern Ireland's Loyalist community. After the IRA and Loyalist ceasefires led to the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and relative peace in Ulster, some paramilitaries began using their 'skills' in violence to begin making money in criminal enterprises.

With an unhealthy mix of power, money and violence - clashes over personalities and profits is inevitable. This feud between Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair and John 'Grugg' Gregg resulted in a number of deaths and was only settled when dozens of people from Adair's faction were forced out of Northern Ireland for good.