Podcasts by Mens Rea: A true crime podcast
Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, "guilty mind". Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.
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Listen Now: 48 Hours from 2023-10-16T10:00
One of television's most popular true-crime series is now adapted for your ears with the “48 Hours” podcast. Every week, award-winning CBS News correspondents investigate the most intriguing cri...
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134 - A Question of Self Defence: The murder of Leslie Kenny from 2023-09-19T02:00
Just after 10am, on Wednesday the 29th July 2008, shots rang out on a busy residential road in Kilrush, Co Clare. Two men who lived on the street, Leslie Kenny and Brendan O'Sullivan, had exchan...
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133 - Killer on the Run: The murder of Emer O'Loughlin from 2023-09-12T02:00
If you have any information on the whereabouts of John Griffin, you can contact Gort Garda Station on (091) 636400, the Garda Confidential line at 1800 666 111 or your local law enforcement agen...
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132 - Nagged to Kill: The death of Gary Cotter from 2023-08-28T02:00
28 year old mother of one Norma Crotty appeared on her neighbours doorstep early on the morning of January 3rd, 1995. She was in a distressed state, and was holding a shotgun. It was smoking. Listen
131 - For the Love of Money: The murder of Paul Jones from 2023-08-22T02:00
In September of 2019, Paul Jones was found dead in the hallway of his home on Bandon Road, in Cork. The 54 year old had a chequered past, but for the last decade had lived a quiet and pious life, b...
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130 - Drugs, Death and Butchery: The Deaths of Vincent Costello, Morgan Costello and Damien Monahan from 2023-08-07T02:00
In the early hours of 29th April, 2000, a fire was discovered in an upmarket flat in the seaside resort of Scheveningen, The Hague. Three occupants were found dead in the bathtub - young Irishmen D...
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129 - A Battle for Justice: The murder of Brian Fizgerald from 2023-07-24T17:00
In the early hours of 29th November, 2002, 34 year old father of two arrived home from working his shift as the security manager at a popular nightclub in Limerick City. He was shot to death in hi...
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128 - A Questionable Conviction: The Deaths of Margaret and Martin Glynn from 2023-07-10T09:30
On a chilly Sunday morning in December of 1980, Michael Kelly arrived at a neighbours house in a panic. There was a fire in the house he was staying in nearby, and inside were the two elderly sibli...
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127 - An Unusual Defence: Layla Brennan from 2023-07-03T02:00
In March of 1999, Phillip Colgan and his wife Mary walked into Rathfarnham Garda Station and with a story to tell. It would be his first of many., and it would be up to a jury to decide which was t...
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126 - Sex, Lies and Videotape: the murder of Gerry McGinley from 2023-06-22T02:00
In August of 2000, Gerry McGinley disappeared from his home near Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. His wife Julie said he had packed up a plastic bag and had taken off. The police investigation came up wi...
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125 - Murder by Car: Daniel McDonald from 2023-06-05T02:00
In the early hours of 2nd February, 2007, a tragedy occurred on the main street of Arklow, Co Wicklow. A man had been struck by a car and lay dying in the road. It soon became clear, however, tha...
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124 - Siobhan Hynes: Murder Most Foul from 2023-05-22T02:00
17 year old Siobhan Hynes went out with friends to the small village of an Cheathru Rua on the night of Sat 5th December 1998. She never made it home. Siobhan's body was found the following day, on...
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123 - Death in the Sun: Celine Conroy from 2023-05-01T02:00
In the summer of 2005, Celine Conroy decided to pack up her three kids to spend the summer in Spain alongside her partner Paul Hickey. But rather than a relaxing escape from her life back in Dublin...
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122 - Darragh Conroy: The mobile phone murder from 2023-04-03T02:00
On the night of the 11th Nov, 2003, Patricia Conroy frantically searched the small midlands town of Mountmellick for her 14 year old son Darragh. He wasn't answering the new mobile phone he'd just ...
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121- For Reasons Unknown: The murder of Kenneth O'Brien from 2023-03-21T19:30
In January of 2016, people started to find body parts wrapped in shopping bags on a stretch of the Grand Canal in Co. Kildare. To gardai, this looked like a gangland hit. But when the remains wer...
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120 - Dear Diary: The murder of Alison Shaughnessy from 2023-03-06T15:00
In June of 1991, 21 year old newly-wed Alison Shaughnessy was found lying in a pool of blood at the entrance to her flat in London by her husband John. After a stalled police investigation, two wom...
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119: Missing Mary from 2023-01-16T03:00
Mary Boyle disappeared from a swampy field next her grandparents home in an isolated part of Donegal in 1977. She disappeared without a trace, and her case has become the longest running missing c...
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118 - Raonaid Murray (from the Guilt Trip Archives) from 2022-11-21T20:00
On the night of the 3rd of September 1999, Raonaid Murray was walking home through Dun Laoghaire and Glenageary in South Dublin. As she took a short cut through a quiet laneway, she was attacked. ...
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117 - The Burden They Carry: The murder of Marie Kilmartin from 2022-11-08T18:00
In December of 1993, 35 year old Marie Kilmartin got a phone call. Then, she left her house and never returned. Marie's body was recovered some six months later, in a bog 25 km from her home in Po...
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116 - Tom Clisham's Body from 2022-10-24T11:05
In December of 1997, 53 year old bachelor farmer Tom Clisham was found dead in his cottage in Galway. He hadn't been seen in some time, and his body was in such a bad state no visual identification...
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Introducing - Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper from 2022-10-18T15:00
Here’s a preview of Bad Women: The Blackout Ripper. Over a single week in February 1942, a depraved serial killer stalked London’s dark and WWII bomb-ravaged streets, hunting for victims in the c...
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Introducing - The ReWatcher: Buffy the Vampire Slayer from 2022-10-05T19:00
Welcome to the Hellmouth Weirdos! Your favourite Morbid hosts Ash and Alaina are branching out from true crime and heading to Sunnydale for the ultimate Buffy the Vampire Slayer Rewatch podcast! Al...
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115 - Flawed Relationships: The killing of Julia O'Brien from 2022-09-26T03:00
Before the sun had even risen on the morning of Christmas Eve, 1995 Julia O'Brien was discovered dead on the floor in her home in Drimoleague, Co Cork. Julia was well known locally, as was her pro...
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114 - Damaged Individuals: The Murder of Patrick Sammon from 2022-09-12T05:00
In June 1997, Patrick Sammon was murdered in his home in Galway in the course of an argument. What had led to the fight that night would be a story of two very damaged individuals and circumstanc...
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Introducing: American Scandal - Edward Snowden, from Wondery from 2022-09-01T05:00
The terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, took a large toll on America’s sense of security. In the dawn of this new era, Congress moved to take swift action by creating the Patriot Act. The st...
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From the Archives: Marilyn Rynn: The Shortcut from 2022-08-29T02:00
In December of 1995, 41 year old Marilyn Rynn disappeared after attending her workplace Christmas party. Two weeks later her body was found hidden in bushes at a park near to her home. She had been...
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From the Archives: The Disappearance of Philip Cairns from 2022-08-15T02:00
On Thursday the 26th of October 1986, Philip Cairns left his Ballyroan Road home after eating his lunch. He was headed back to school. But he never made it there. An intensive search followed, but ...
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From the Archives: The Murder of Manuela Riedo from 2022-08-01T02:00
Three days after arriving in Galway in October of 2007, 17 year old Swiss girl Manuel Riedo was found dead on some marshy ground just outside the city. The investigation into her murder would revea...
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From the Archives: The murder of Jill Meagher&the serial sex crimes of Adrian Bayley from 2022-07-18T02:00
On Friday the 22nd September 2012, Jill Meagher left work after a long week and went out for a night on the town in her adopted home of Melbourne, Australia. She spent the evening in a number of ba...
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Announcement + Bonus: Behind the Mic with Mens Rea from 2022-07-08T02:30
An update on the show for the summer followed by a live session from CrimeCon London 2022 where Sinead goes behind the mic with her true crime podcasting friends! Thank you to Bob from Twisted Bri...
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113 - The Passers-by: The murder of Deirdre Mulcahy from 2022-06-10T17:00
In September of 1989, 19 year old Deirdre Mulcahy was heading out for the night to meet her friends in Midleton, Co Cork. She never returned home. The garda investigation into her killing would las...
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112 - A Terrible Thing: The murder of Marie Buckley from 2022-05-24T17:00
On 9 November 1970, in the little village of Clonroche, Co Wexford, a young girl went missing. Just a few hours later her body was found dumped in a field not far from her home, and the main street...
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111 - Unsolved: The killing of Belinda Pereira from 2022-05-16T05:00
On the 29th of December, 1996, Gardai were called to a flat on Liffey St in Dublin city centre. Inside was the body of 26 year old British-Sri Lankan woman, Belinda Pereira, who was staying in Dubl...
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109 - No Air: The Murder of Csaba Orsos from 2022-04-11T19:00
On the morning of 26th March, 2013, a car entered the water at Arklow pier. Only one of it's occupants emerged from the freezing, rough water. Was it a terrible accident? Or a plan to murder?<...
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108 - Bonus: Rebecca French from 2022-03-21T23:14:26
A burning car was found in a country lane, just outside of Wexford Town in 2009. When emergency services examined it's remaining shell, the body of a woman was found. It was local woman, 30 ye...
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Introducing: American Hostage from 2022-03-08T21:00
In the series premiere, radio DJ Fred Heckman (Jon Hamm) receives an unexpected call from a listener that turns his life upside down.
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107 - The Day Trip: Bettina Poeschel from 2022-03-01T18:00
On 25th September, 2001, 28 year old German tourist Bettina Poeschel took a train from Dublin to Drogheda, Co Louth. She wanted to visit Newgrange - an ancient monument in the Meath countrysid...
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106 - Unintentional: The murder of Ann Walsh from 2022-02-16T18:58:36
In August of 2005, 23 year old Ann Walsh was found dead in the grounds of the parish church in Kilrush, Co Clare. Gardai made an arrest shortly after the discovery - Raymond Donovan, Ann's for...
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105 - Vendetta: The murder of Tracy Butler from 2022-01-31T06:00
In July of 1993, 17 year old Tracy Butler was set upon and stabbed to death while walking home in what appeared to be a random act of violence. But as gardai began investigating the case, they...
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104 - Brazen: The murder of Rose Farrelly from 2022-01-17T03:00
57 year old Rose Farrelly was found dead in her own home on the morning of the 15th February 1993. It appeared that the house had been broken into, and then the single woman had been beaten, s...
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Introducing Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders from 2022-01-04T06:00
In the era of some of the most heinous serial killers of all time, one murderous family went curiously unnoticed: The McCrarys. Led by a psychopathic patriarch and his cunning son-in-law, this...
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Introducing Killer Psyche from 2021-12-20T18:00
What causes people to become killers?
KILLER PSYCHE is a true crime podcast from Wondery that covers high-profile cases that shocked the world. Host Candice Delong uses her expe... Listen
KILLER PSYCHE is a true crime podcast from Wondery that covers high-profile cases that shocked the world. Host Candice Delong uses her expe... Listen
103 - A killing at Christmas: The murder of Maire Rankin from 2021-12-16T00:52:36
On Christmas morning, 2008, 81 year old widow Maire Rankin was not answering the phone. Family members called around to her Newry home to check on her - not only had she been recently ill but ...
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102 - The murder of Colleen Mulder from 2021-11-30T17:12:31
In 2004, 41 year old mother of 6, Colleen Mulder was found dead in her bed. Quickly, her husband Anton was arrested. Was Anton being abused? Or was he suffering from a mental disorder?
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Wondery Presents: The Shrink Next Door from 2021-11-22T17:17:39
Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbour in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentr...
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101 - A Few Days in May from 2021-11-16T16:58:27
In early May, 1996 - three women were killed violently in their own homes in separate incidents across Ireland. It all occurred in the space of three days.
In fact, 1996 ...
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Introducing: Shadow of Truth from 2021-10-27T13:43:23
It’s one of the most haunting murder cases you’ll ever hear about, and it takes place in a small town in Israel.
Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a lock... Listen
Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a lock... Listen
100 - Provocation&the Gay Panic defence from 2021-10-24T18:02:53
There has been a lot of progress in relation to equal rights and protections for members of the LGBTQ+ in Ireland. However, despite decriminalisation in 1993, and the passage of Marriage Equal...
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99 - Loose Threads: The murder of Deborah Robinson from 2021-10-17T18:10:24
In 1980, 19 year old Deborah Robinson took a bus from her home in Belfast down to Dublin for the day. She never returned. Her body was found in ditch in rural Co. Kildare, and launched a huge ...
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Introducing: This Is Actually Happening from 2021-09-28T14:10:56
What would you do if a singular moment changed your life forever? This is Actually Happening is a weekly podcast from Wondery that features extraordinary life changing stories told by the peop...
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98 - A Question of Disorder: The murders of Anne&Annie Gillespie from 2021-09-23T23:26:58
In 1988, Anne Gillespie was 18 years old. She was looking forward to embarking on adult life. There was just one problem - her boyfriend of over three years had begun to behave horribly. She d...
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Bonus: The Killing of Fr Niall Molloy from 2021-09-10T11:49:13
In the course of researching the assassination of Veronica Guerin, I came across the mention of files stolen from the offices of the Director of Public Prosecution by Martin C...
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97 - Part Two: With Impunity from 2021-08-23T03:21:52
7 years apart, two young and vulnerable teenaged girls went missing - Arlene Arkinson in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1994 and Hannah Williams in London in 2001.
The s...
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Introducing - Dr. Death Season 3: Miracle Man from 2021-08-17T07:00
Paolo is a smart and handsome surgeon, renowned for his ability to perform surgeries that transform his patients’ lives. When television producer Benita covers him for a story, he’ll transform...
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97 - Part One: With Impunity from 2021-08-16T03:07:15
7 years apart, two young and vulnerable teenaged girls went missing - Arlene Arkinson in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1994 and Hannah Williams in London in 2001.
The s...
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96 - Nicola Furlong: Murder in the Land of the Rising Sun from 2021-07-26T10:40:56
In May of 2012, Nicola Furlong and her best friend Sarah were enjoying an exciting year on Erasmus in a university in Japan. On the night of the 23rd, the two Wexford girls hit the town to see...
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95 - Desecration: The murder of Patricia O'Connor from 2021-06-28T19:47:18
In the summer of 2017, body parts were discovered strewn across the scenic landscape of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. Gardai began a wide-scale search and a murder investigation. But only ...
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94 - Bonus: Serial - Slawomir Gierlowski from 2021-06-19T20:12:22
In May of 2016, a woman was attacked as she walked to work by a man wielding a knife. In the course of the investigation, the assault was linked to two other crimes - both sexually motivated. ...
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93 - Never Forget: The murder of Marioara Rostas from 2021-05-31T07:58:18
In January 2008, 18 year old Marioara got into a car on Lombard Street in Dublin City centre, where she and some of her family had been begging for change. She was never seen again. During the...
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92 - No Excuse: The murder of Mary Doogue from 2021-05-18T01:25:24
In October of 1995, Mary Doogue was beaten to death. She lay in her bed in her cold dark home for 12 hours before she got any medical attention, and died shortly after. Her partner 19 year old...
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91 - Pure Thuggery: The murders of Mariusz Szwajkos&Pawel Kalite from 2021-05-03T14:00
In February of 2008, two Polish men living and working in Drimnagh, South Dublin were killed in a fight outside their home. Both had been stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. It quickly eme...
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Bonus: CrimeConVersations with Mens Rea&Once Upon a Crime from 2021-04-21T08:00
CrimeConVersations is a brand-new True Crime podcast brought to you by CrimeCon UK.
In the lead up to CrimeCon UK in London, CrimeCon UK are bringing two favourite podcasts together ... Listen
In the lead up to CrimeCon UK in London, CrimeCon UK are bringing two favourite podcasts together ... Listen
Wondery Presents: In God We Lust from 2021-04-20T14:00
A woman named Becki is lounging by the pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel when she decides to proposition a strapping pool attendant. To go on a date with her...and her husband. What begins as an...
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90 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Siobhan McLoughlin from 2021-04-20T02:16:31
On 28th February 2006, Siobhan McLoughlin was found dead in locked bedroom. At first glance, it looked as if she had tragically taken her own life. But within hours after her death, police and...
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89 - The Ordeal: Jennifer Guinness from 2021-04-05T02:00
In April of 1986, three armed men burst into a lavish home in Howth. When they left, they brought with them Jennifer Guinness, mother of three and wife of the head of a merchant bank. A ransom...
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88 - Location Unknown: The murder of Meg Walsh from 2021-03-22T10:20:28
In October of 2006, Meg Walsh went missing. She wasn't at her home, and she didn't turn up for work. The garda investigation that followed revealed that Meg had had some troubling experiences ...
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87 - The Murder of Manuela Riedo from 2021-03-08T03:00
Three days after arriving in Galway in October of 2007, 17 year old Swiss girl Manuel Riedo was found dead on some marshy ground just outside the city. The investigation into her murder ... Listen
86 - Vengeance: The hunt for Raoul Moat from 2021-02-22T08:06:53
Raoul Moat was released from a short stint in prison in 2010. In the days that followed he shot three people, including a Northumberland police officer and went on the run in the quiet town of...
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85 - Monster in the Garage: Patricia Murphy from 2021-02-07T03:00
In May of 1996, a woman's body was found behind a skip in Glasnevin, Dublin city. Late on the 27th, Patricia Murphy had been reported missing from her nearby home.
In ord...
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84 - Dark Saga: The murder of Philomena Gillane from 2021-01-24T07:59:09
In May of 1994, Philomena Gillane was 7 months pregnant. On the morning of Wednesday the 11th, she left her home early to head to work. But she never arrived. She was found dead in the boot of...
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Introducing: The Apology Line from Wondery from 2021-01-19T08:00
If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know...what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the sto...
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83 - The Disappearance of Philip Cairns from 2021-01-10T03:00
On Thursday the 26th of October 1986, Philip Cairns left his Ballyroan Road home after eating his lunch. He was headed back to school. But he never made it there. An intensive search followed,...
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82 - Frenzied: Redvers Bickley from 2020-12-20T03:00
On Saturday, September 9th 2017, a group of women were celebrating a 25th birthday in a house in Rhyl, Wales. Tyler Denton was hosting the party for her new girlfriend Hayley Barnett. It was ...
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Introducing Crime Weekly from 2020-12-18T08:00
Hear an exclusive clip from the new true crime podcast, Crime Weekly. Crime Weekly is a co-production from Audioboom and Main Event Media. Join hosts Derrick Levasseur and Stephanie Harlowe ev...
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Wondery Presents: Death of a Starlet from 2020-12-08T08:00
Nineteen eighty was going to be Dorothy Stratten’s year. Playboy’s Hugh Hefner thought it might even be her decade. She was just 20 years old, the girl next door with the shy smile and whisper...
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81 - A Voyage of Fiction: The Murder of Aoife Phelan from 2020-12-06T03:00
In October of 2012, 30 year old Aoife Phelan went missing without a trace. Aoife had simply left a friends house and vanished with no sign of what might become of her. A garda investigation be...
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80 - Trauma: The murder of Wayne McQuillan from 2020-11-22T03:00
In the early hours New Year's day, 2014 Wayne McQuillan stumbled out of a house in Rathmullen Park, Drogheda Co Louth. He was covered in blood. Paula Farrell, his partner would face trial for ...
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79 - Savage: The murder of James Healy from 2020-11-09T03:36:53
In February of 1996, 16 year old James Healy was found brutally beaten in a field near his home in Tralee. It wouldn't be long before gardai zeroed in on their prime suspect - a 25 year old ma...
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78 - The Field: The killing of Paddy Daly from 2020-10-25T10:18:35
In January of 1996, 69 year old bachelor farmer Paddy Daly went missing from his home just outside Killarney in Co. Kerry. His family told the press and the police that they were baffled as to...
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77 - The Murder of Georgina Eager from 2020-10-13T11:03:47
In May of 2003, family members discovered the body of Georgina Eager in the bedroom of her flat. The knife used to kill her was still protruding from her neck. A man was arrested shortly after...
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76 - House of Horrors: Cork's Missing Men from 2020-09-29T02:00
Just before Christmas 1994, Patch O'Driscoll went missing from his bedsit in Cork City. When the garda investigation began into his missing persons case, it was discovered two other men had al...
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75 - Pathological: The murders of Lesley Clarke&Trevor Buchanan from 2020-09-13T02:35
In May of 1991, the bodies of Lesley Clarke and Trevor Buchanan were discovered in a fume filled car, parked in Lesley's deceased father's garage. The deaths were ruled a tragic double suicide...
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74 - Marilyn Rynn: The Shortcut from 2020-08-17T04:00
In December of 1995, 41 year old Marilyn Rynn disappeared after attending her workplace Christmas party. Two weeks later her body was found hidden in bushes at a park near to her home. She had...
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73 - The Park: The killing of Rachel Kiely from 2020-08-02T05:00
22 year old Rachel Kiely left home in Ballincollig, Co. Cork with her two dogs on the afternoon of the 26th of October 2000. Her dogs returned to the house, but she didn't. A few hours later, ...
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72 - The Missing Postman: Larry Griffin from 2020-07-19T03:30
On Christmas Day, 1929, postman Larry Griffen went to work in the small village of Stradbally, Co Waterford. As he called into homes with the post, he was thanked with tips and a few drinks. T...
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71 - A Walk in the Dark: The murder of Rachel Moran from 2020-07-05T02:00
In the early hours of New Years Day 2003, Rachel Moran decided leave her parents house and make the 20 minute walk to her own flat. Her worried mother tried to stop her, but Rachel said she wo...
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70 - Lives of Violence: Robert Mone from 2020-06-22T05:30
In 1967, a teacher was shot in her classroom in Dundee.
In 1976, two men escaped a mental hospital and killed three others in the process.
In 1979, three wome... Listen
Introducing: Murder in Hollywoodland from 2020-06-17T08:30
It's February 2nd 1922, and all of Hollywood is about to wake up and learn that William Desmond Taylor, the most famous film director in town, was murdered in his home last night. The investig...
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69 - The Emergency: The IRA, spies and the murder of Michael Devereux from 2020-06-07T03:00
In 1940, 24 year old Michael Devereux disappeared from his home in Co Wexford. A year later, his body would be discovered buried in an isolated part of Co Tipperary. A number of men who were k...
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68 - Mountain Mysteries: The murder of Phyllis Murphy from 2020-05-24T02:00
Just before Christmas 1979, 23 year old Phyllis Murphy disappeared while waiting on a bus in Newbridge, Co Kildare. Her body was found in an isolated spot 25 miles away at Turlough Hill, Co Wi...
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67 - Honor Bright: Murder in the Free State from 2020-05-11T02:00
In 1925, while the Irish Free State was still in it's infancy after the close of the civil war, the body of a young woman was found dead lying at a lonely cross roads in South County Dublin. H...
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66 - A Family Destroyed: The murder of Becky Watts from 2020-04-26T02:00
In February of 2015, 16 year old Becky Watts was reported missing by her family. A city - wide search ensued for the shy and socially anxious teenager. But it would turn out that Becky, and th...
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65 - A Deadly Affair: The killing of Penny McAllister from 2020-04-12T22:30
Penny and Duncan McAllister married young. But by all accounts, their marriage flourished while Duncan pursued his career as an officer in the British Army. In 1990, they moved to Armagh. Thro...
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64 - Hostage at Derrada Woods: The story of Don Tidey from 2020-03-29T18:07:57
In the early 1980s, there was a series of kidnap-for-ransom crimes committed in the Republic by the Provisional IRA in order to raise funds to finance their organisation and its terrorist oper...
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63 - Under the cover of Darkness: Dolores Lynch&Lyn Madden from 2020-03-15T18:23:13
In 1983, three women died in an horrific house fire at Blackpitts in Dublin. It would emerge that one of them - 34 year old Dolores Lynch - had been targeted by a violent and vengeful pimp. Jo...
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62 - Kidnap: Joyce McKinney from 2020-03-01T03:00
In September of 1977, Kirk Anderson a 21 year old American Mormon missionary is reported missing in Ewell, a town just south and west of London. Three days later, Kirk turns up again. Reports ...
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Introducing: Verified from 2020-02-24T08:55
We’re bringing you a special clip from Verified, a new investigative true crime podcast from Stitcher. Season one of Verified tells the story of a group of fearless women from around the world...
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61 - Retrial: The murder of Jong Ok Shin from 2020-02-16T03:00
On 12th July, 2002 Jong Ok Shin a Korean language student was brutally murdered while living in Bournemouth. A local drug addicted man, Omar Benguit was quickly identified as the prime suspect...
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60 - Siege: The death of John Carthy from 2020-02-02T03:00
In April of 2000, 27 year old John Carthy, who suffered from bi-polar disorder, barricaded himself in his family home while in the throws of a manic episode. The gardai were called, and soon t...
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59 - A Miscarriage of Justice: Nora Wall from 2020-01-19T03:00
In 1996, former nun with the Sisters of Mercy Nora Wall was accused of rape by a girl who had formerly been in her care at a group home in Cappoquin, Co Waterford. Alongside her, a homeless ma...
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58 - Murder by Mistake: Melanie McCarthy McNamara from 2020-01-05T03:00
Gangs and drugs effect nearly every community. But in 2012, the Dublin suburb of Tallaght was shocked by the spillover of violence. 16 year old Melanie McCarthy McNamara was shot while she sat...
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57 - Unsolved: The murder of Grace Livingstone from 2019-12-22T03:00
In 1992, a murder unlike any other happened in the quiet seaside town of Malahide. Grace Livingstone (56) was bound and then shot in the head in her own home.
Gardai initially suspec... Listen
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56 - Predator: The deaths of Patricia McGauley&Mary Cummins from 2019-12-08T03:00
1990 was a decade of missing women. We remember the names of the unfound - Annie McCarrick, Eva Brennan, Jo Jo Dollard, Deirdre Jacob.
The names Patricia McGauley and Ma...
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55 - Murder by Arson: The McCann Family from 2019-11-24T03:00
In the summer of 1992, the McCann Family endured a series of gas leaks in their home, and a spate of threatening phone calls. These nuisances escalated quickly though, and culminated in a ragi...
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54 - The Serial Child Murders of Robert Black from 2019-11-10T03:00
A stranger snatching a child off the street is thankfully a rare thing. But throughout the 70s and 80s, in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, a number of young girls disappeared as if int...
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Introducing What Makes a Killer from 2019-10-31T06:00
Audioboom presents: What Makes a Killer. Listen to new episodes of What Makes a Killer for a look into the life and crimes of the world’s most infamous serial killers. Featuring interviews wit...
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53 - Exorcism: The death of Christine Taylor from 2019-10-27T03:00
This week, we delve into the world of the paranormal - sort of.
In 1974, in the small town of Ossett, northern England, Michael and Christine Taylor found religion. They ...
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52 - Betrayal: The murder of Mary Gough from 2019-10-13T02:00
Mary Gough tragically fell down the stairs in her home, only 6 months after her wedding day. Or, at least that's what her husband, Colin Whelan, said. When Mary was rushed to the hospita... Listen
51 - Rampage: The murders of Elizabeth Plunkett&Mary Duffy from 2019-09-29T02:00
In 1976, there was a crime spree in Ireland. Houses and caravans were burgled, cars were stolen, and then two women went missing. Elizabeth Plunkett disappeared in Brittas Bay in Wicklow, and ...
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50 - Murdered Abroad: The story of Jason Corbett from 2019-09-15T02:00
In August of 2015, a Limerick man, Jason Corbett, was found dead on his bedroom floor of the master bedroom of his lavish family home in North Carolina. His young wife and her father were cove...
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49 - Wrongful Conviction: Tim Evans&the serial murders at 10 Rillington Place from 2019-09-01T02:00
A man is hanged for the murder of his child, and presumed to be the his wife's murderer, too. But three years later, in the same house that the couple had lived, more bodies were found.
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48 - Milly, Marsha and Amelie: The Bus Stop Murders from 2019-08-18T02:00
In March of 2002, Milly Dowler went missing. She was 13 years old and had been walking home after school that afternoon, down a busy road in a familiar area, near to her middle class home. Des...
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47 - Family Secrets: The death of Brian McGrath from 2019-08-04T02:00
In 1987, Brian McGrath disappeared. His wife, Vera, said he'd gone to Holland to find work. That he was abusive and delusional. But 6 years later, their eldest daughter Veronica told police th...
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46 - Tipperary Love Triangle: Patrick Quirke&the murder of Mr Moonlight (Part Two) from 2019-07-21T02:05
Bobby Ryan was a well known and well loved figure in Tipperary. He was a local DJ, known as Mr moonlight, in addition to his work in the local quarry. He was divorced, with two grown up childr...
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46 - Tipperary Love Triangle: Patrick Quirke&the murder of Mr Moonlight (Part One) from 2019-07-21T02:00
Bobby Ryan was a well known and well loved figure in Tipperary. He was a local DJ, known as Mr moonlight, in addition to his work in the local quarry. He was divorced, with two grown up childr...
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45 - The Fall: Deaths on Fremont Canyon Bridge from 2019-07-07T02:00
Casper Wyoming is a quiet town. But in 1973, it was marred by an horrific crime. Two girls, sisters - Becky Thompson and Amy Burridge - were snatched off the street, attacked and driven 35 mil...
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44 - Missing&Murdered: Operation Trace from 2019-06-23T02:00
Women have been disappearing from, or ending up found dead in, the Wicklow Mountains for over 30 years. In this bonus episode we look at a man that is suspected to have committed some of these...
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43 - The Abduction&Murder of Sarah Payne from 2019-06-09T03:00
In the summer of 2000, 8 year old Sarah Payne was out playing in the evening sunshine with her two older brothers and her little sister. After falling, she ran out of the field and into a lane...
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42 - Danger at Home: The Killing of Celine Cawley from 2019-05-26T02:00:16
Celine Cawley was a model, a former bond girl, an advertising producer and a successful business owner. But in December of 2008, she was attacked in her own home and died of her injuries.
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41 - Attacked: The murder of Karen Buckley from 2019-05-12T02:00:16
In April of 2015, two countries were gripped by the disappearance of a 24 year old nurse. Karen Buckley, from Co. Cork had gone on a night out in Glasgow's busy West End. But she didn't return...
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40 - Chaos, Neglect&Abuse: The Killing of Melissa Mahon from 2019-04-28T05:00:09
In September of 2006, Melissa Mahon (14) went missing in Sligo Town. She was supposed to in the care of the Health Service, but she had developed a habit of running away. That summer, she had ...
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39 - Terrorism at Lockerbie - The Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 from 2019-04-14T05:00:13
In 1988, a routine flight took off from London Heathrow. It was the second leg of a transatlantic flight that would stop in JFK, before heading even further west, to Detroit. In fact, Flight 1...
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38 - Tortured Teens: The horrific murders of Suzanne Capper&Sylvia Likens from 2019-03-31T05:00:10
Early on a December morning, in 1992, Suzanne Capper (16) was found wandering on a quiet laneway south of Manchester. She was half naked, and her body had been burned badly. She was brought to...
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37 - St Patricks Day: Crimes&Mayhem from 2019-03-17T06:00:04
It's St Patrick's day. Worldwide, buildings are being "greened". Shamrock shakes are being consumed. Guinness is being poured, and we're drowning the shamrock. But, this time of year sees a lo...
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36 - Holly and Jessica: The Soham Murders from 2019-03-03T06:00:20
In 2002, two ten year old girls - Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman - went missing in the quiet and idyllic English town of Soham. It quickly became apparent that the girls had not simply wander...
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35 - The murder of Jill Meagher&the serial sex crimes of Adrian Bayley from 2019-02-17T06:00:16
On Friday the 22nd September 2012, Jill Meagher left work after a long week and went out for a night on the town in her adopted home of Melbourne, Australia. She spent the evening in a number ...
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34 - The murder of Una Lynsky, Wrongful Convictions&fight for Justice from 2019-02-03T06:00:21
In October 1971, on a rural lane south of the village of Ratoath, Co Meath, Una Lynsky disappeared while walking a short distance from a bus stop to her home. Around that time, screams were he...
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33 - The murder of Robert Holohan: Broken Trust from 2019-01-20T06:00:18
On the afternoon of the 6th January, 2005 Robert Holohan rode his brand new silver BMX bike down his drive and out onto the roads of Ballyedmond, a townland north of Midleton in rural East Cor...
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32 - Ron Williamson, Wrongful Convictions&Murders in Ada (Part 2) from 2019-01-06T06:05:14
The small town of Ada Oklahoma was rocked in the early 80s by two unrelated murders of young women in the town. But by the mid 90s, that would change. The town would come under scrutiny for mi...
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32 - Ron Williamson, Wrongful Convictions&Murders in Ada (Part 1) from 2019-01-06T06:00:03
The small town of Ada Oklahoma was rocked in the early 80s by two unrelated murders of young women in the town. But by the mid 90s, that would change. The town would come under scrutiny for mi...
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Bonus Guilt Trip - The Hawe Family: Family Annihilation from 2018-12-23T08:00:18
Happy Holidays!
As a special bonus and thank you, this patreon-exclusive episode is now out for everyone to listen to. Thank you for sticking with me through 2018, and wishing you an... Listen
As a special bonus and thank you, this patreon-exclusive episode is now out for everyone to listen to. Thank you for sticking with me through 2018, and wishing you an... Listen
30 - Sharon Collins: Lying Eyes, Hitman4Hire,&attempted murder from 2018-12-23T06:00:19
In 2006, Sharon Collins decided that what she had wasn’t enough. She was a divorced mother of two, living with a long term partner, PJ Howard, who also had two sons. He also owned a multi-mill...
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29 - The murders of Thomas Murray&life sentences from 2018-12-09T06:00:14
The small town of Ballygar was shocked when 73 year old bachelor farmer William Mannion was found stabbed to death on his kitchen floor. A local youth was responsible. He was brought to trial,...
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28 - Murder on Ireland's Eye from 2018-11-25T06:00:10
In 1852, Sarah Maria Louisa Kirwan was found dead at the Long Hole on Ireland's Eye as the tide receded. Her husband, William, had been painting a sunset scene of the Dublin Mountains and told...
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27 - Archibald Hall: Thief&Serial Killer (Part 2) from 2018-11-11T06:30:05
In the final episode on the life and crimes of Archibald (Roy) Hall, we chart his activities over the final months of 1977 and into 1978. He had gone from butler and thief to murderer, when he...
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27 - Archibald Hall: Thief&Serial Killer (Part 1) from 2018-11-11T06:00:06
In the first of a two part series, we take a look back on the life and crimes of Archibald Thompson Hall, aka Roy Hall, aka Roy Fontaine, the monster butler. Roy was born to a working class fa...
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26 - Fiona Donnison&Mothers who Murder from 2018-10-28T06:00:04
On the morning of Wednesday, 27th January 2010, 45 year old mother of four Fiona Donnison walked into a police station in Heathfield, East Sussex. She was distressed, had what appeared to be s...
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25 - The tragic murder of Catherine Cooper from 2018-10-14T05:00:41
In 1954, Nurse Catherine Cooper (64) lived and worked in Limerick city as a home sister, visiting the ill and infirm at their bedsides. She was originally from County Clare, but had spent much...
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24 - Bruce Lee: Murder by Arson from 2018-09-30T05:00
In December 1989, the Hastie home on Selby Street in Hull caught fire in the early hours of the morning. Three of Hastie boys would die of their injuries. It was apparent from the beginning th...
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23 - Colin Norris: murderous nurse, or wrongfully convicted? from 2018-09-16T05:00
In 2002, Colin Norris was a young man at the beginning of his career in his chosen field of nursing. But the sudden death of an elderly patient, Ethel Hall, who had been under his care prompte...
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22 - The horrific murder of Sylvia Fleming from 2018-09-02T05:00
The year 1998 was a particularly difficult one for the small town of Omagh, in Northern Ireland. There finally seemed to be a workable plan in place to bring about the beginning of a peace pro...
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21 - Veronica Guerin: Gangland Murder of the Media (Part 2) from 2018-08-19T05:00
Veronica Guerin took on Ireland's booming gangland criminals in 1994, who were flooding the country with cannabis and other illegal substances and engaging in an all out war with their competi...
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21 - Veronica Guerin: Gangland Murder of the Media (Part 1) from 2018-08-05T05:00
In the 1990's, Ireland saw a boom in organised crime and the importation of drugs that it had not experienced before. Criminals set themselves up at the head of drugs empires and reaped the be...
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20 - Mamie Cadden: Abortionist&Murderer from 2018-07-22T05:00
Between the early 1920s and the 1950s, Ireland was a newly established developing country. The state and its society were going through many changes, and many growing pains. The establishment ...
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19 - The Brighton Trunk Murders: Unsolved Crimes from 2018-07-08T05:00
This week, we take another trip back in time and have a look at three vintage murders. First, we crack open the 1832 autobiographical account of John Holloway, who murdered his first wife Celi...
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18 - The murder of Declan Flynn&the story of Irish Pride from 2018-06-24T05:00
In honour of Pride month, and with the Dublin Pride Parade only a week away, this episode discusses the tragic case of the beating death of Declan Flynn in Fairview Park in 1983. Declan was a ...
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17 - The Dunblane Massacre&Gun Crimes from 2018-06-10T05:00
Thomas Hamilton was a loner. He decided to dedicate his life to running boys' clubs to keep kids off the street, but its quite likely he had ulterior motives for this. His strange, erratic and...
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16 - The Nally Case: Murder or Self Defence? from 2018-05-27T05:00
Living in an isolated area is never easy. Its even more frightening when you're and elderly farmer living on his own, certain that there are people scoping out your home for break-ins. Add tha...
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15 - Harold Shipman: Medical Murders (Part Two) from 2018-05-13T05:00
In the second and final episode of the story of Harold Shipman, we find out how the police went about investigating his murders. A suspicious will led to questions regarding prominent citizen,...
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15 - Harold Shipman: Medical Murders (Part One) from 2018-04-29T05:00
Harold Frederick Shipman was born near Nottingham in 1946. While attending the prestigious grammar school, High Pavement, he took care of his ailing mother and was there when she passed away ...
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14 - The Grangegorman Murders: A spree killing&a false confession from 2018-04-15T05:00
Dublin: 1997. Three women occupy number 1 Orchard View, an assisted living facility for former patients of the nearby St Brendan's Psychiatric Hospital. On the night of March 6th of that year,...
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13 – The medical student&the cruel murder of Hazel Mullen from 2018-04-01T06:00
Shan Mohangi arrived in Dublin in 1962 from South Africa. He was 21 years old and had left his home country due to the limited opportunities afforded by the apartheid regime to people of colou...
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12 – The murders of Colin Ireland: The Gay Slayer from 2018-03-18T06:00
As spring changed to summer in London 1993, a man stalked his prey at the Coleherne Pub in Earls Court. He targeted gay men, particularly those interested in BDSM, as he knew that they were a ...
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11 – The murder of Tia Sharp from 2018-03-04T06:00
Tia Sharp was 12 years old in the summer of 2012, and the Olympics had come to her city, London. She was a carefree and bubbly young girl and was close with her family. Which is why it was so ...
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10 – Catherine Nevin: The Black Widow (Part 2) from 2018-02-18T06:00
In the second and final instalment of the Black Widow story, the Gardai ramp up their investigation into her, and she is finally charged with the murder of her husband, and conspiracy to commi...
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10 – Catherine Nevin: The Black Widow (Part 1) from 2018-02-04T06:00
The weekend of St Patrick's Day, 1996, Tom Nevin was found lying dead from a gunshot wound to the chest in the kitchen of his pub, Jack White's in the popular seaside town of Brittas Bay, Co W...
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9 – The Scissor Sisters&the murder of Farah Swaleh Noor from 2018-01-07T12:20
Farah Swaleh Noor was an apparent Somalian refugee to Ireland and disappeared on the 20th March 2005. Later that month, and unidentified male body was pulled from the Royal Canal on Dublin cit...
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8 – The True Crimes of Brendan O’Donnell: Murder in Muster from 2017-09-10T07:00
Brendan O'Donnell was a troubled and clingy child. After the death of his mother, he displayed violent tendencies. Rather than making his way into the mental health services and getting treatm...
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7 – Scottish Crime Spree: The Beast of Birkenshaw (Part 3) from 2017-08-24T04:38
In the final episode of the Beast of Birkenshaw series, Peter Manuel takes over his own defence. He finds many people to place the blame on for his many crimes, and explains how evidence manag...
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7 – Scottish Crime Spree: The Beast of Birkenshaw (Part 2) from 2017-08-22T07:00
In the second part of our series covering Peter Manuel, the Beast of Birkenshaw, his trial begins. This time, we tell the story of the witnesses, who all weave together their stories, most imp...
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7 – Scottish Crime Spree: The Beast of Birkenshaw (Part 1) from 2017-08-20T07:00
"Mary had a little cat She used to call him Daniel, Then she found it killed six mice And now she calls him Manuel" Peter Manuel was born in New York in 1927, to Scottish Parents Samuel and B...
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6 – The Kerry Babies Murder&familial false confessions from 2017-08-06T07:00
In the year 1984, Ireland was a very different place. Contraception, Abortion and Divorce were illegal. The country was dogged by religious conservatism and was facing into a terrible recessio...
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5 – Rachel O’Reilly: Murder of a Mother from 2017-07-23T07:00
In October of 2004, Rachel O’Reilly was brutally attacked in her North County Dublin home. Initially, the Gardai treated the crime as a burglary gone wrong, but soon it became clear that this ...
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4 – The Acid Bath Murders: The Crimes of John George Haigh from 2017-07-09T07:00
In the years immediately following the war in a still bomb-ravaged London, people were going missing. A few letters sent to their families reassured that all was well. But when 69 year old Oli...
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3 – The murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier&trial by press from 2017-06-25T16:53
Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a french writer and documentarian, who owned a secluded holiday home in the picturesque west Cork town of Schull, Ireland. Days before Christmas 1996, she was fou...
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2 - Crimes against Children: The James Bulger murder from 2017-06-11T09:11
In January of 1993, James Bulger was a month away from his third birthday when he disappeared from his mothers sight in a shopping mall. This was no regular, tragic child abduction however, as...
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1 - The Murder of Elaine O'Hara: A Kink Killing from 2017-06-02T22:52
Elaine O’Hara was a troubled woman who disappeared from her Dublin home in 2012 and was presumed to have committed suicide. A year later, due to a series of coincidences, her body was found an...
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1 - The Murder of Elaine O'Hara: A Kink Killing from 2017-06-02T22:52
Elaine O’Hara was a troubled woman who disappeared from her Dublin home in 2012 and was presumed to have committed suicide. A year later, due to a series of coincidences, her body was found and a m...
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