‘Everyone Cracks’ Interrogator On Inhumane Torture, Being Captured, & Training SAS | Minutes With

In this episode of Minutes With, we hear from Ian Dilks A.K.A 'Dilksy', about his incredible time as an SAS Interrogator. Dilksy spent a total of 24 years in the Armed Forces, his last years spent training SAS troops and preparing them for the worst-case scenario; being captured & interrogated. He tells us about the most intense interrogation training course, being interrogated himself, and the most disturbing realities of being tortured by the enemy.

Thank you to Ian for taking part in this episode - / dilksy999

00:00 Intro
00:21 Childhood and joining the Army
02:33 First Role in the Army
03:36 Becoming an Interrogator
04:23 Interrogator Training
07:47 Being Captured and Interrogated for Training
10:43 Kept in a Dog Cage
12:30 Stress Positions
13:45 'You weren't there!'
14:28 SAS Interrogation Training
16:24 'Stay Alive'
18:25 Worst Case Scenario
18:58 'Everyone cracks'
19:27 Grounding Techniques and Small Victories
20:17 SAS Survivors
20:41 Debriefing Captives
22:58 Torture
23:33 Most Shocking Case
24:18 What Type of Person Makes A Good Interrogator
25:09 Interrogator Ian vs Real-life Ian
25:33 What did you love about the job?