Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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 emerged that he had been kidnapped by a woman who was obsessed with him, and forced to have sex with her. But Joyce McKinney was a petite pretty blonde woman, and the British press and public were incredulous at the idea that anyone would have objected to her company for a few days and nights. So, was Joyce McKinney a woman who was just trying to get her man back, or was she a deranged stalker who had kidnapped and raped a man? ********** Thanks to our sponsors for today’s episode: Sign up today with Better Help to start professional online counselling. Get 10% off your first month when you visit https://www.betterhelp.com/mens Start your Ritual today and get 10% off your first three months of vitamins at https://ritual.com/mens ********** (https://www.betterhelp.com/mens) Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! ********** Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ********** Sources: Anthony Delano, Joyce McKinney and the case of the Manacled Mormon (London: Revel Barker, 2009) purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joyce-McKinney-Case-Manacled-Mormon-ebook/dp/B00COQMB4G/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=joyce+mckinney&qid=1582670735&sr=8-3)   Phil Helsel, “Woman, 68, charged in Los Angeles area hit-and-run death of Holocaust survivor”  from NBCnews.com (http://nbcnews.com/) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-68-charged-los-angeles-area-hit-run-death-holocaust-n1026531 (4 July 2019)  “Psychiatric evaluation ordered for woman suspected in Valley Village hit-and-run death of Holocaust survivor” from DailyNews.com (http://dailynews.com/) https://www.dailynews.com/2019/07/05/psychiatric-evaluation-ordered-for-woman-suspected-in-valley-village-hit-and-run-death-of-holocaust-survivor/ (5 July 2019)    David Batty, “Joyce McKinney: from Mormon manacling to dog cloning” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/news/blog/2008/aug/08/joycemckinneyfrommormonman (8 August 2008)    “A Mormon, a beauty queen and manacles...” from WalesOnline.co.uk (http://walesonline.co.uk/) https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/mormon-beauty-queen-manacles-2205353 (29 January 2008)    “Cloned-dog owner is '70s fugitive” in The Denver Post https://www.denverpost.com/2008/08/09/cloned-dog-owner-is-70s-fugitive/ (9 August 2008)    Andrew Anthony, “Joyce McKinney and the battle of the tabloids” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/oct/16/mckinney-mormon-missionary-sex-tabloid (16 October 2011)    Roy Greenslade, “Judge finds for filmmaker in 'manacled Mormon' case” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2013/oct/17/joyce-mckinney-california (17 October 2013)    Eriq Gardner, “Errol Morris heads to trial against irate plaintiff at center of 2011 documentary 'Tabloid'” in The Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/errol-morris-heads-trial-irate-854823 (15 January 2016)    Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manacled_Mormon_case

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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.  But shortly after, it would emerge that at the time of Ms Shin's death, a man that had committed two murders, was living just streets away.  ********* Thanks to our sponsors for today's episode: Sign up today with Better Help to start professional online counselling. Get 10% off your first month when you visit https://www.betterhelp.com/mens (https://ritual.com/mens) Don't forget to check out the True Crime Couple podcast (https://audioboom.com/channels/4914727) Try the casual mobile puzzle game Best Fiends today! 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Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ********** Sources: R v Omar Benguit [2014] EWCA Crim 690 https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/2014/690.html Tom Rawstorne, “A body in an Italian church, locks of stolen hair... and a chilling link to this British mother's murder” in The Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1262663/A-body-Italian-church-locks-stolen-hair---chilling-link-British-mothers-murder.html#ixzz1nD1KzOvo (1 April 2010)  “Man with fetish for cutting women's hair 'murdered and mutilated mother-of-two'” in The Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1387595/Danilo-Restivo-murdered-mutilated-mother-Heather-Barnett.html#ixzz1n342DCRI (17 May 2011)  Jane Reader, “Killer Danilo Restivo fighting plans to deport him to Italy by claiming right to family” in The Bournemouth Daily Echo https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11019440.killer-danilo-restivo-fighting-plans-to-deport-him-to-italy-by-claiming-right-to-family-life/ (19 February 2014)  Paula Roberts and Andy Martin, “Heather Barnett jury told of 'deliberate false alibi' by Danilo Restivo” in The Bournemouth Daily Echo https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9032958.heather-barnett-jury-told-of-deliberate-false-alibi-by-danilo-restivo/ (18 May 2011)  Paula Roberts, “Law chiefs to discuss Omar Benguit's bid for freedom” in The Bournemouth Daily Echo https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9916854.law-chiefs-to-discuss-omar-benguits-bid-for-freedom/ (7 September 2012)  Tobias Jones, “Danilo Restivo's murder conviction is just the tip of the iceberg” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/29/danilo-restivo-murder-conviction-iceberg (29 June 2011)  Steven Morris, “How Damilo Restivo was caught” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jun/29/how-danilo-restivo-was-caught (29 June 2011)  Paula Roberts, “Student's killer's case reviewed as Danilo Restivo is made a suspect” in The Bournemouth Daily Echo https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9553795.student-killers-case-reviewed-as-danilo-restivo-is-made-a-suspect/ (25 February 2012) Andy Martin, “Restivo jury hears DNA evidence” in The Bournemouth Daily Echo https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/9089217.restivo-jury-hears-dna-evidence/ (16 June 2011)  “Portsmouth 'Making a Murderer' innocence project working to clear killer Omar Benguit's name” in The Portsmouth News https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/crime/portsmouth-making-murderer-innocence-project-working-clear-killer-omar-benguits-name-1266803 (18 February 2016)  Alex Forsythe, “'Hair-in-hand' killer Danilo Restivo in appeal” from BBC.com https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-dorset-19904969/hair-in-hand-killer-danilo-restivo-in-appeal (10 October 2012)  “Convicted murderer Omar Benguit waiting on appeal decision” in The Southern Daily Echo https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/11101434.convicted-murderer-omar-benguit-waiting-on-appeal-decision/ (25 March 2014)  Marika Henneberg, “Lost in the system: The case of Omar Benguit” from TheJusticeGap.com https://www.thejusticegap.com/lost-system-case-omar-benguit/ (16 January 2017)  Marika Henneberg, “Omar Benguit: 'I would rather die than admit to something I haven't done” from TheJusticeGap.com https://www.thejusticegap.com/omar-benguit-i-would-rather-die-than-admit-to-something-i-havent-done/ (19 November 2015)  Bronagh Munro, “Unmaking a murderer: After 16 years in prison, could Omar Benguit clear his name?” from BBC.co.uk https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/2136f656-6b44-48bb-9c09-a270b9ecab21 (5 July 2018)  Tobais Jones, Blood on the Altar: In search of a serial killer (London: Faber and Faber, 2012) available here (https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Altar-Tobias-Jones/dp/0571274935) BBC3 – Unsolved: The man with no Alibi available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLLOGcawh0 Clips of Jeremy Kyle interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiszoCdQaV4 Website: http://www.omarbenguit.co.uk/ Wikis:  Murder of Jong Ok Shin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jong-Ok_Shin Danilo Restivo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_Restivo History of Bournemouth - https://www.bournemouth.co.uk/explore/history-of-bournemouth

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 the old, dilapidated bungalow was surrounded by armed officers.  What followed was a standoff that lasted over 24 hours, and resulted in the tragic death of John.  But where the gardai responsible?  ********** Thanks to our sponsors for today's episode: Start your Ritual today and get 10% off your first three months of vitamins at https://ritual.com/mens Sudio Sweden introduces their new wireless earbuds: Fem. There's a free cross body pouch with every purchase of Fem for a limited time Get 15% off your purchase at sudio.com ( https://www.sudio.com/us/fem-white) today with the code GUILTY.  ********** Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! ********** Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  ********** Sources: Mr Justice Robert Barr, Report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Facts and Circumstances surrounding the Fatal Shooting of John Carthy at Abbeylara, Co. Longford on 20 April 2000. (Government Publications Office, July 2006) Find it here (http://www.mulley.net/BarrTribunalReport/BarrTribunalReportIndex.html) Marie Carthy, My Brother John: A Sister's Story (Dublin: Hodder Headline, 2007) Purchase it here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Brother-John-Abbeylara-depression-ebook/dp/B008Q08SZK/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=my+brother+john&qid=1580510219&sr=8-6)   Regina Hennelly, Abbeylara: The Tragic Shooting of John Carthy (Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2007)

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 man, Paul "Pablo" McCabe, who had once been resident at the same institution was also implicated. The two went to trial, but the affair would later be declared a miscarriage of justice.  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! ******* Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ******* Sources: Brendan Farrelly and Aideen Sheehan, “Ex-nun helped man in brutal sex attack on girl” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/exnun-helped-man-in-brutal-sex-attack-on-girl-26146877.html (11 June 1999)    Aideen Sheehan, “Tears of relief as jury finds victim was no liar” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tears-of-relief-as-jury-finds-victim-was-no-liar-26146883.html (11 June 1999)    Aideen Sheehan and Jerome Reilly, “The Sister of No Mercy” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-sister-of-no-mercy-26146982.html (12 June 1999)    Sean O'Driscoll, “Silence in court as ex-nun is convicted” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/silence-in-court-as-exnun-is-convicted-26259703.html (13 June 1999)    Geraldine Collins, “Rapist nun was sacked from job by Order” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rapist-nun-was-sacked-from-job-by-order-26146991.html (12 June 1999)    “Sr Dominic's victim speaks out” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sr-dominics-victim-speaks-out-26259699.html (13 June 1999)    “Rape victim says she intends to sue nuns and the State” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rape-victim-says-she-intends-to-sue-nuns-and-the-state-26147097.html (14 June 1999)    Rita O'Reilly, “Ex-nun gets life for rape” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/exnun-gets-life-for-rape-26145053.html (24 July 1999)    Aideen Sheehan, “Life for the nun who raped a child” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/life-for-the-nun-who-raped-a-child-26145049.html (24 July 1999)    Aideen Sheehan, “Rapist nun will ask courts to free her today” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/rapist-nun-will-ask-courts-to-free-her-today-26145406.html (27 July 1999)    Senan Moloney, “Judges quash former nun's rape conviction” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/judges-quash-former-nuns-rape-conviction-26145504.html (28 July 1999)    Kevin Moore, “Ex-nun caught on a legal see-saw” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/exnun-caught-on-a-legal-seesaw-26260363.html (1 August 1999)    “DPP may order retrial for freed rape case nun” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dpp-may-order-retrial-for-freed-rape-case-nun-26130670.html (2 November 1999)    Liz Allen "Retrial rules out for former nun in rape case debacle” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/retrial-ruled-out-for-former-nun-in-rape-case-debacle-26261712.html (14 November 1999)    Brian Dowling, “Errors that led to great legal debacle” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/errors-that-led-to-great-legal-debacle-26132401.html (18 November 1999)  Brian Dowling, “DPP will not seek rape case re-trial” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dpp-will-not-seek-rape-case-retrial-26132437.html (18 November 1999)    Kevin Moore, “Nora Wall desperate for a fresh start after her sentence of sham” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/nora-wall-desperate-for-a-fresh-start-after-her-sentence-of-shame-26261822.html (21 November 1999)    John Maddock and Aideen Sheehan, “Botched rape case nun us innocent, says DD” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/botched-rape-case-nun-is-innocent-says-dpp-26132894.html (23 November 1999)    Michael Sheridan, “'Pablo' may now find peace in anonymity” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/pablo-may-now-find-peace-in-anonymity-26228319.html (19 January 2003)    “DPP won't resist nun's challenge” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dpp-wont-resist-nuns-challenge-26015090.html (4 February 2004)    John Maddock, “Declaration sought over rape case” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/declaration-sought-over-rape-case-25976701.html (22 July 2005)    O'Brien, Breda. "Miscarriage of Justice: Paul McCabe and Nora Wall." Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review 95, no. 380 (2006): 355-64. Accessed January 13, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30095917.  D.P.P.-v- Nora Wall, [2005] IE CCA 140 (2005)    “DPP report on events relating to Wall and McCabe prosecution” in The Irish Times (18 November 1999) p. 8.  John Byrne, “Nora Wall” in Magill https://magill.ie/archive/nora-wall (7 December 2005)   Mary Carolan, “Ex-nun Nora Wall settles damages case for miscarriage of justice” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/ex-nun-nora-wall-settles-damages-case-for-miscarriage-of-justice-1.2645707 (12 May 2016)    The Ryan Report – Chapter 8: Cappoquin http://www.childabusecommission.ie/rpt/pdfs/CICA-VOL2-08.PDF (May 2009)    Alison Healy, “Nun criticised in abuse report identified as Nora Wall” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/nun-criticised-in-abuse-report-identified-as-nora-wall-1.771250 (27 May 2009)    For a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com (https://mensreapod.com/?p=682)

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 in the back of a parked car on a residential street. The gunman had shot from the back of a black SUV and sped off immediately.  Two men alleged to be involved in drugs locally were identified by gardai, and after protracted court battles have found themselves in prison in relation to Melanie's killing. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! Our featured podcast this week is from the forthcoming podcast called Scene of the Crime. Season One is a deep-dive into the unsolved 2017 murder of Abby Williams and  Libby German in Delphi Indiana. Find the show here (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/scene-of-the-crime/id1490638628) , and be sure to subscribe! ********* Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ********* Sources: Conor Lally and Stephen Carroll, “ Youngest victim of gang crime was not target, gardai say” in The Irish Times (9 February 2012) p. 1.    Conor Lally, “Girl was killed in well-planned attack, say gardai” in The Irish Times (9 February 2012) p. 3.    Stephen Carroll, “Residents express shock at violence against 'young girl'” in The Irish Times (9 February 2012) p. 3.    Conor Lally, “Gardai identify two men linked to murder of Tallaght teenager” in The Irish Independent (10 February 2012) p. 5.    Conor Lally, “Suspects in girl's murder on run in Ireland” in The Irish Times (11 February 2012) p. 7.  “Two arrested over Dublin teen killing” in The Irish Times (17 February 2012) p. 6.    Mark Hennessy, “London funeral for shooting victim” in The Irish Times (18 February 2012) p. 7.    Pamela Duncan, “Man charged with shotgun murder of teenager” in The Irish Times (22 February 2012) p. 4.    “Teenager in court on drugs charges denied bail” in The Irish Times (4 May 2012) p. 4.   Conor Lally, Man to appear in court over fatal shooting of teenager” in The Irish Times (2 October 2012) p. 6.    “Youth (17) charged with murder of teenage girl” in The Irish Times (3 October  2012) p. 8.   “Teenager faces murder trial” in The Irish Times (10 October 2012) p. 4.    “Man jailed for 20 years over fatal drive-by shooting of teenager in car” in The Irish Times (1 August 2013) p. 6.    Conor Lally, “Man jailed for death of girl is scalded” in The Irish Times (13 September 2013) p. 9.    “Teenager pleads not guilty to murder of girl (16) in Tallaght” in The Irish Times (14 January 2014) p. 6.   Natasha Reid, “Murder accused 'boasted about shooting girl'” In The Irish Times ( 15 January 2014) p. 6.    Natasha Reid, “Hospital staff tell murder trial of efforts to save girl” in The Irish Times (16 January 2014) p. 16.    “Youth was a protected prisoner” in The Irish Times (22 January 2014) p. 6.    “Murder accused admits writing letters on killing” in The Irish Times (23 January 2014) p. 6.    “Youth found guilty of murder” in The Irish Times (25 January 2014) p. 6.    Ireland's Teen Killers TV3 (May 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol21ZJshVKg  Find a full list of sources at www.mensreapod.com

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 suspected that the culprit was someone close to her - Grace's husband, Jim. But Jim himself suspected that whoever was responsible had taken their displeasure for him, and his position at the Irish taxing authority, out on poor Grace. Her murder remains unsolved. ********* Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! Our featured podcast this week is from the wonderful show Fresh Hell. Join Annie and Johanna as they discuss murder, mysteries and the macabre from different sides of the world! Find them here (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fresh-hell-podcast/id1456161753) (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/murderific-true-crime-podcast/id1366667764) ********* Music: Kevin McLeod, Quinns Song : The Dance Begins. (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) )  Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ********* Sources: Tom Connolly, Detective: A Life Upholding the Law  (Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2015) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Detective-Life-Upholding-Tom-Connolly-ebook/dp/B010545I0W/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) Barry Cummins, The Cold Case Files (Dublin: Gill & McMillan, 2012)   Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cold-Case-Files-Missing-Unsolved-ebook/dp/B007W1OC2M/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=Barry+Cummins%2C+The+Cold+Case+Files&qid=1575995854&s=digital-text&sr=1-2) Alison Healy, “Brutal murder of Grace Livingstone remains a mystery” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/brutal-murder-of-grace-livingstone-remains-a-mystery-1.911499 (10 April 2008)    Meave Sheehan, “Unsolved Crimes: How Grace Livingstone's killer got away with murder” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/special-reports/unsolved-crimes-how-grace-livingstones-killer-got-away-with-murder-34944717.html (7 August 2016)    Juno McEnroe, “Murder suspect cleared 15 years after wife's death” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/murder-suspect-cleared-15-years-after-wifes-death-59911.html (10 April 2008)    Juno McEnroe, “Sergeant deliberately misled gardai, court hears” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/sergeant-deliberately-misled-gardai-court-hears-59472.html (4 April 2008)    Cormac Looney, “Cut on face is key to Livingstone cold case”  The Evening Herald  https://www.herald.ie/news/cut-on-face-is-key-to-livingstone-cold-case-27931245.html (10 November 2009)  Cathal Dervan. “Tax Inspector claims that IRA killed his wife” from IrishCentral.com (http://irishcentral.com/) https://www.irishcentral.com/news/tax-inspector-claims-that-ira-killed-his-wife-117484833-237373581 (6 March 2011)    Historical weather data via: https://www.met.ie/climate/available-data/historical-data

In a brand new podcast from Wondery and The Los Angeles Times, Detective Trapp takes you into the life of a cop who conducts herself relentlessly. Hosted by Dirty John’s award-winning journalist, Chris Goffard, Detective Trapp is the story of a detective who fights through her own personal struggles and society’s indifference to bring a serial killer to justice. Trapp’s strongest resource for catching dangerous criminals? Personal experience.  Listen now at http://wondery.fm/DTMenRea Music from https://https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary (https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music?nv=1) "Run" by Kai Engel (https://kaiengel.bandcamp.com/ (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=Asql3rfjzbI&event=video_description&redir_token=wcYqn927vq-gWjDCr_9bDTQX0od8MTU3NjYyMzI2NEAxNTc2NTM2ODY0&q=https%3A%2F%2Fkaiengel.bandcamp.com%2F) ) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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 Mary Cummins were once on that list. These two women disappeared from Dublin in the space of a year, and it wasn't until a large scale review of cases of missing women from Dublin that a startling link was discovered between the two women.  Both of them had unknowingly spent time with a predator: Michael Bambrick. ******** With thanks to today's sponsor thebouqs.com. Go to thebouqs.com/mens (https://bouqs.com/mens) and enter code MENS at checkout for 25% off your order of farm fresh flowers! Don't forget to check out our sponsors Best Fiends, the 5* rated puzzle game. 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(https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/murderific-true-crime-podcast/id1366667764) ******** Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ******** Sources: Stephen Rae, Killers:Murders in Ireland (Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1998) p.p. 67 - 80. “Murder accused seeks early trial” in TheIrishTimes (8 December 1995) p. 4.    Bernard Condon BL, “Life sentence not available where  manslaughter plea is accepted by DPP” in The Irish Times (7 October 1996) p 20.    “Remand in double murder case” in The Irish Times (27 October 1995) p. 4.    “Man faces charges in 2 murders” in The Irish Times (21 October 1995) p. 4.  “Man admits manslaughter of two women discovered by Garda dig” in The Irish Times (4 May 1996)  “Garda evidence leaked to media before case was proven in court” in The Irish Times (25 July 1996) p. 4.    “Bambrick admits  women died when he gagged them during intercourse” in The Irish Times (18 July 1996) p. 4  Jim Cusack, “Disappearances occurred during a most violent period” in The Irish Times (11 September 2001) p. 9.    Jim Cusack, “Missing women believed buried in the Dublin area” in The Irish Times , (20 May 1995) p. 7.    Marie O'Halloran, “Missing woman's sister believes she is dead” in The Irish Times (14 April 1995) p. 6.    Jim Cusack, “Arrested man brought gardai to locations of women's bodies” in The Irish Times (27 June 1995) p. 1.    “Forensic tests on women's bodies” in The Irish Times (1 July 1995) p. 4.  “Charges in murder cases expected” in The Irish Times (20 October 1995) p. 6.    “Double sex killer gets 18-year jail sentence” in The Irish Times (27 July 1996) p. 6.    Frank Kilfeather and Jim Cusack, “Skull found at Garda dig after arrest over alleged sexual assaults” in The Irish Times (26 June 1995) p. 1.    Jim Cusack, “Serial killer theory gains ground,” in The Irish Independent (26 September 1998) p. 9.  Jim Cusack, “Garda search on site for body continues” in The Irish Times (28 June 1995) p. 3.     Jim Cusack, “Murdered women were dismembered, say gardai” in The Irish Independent (30 June 1995) p. 1.    Jim Cusack, “Gardai find bones at Balgaddy as search for woman continues” in The Irish Times (29 June 1995) p. 1.     “Killing and dismembering of two women described” in The Irish Times (20 November 1998) p. 6.    Mairead Carey, “Relatives of Bambrick victim angry at sentence” in The Irish Times  27 July 1996) p. 8.    “Unrelated case led gardai to connect killings” in The Irish Times (27 July 1996) p. 8.    Mairead Carey, “Neighbours convinced 'weird' man was killer” in The Irish Times (27 July 1996) p. 8.    Mairead Carey, “Samantha says a prayer every night for Mary” in The Irish Times (27 July 1996) p. 8.    Mairead Carey, “Double tragedy for family left to bury second daughter” in The Irish Times  ( 27 July 1996) p. 8.    Jim Cusack, “Arrested man brought gardai to dig sites” in The Irish Times (27 June 1995) p. 3.    Jim Cusack, “Garda checks found one man linked to two missing women” in The Irish Times (27 June 1995) p. 3.    “Garda hunt for bodies of missing women moves to new site” in The Irish Times (17 April 1995) p. 1.    Jim Cusack, “Dig follows major murder investigation” in The Irish Times (26 June 1995) p. 5.   Fergus Black, “Brutal sex killer freed after 13 years in jail for double slaying” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/brutal-sex-killer-freed-after-13-years-in-jail-for-double-slaying-26531245.html (25 April 2009)    Allison Bray, “Family outraged over early release of sex killer” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-outraged-over-early-release-of-sex-killer-26529103.html (17 April 2009)    Ben Quinn, “Butchered and buried” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/butchered-and-buried-26168988.html (20 November 1998)   “Family fury as sex killer freed five years early” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/family-fury-as-sex-killer-freed-five-years-early-27908651.html (17 April 2009)    Stephen Breen, “Sadistic cross-dressing sex killer Michael Bambrick living under new name in Dublin” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/archives/irish-news/232236/sadistic-cross-dressing-sex-killer-michael-bambrick-living-under-new-name-in-dublin/ (8 October 2016)   Alana Fearson, “Notorious double sex killer Michael Bambrick living in north inner city under new identity” from DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/notorious-double-sex-killer-michael-11999244 (9 October 2016)

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 raging fire in their Rathfarnham home. Esther McCann and her foster daughter, Jessica, died in the blaze. Investigators ruled that this was a case of arson, and gardai quickly discovered that Frank McCann - the grieving father and husband - had some dark secrets.  ********** The featured podcast this week is a new one. Don't forget to check out Apple for the Teacher (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/apple-for-the-teacher/id1473698720) podcast. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ! 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Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: “Sex abuse that beggars belief” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sex-abuse-that-beggars-belief-26200037.html (30 January 1998)  Ray Managh, “Family claim against killer of daughter and her child” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-claim-against-killer-of-daughter-and-her-child-26180722.html (17 July 1998)  Ray Managh, “McCann to renew appeal on wife killing” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mccann-to-renew-appeal-on-wife-killing-26176066.html (1 August 1998)  Ray Managh, “Blaze victim's mother wins £90,000 payout” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/blaze-victims-mother-wins-90000-payout-26171143.html (9 October 1998)  Bernie O'Toole, “Wife murderer 'quite capable of killing again” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/wife-murderer-quite-capable-of-killing-again-26171294.html (10 October 1998)  Nicola Tallant, “No remorse from killer who burned wife, baby to death” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/no-remorse-from-killer-who-burned-wife-baby-to-death-26418038.html (29 October 2006)  Catherine Murphy, “We won't be safe is my sister's killer is released” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/we-wont-be-safe-if-my-sisters-killer-is-released-26893675.html (2 September 2012)  Conor Feehan, “Pictured: Double murderer serving life for killing wife and daughter gets taste of freedom with new prison job” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pictured-double-murderer-serving-life-for-killing-wife-and-daughter-gets-a-taste-of-freedom-with-new-prison-job-35948540.html (19 July 2017)  Conor Feehan, “'He Should never be free' – family's horror as killer prepares for release” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/he-should-never-be-free-familys-horror-as-killer-prepares-for-release-38165850.html (31 May 2019)  Paul O'Neill and Frank McNally, “The 'distraught husband' who was unmasked as a cold killer” in The Irish Times (16 August 1996) p 6.  “McCann sits impassively as verdict is read to court” in The Irish Times (16 August 1996) p 6.  Frank McNally and Paul O'Neill, “Charismatic figure with reputation for clean living” in The Irish Times (16 August 1996) p 6.  Frank McNally and Paul O'Neill, “A loving woman unaware of sinister developments” in The Irish Times (16 August 1996) p 6.  “Garda shown mass card addressed to publican” in The Irish Times (13 January 1994) p 5.  “Jury in trial of publican charged with murder may retire today” in The Irish Times (13 August 1996) p 3.  Frank McNally, “Frank McCann: Consummate actor' and calculating killer” in The Irish Times (17 August 1996) p 7. https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/frank-mccann-consummate-actor-and-calculating-killer-1.77547 “Jurors told the State has no case against defendant in murder trial” in The Irish Times (14 August 1996) p 5.   “Blowtorch had been turned to 'on' position says detective” in The Irish Times (18 January 1994) p 17.  “Brothers were told of suicide pact, trial hears” in The Irish Times (1 August 1996) p 6. “Murder accused claims gardai threatened him at interview” in The Irish Times (7 August 1996) p 3.  “Judge alerts the jury to unsupported evidence in publican's murder trial” in The Irish Times (15 August 1996) p 7.  "Trial told about death of woman and child” in The Irish Times (20 June 1996) p 4.  “Fire as described to gardai would have injured arsonist, scientist tells trial” in The Irish Times (10 August 1996) p 3.  “Publican says wife was told of adoption problem with baby before fatal fire” in The Irish Times (8 August 1996) p 4.  “Decision today on murder case” in The Irish Times (31 January 1994) p 4.  Frank McNally, “Publican sentenced to life for murder of wife, baby” in The Irish Times (16 August 1996) p 1.  “Man in murder case remanded” in The Irish Times (27 April 1993) p 3 “Gardai to investigate threat to husband” in The Irish Times (9 September 1992) p 3.  Paul O'Neill, “Fatal fire investigated” in The Irish Times (5 September 1992) p 4.  Stephen Rae, Killers; Murders in Ireland (Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1998) p.p. 21-38.

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 into thin air while walking alone. Most went missing in broad daylight. Some were found - their bodies dumped hundreds of miles from home. Some remain missing, presumed murdered. In 1990, police in Scotland realised that many of these cases were linked. A delivery driver living in London was responsible for them all. Despite getting into trouble throughout his youth for sexually motivated attacks on younger children, Robert Black had been free to roam the country and target girls for decades. *Episode Image: Jennifer Cardy (via The Irish Times Archive) *************** Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! The featured podcast this week is a new one. Don't forget to check out Another Shade of Crime (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/another-shade-of-crime/id1469667354) !  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ *************** Sources: C.L Swinney, Robert Black: The true story of a child killer from the United Kingdom (Toronto: RJ Parker, 2015)  Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Black-Rapist-Kingdom-Detectives-ebook/dp/B015ZTCE4K/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) Robert Church, Well Done Boys: The life and crimes of Robert Black (London: Constable, 1997)   Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Well-Done-Boys-Times-Robert/dp/0094741506/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=robert+church+well+done+boys&qid=1573308960&sr=8-1)   Ray Wyre and Tim Tate, The Death of Childhood (London: Penguin, 1995) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Childhood-Britains-Notorious-Murderers-ebook/dp/B07HYCZHD1/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=ray+wyre&qid=1573309042&s=digital-text&sr=1-1)   “The Disappearance of Genette Tate” by DevonLive.com http://genettetate.devonlive.com/?_ga=2.216723730.521717693.1573263562-772761478.1572713433#group-police-hunt-SdsU2ZvdDN (August 2018)     Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-disappearance-of-genette-tate/id1425038532   Alan McEwen, “Caroline Hogg murder: City scarred 30 years on” in The Scotsman https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/caroline-hogg-murder-city-scarred-30-years-on-1-2992923 (8 July 2013)     Laura Burns, “Remains of serial child killer Robert Black lie unclaimed in mortuary as family members fail to come forward” in The Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/remains-serial-child-killer-robert-7193277 (17 January 2016)     Claire Hayhurst, “Police were set to charge serial child killer Robert Black with murder of Genette Tate within weeks” in The Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/police-were-set-charge-serial-7174544 (13 January 2016)    “Jennifer Cardy accused Robert Black is multiple killer” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-15215541 (7 October 2011)    “Archive of Robert Black's trial for the murder of Jennifer Cardy” from Lisburn.com http://lisburn.com/archives/info/news-2011/jennnifer-cardy.html#2 (2011)    “Child killer Robert Black to serve 25 years for murdering Jennifer Cardy” in The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8943177/Child-killer-Robert-Black-to-serve-25-years-for-murdering-Jennifer-Cardy.html (8 December 2011)     “Jennifer Cardy: A 30 year wait for justice” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-15434091 (27 October 2011)    “Susan Maxwell ' seen alone before disappearance': Triple murder trial told of surprise at sighting” in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/susan-maxwell-seen-alone-before-disappearance-triple-murder-trial-told-of-surprise-at-sighting-1370277.html (16 April 1994)    Michael McHugh, “Serial child killer Robert Black who murdered Jennifer Cardy died from a  heart attack, inquest finds” from IrishNews.com https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/12/07/news/serial-child-killer-robert-black-who-murdered-jennifer-cardy-died-from-a-heart-attack-inquest-finds-1504044/ (7 December 2018)    Robert Black wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Black_(serial_killer)#Susan_Maxwell

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 with family members, forensic experts, law enforcement, and witnesses. What Makes a Killer premieres 10/31. Subscribe to What Makes a Killer on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-makes-a-killer/id1483611909 Music: Zombie Hoodoo Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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 became born again after attending a small Fellowship meeting in their community.  The meetings had a profound effect on Michael, and he began to act oddly. His behaviour led local clergy to suspect that Michael had been possessed by demons, and so an exorcism was in order. But, before the end of that process, someone would be dead. ******** Head to www.hellofresh.co.uk (https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/) and enter the code MENSREA at checkout for £60 off! That’s £15 off your first four boxes! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) The featured podcast for this episode is our friends over at True Blue True Crime - don't forget to check them out! You can find them here (https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/true-blue-true-crime/id1453311982) ******** Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “BossaBossa” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/******** (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) Sources: Marc Heal, The Sussex Devils (Manchester: Unbound, 2015) ch. 4-5.   Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sussex-Devils-story-1980s-Satanic/dp/1783521279) Peter Deeley, “Exorcised man was 'brainwashed'”  in The Observer (30 March 1974), p.2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/257858183/ “Evangelist tells of terror” in The Guardian (23 April 1975) p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/259735511/ John Hudson, “'Charismatic' group gets a warning from bishop” in The Guardian (23 April 1975) p. 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/259735511/ Peter Cole, “What possessed Michael Taylor” in The Guardian (27 march 1975) p. 15. https://www.newspapers.com/image/259714848 Letters to the Editor, Peter Thompson “Exorcism for offenders – new dimension for the doctors” in The Guardian  (4 August 1975) https://www.newspapers.com/image/259824796/ Baden Hickman, “Exorcism inquiry ordered” in The Guardian (3 April 1975) p. 6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/259719053/ Malcolm Pithers, “My night of 20 exorcisms – by vicar” in The Guardian (23 April 1975) p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/259735299/ Robert Shields, “Casting out devils” in The Guardian (27 April 1975) p. 11   https://www.newspapers.com/image/257860004/ Malcolm Pithers, “Exorcism 'was a mistake'” in The Guardian (22 April 1975) p.p. 1, 28. https://www.newspapers.com/image/259734212/ and https://www.newspapers.com/image/259735268/ “Killing after exorcism is not a crime, coroner decides” in The Guardian  (24 April 1975) p 6, p32 https://www.newspapers.com/image/259736392/; https://www.newspapers.com/image/259737339/ C Torrington, Demonic Possession: Extraordinary true life experiences (Arcturus Publishing, 2016)    Brent Swancer, “Demons and Death: The strange case of Michael Taylor” from Mysteriousuniverse.org https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/12/demons-and-death-the-strange-case-of-michael-taylor/ (29 December 2015)    “1974 exorcist 'killer' back before court” in The Wakefield Expresshttps://www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/1974-exorcist-killer-back-before-court-1-931236 (8 July 2005)

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 hospital after this purported accident, the Gardai did not take him at his word. His story did not add up, and Colin Whelan was charged with with Mary's murder. But when Whelan's car was discovered at the top of Howth Head near the seaside cliffs, people thought that there would be no justice for Mary.  But they were wrong. ******************** Head to www.hellofresh.co.uk (https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/) and enter the code MENSREA at checkout for £60 off! That’s £15 off your first four boxes! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ******************** Please check out the brand new podcast by friend of the show Charlie Bagman. Find it here (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/infernal-souls-and-eternal-arseholes/id1482045093) (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ******************** Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “BossaBossa” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ******************** Sources: Siobhan Gaffney, Till Death Do Us Part (Dublin: Maverick House, 2015) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Till-Death-Part-misguided-deception-ebook/dp/B018L3GBGE/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=siobhan+gaffney&qid=1570488442&sr=8-1) Donnacha Mac Raghnaill, “Nurse noticed scratch marks on Whelans chest after the killing” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/nurse-noticed-scratch-marks-on-whelans-chest-after-the-killing-27768911.html (22 April 2005)    “Special Memories of a Special lady” in The Irish Independent  https://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/special-memories-of-a-special-lady--27768910.html (22 April 2005)    Meave Sheehan, “Callous killer surfed the net in bid to plan perfect crime” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/callous-killer-surfed-the-net-in-bid-to-plan-perfect-crime-26207130.html (17 April 2005)    “Fatal errors of a calculating killer” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/fatal-errors-of-a-calculating-killer-25990297.html (16 April 2005)    “The Colin Whelan murder trial” in Magill https://magill.ie/archive/colin-whelan-murder-trial (14 April 2005)    Meave Sheehan, “Convicted  wife-murderer Whelan had killed before” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/convicted-wifemurderer-whelan-had-killed-before-26207322.html (17 April 2005)    “Colin Whelan relative ordered to pay for breach of bail” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/colin-whelan-relative-ordered-to-pay-for-breach-of-bail-159421.html (30 July 2004)    “Whelan given life sentence for wife's murder” from RTE.ie (http://rte.ie/) https://www.rte.ie/news/2005/0412/61863-whelanm/ (12 April 2005)    “Computer analyst gets life imprisonment for wife's murder” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/computer-analyst-gets-life-imprisonment-for-wifes-murder-197741.html (12 April 2005)    “Colin Whelan relative ordered to pay for breach of bail” from BreakingNews.ie (http://breakingnews.ie/) https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/colin-whelan-relative-ordered-to-pay-for-breach-of-bail-159421.html (30 July 2004)    Humphrey Carter, “ Tourist leads police to Irishman on the run” from Majorca Daily Bulletin https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2004/07/13/9771/tourist-leads-police-irishman-the-run.html (13 July 2004)    Gerard Couzens and Tom Brady, “wife murder suspect held by Spanish Police” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/wife-murder-suspect-held-by-spanish-police-28055949.html (13 July 2004)    Nicola Anderson, “ Computer expert hid internet research on strangling” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/computer-expert-hid-internet-research-on-strangling-25989790.html (13 April 2005)    Siobhan Gaffney, “Life for 'callous' murder of wife” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/life-for-callous-murder-of-wife-25989788.html (13 April 2005)    Paul Melia and Cormac Looney, “Fake death fugitive changes plea to admit murdering wife” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fake-death-fugitive-changes-plea-to-admit-murdering-wife-25989583.html (12 April 2005)    Siobhan Gaffney, “Date set for hearing on wife murder” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/date-set-for-hearing-on-wife-murder-25888878.html (https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/date-set-for-hearing-on-wife-murder-25888878.html) (30 November 2004)    “Whelan faces trial on murder charge” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/whelan-faces-trial-on-murder-charge-27107443.html (30 July 2004)    “Gardai try to identify washed – up Skerries body” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/gardai-try-to-identifyp-washed-up-skerries-body-1.983030 (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/gardai-try-to-identify-washed-up-skerries-body-1.983030) ( 24 June 2004)    Jimmy Cunningham, “Body may not be murder accused” in The Irish Independent  https://www.independent.ie/regionals/droghedaindependent/news/body-may-not-be-murder-accused-27107131.html (25 June 2004)

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 a month later, across the country in Castlebar, Mary Duffy went missing without a trace. The gardai discovered that all these crimes were related, and had been committed by two men who had only arrived into the country a year before from England, where they were wanted in relation to a number of sexual assaults.  John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans would go on to be some of the longest serving prisoners in Ireland.  ******* Head to www.hellofresh.co.uk (https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/) and enter the code MENSREA at checkout for £60 off! That’s £15 off your first four boxes! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ******** Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “BossaBossa” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Tom Connolly, Detective: A life upholding the law (Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2015)  Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Detective-Life-Upholding-Tom-Connolly-ebook/dp/B010545I0W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3H8N3OCWQISMV&keywords=detective+tom+connolly&qid=1569416822&sprefix=ipad+3rd%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-1) Stephen Rae, Killers: Murders in Ireland (Dublin: Blackwater Press, 1998)  Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Killers-Stephen-Rea/dp/0861218744) Crimes that Shook Ireland: Part One: Serial Killers (TV3, 2012) here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6zu3ij  Crimes that Shook Ireland: Part Two: A Trail of Bloodshed (TV3, 2012) here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LcwspG3O20&list=PLdWT38WOXNebh2AJOBn2Ew-tjMgtnC_0n&index=6&t=0s  People v Shaw [1982] IR 1 Christina Finn, “When life means life: 'God help me. The Devil made me do it” from TheJournal.ie https://www.thejournal.ie/irelands-longest-serving-prisoners-2542447-Jan2016/ (17 January 2016)    Conor Lally, “English duo were State's first serial killers” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/english-duo-were-state-s-first-serial-killers-1.1167586 (23 November 2004)    Ruadhri Giblin, “State's longest serving prisoner continued legal bid for temporary release” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/state-s-longest-serving-prisoner-continues-legal-bid-for-temporary-release-1.3782676 (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/state-s-longest-serving-prisoner-continues-legal-bid-for-temporary-release-1.3782676) (5 February 2019)    Gareth Naughton, “Serial Killer Geoffrey Evans who planned a murder a week died of infection” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/serial-killer-geoffrey-evans-who-planned-murder-a-week-died-of-infection-29396613.html (5 July 2013)    Noel Baker, “Death of an 'abomination'” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/death-of-an-abomination-194707.html (22 May 2012)

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 covered in blood hen police arrived, and a bloody baseball bat and paving brick were found in the bedroom. They told the police that Jason had been killed in self defence. But Molly and Tom Martens would both face trial for the murder of Jason Corbett. The Limerick man's family fought for justice, and for custody of his two young children, which was watched by people, both at home and abroad. *************** Head to www.hellofresh.co.uk (https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/) and enter the code MENSREA at checkout for £60 off! That’s £15 off your first four boxes! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ****************** Sources: Tracey Corbett-Lynch, My Brother Jason (Dublin: Gill, 2018) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Brother-Jason-Corbetts-Martens-ebook/dp/B07CTW3FKC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=193RUJFV9A09R&keywords=my+brother+jason&qid=1568498622&s=digital-text&sprefix=my+brother+jason%2Caps%2C130&sr=1-1)   20/20 ABC “The Last Ones Standing” (season 39 episode 48 - August 11, 2017), Available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54HkOEfimjg  48 Hours: In Jasons Name NBC (18 August 2019) Available here: https://www.cbsnews.com/video/in-jasons-name-2/  For a full list of sources please visit www.mensreapod.com  (https://mensreapod.com/2019/09/03/50-murdered-abroad-the-story-of-jason-corbett/)

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. Six More.  Including the wife of the man who had been the Crown's star witness against Tim Evans in his murder trial. This is the story of the serial murders of John Reginald Christie at Ten Rillington Place.  ********** Head to www.hellofresh.co.uk (https://www.hellofresh.co.uk/) and enter the code MENSREA at checkout for £60 off! That's £15 off your first four boxes! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ******* Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “BossaBossa” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Jonathan Oates, John Christie of Rillington Place (Yorkshire: Wharncliffe True Crime, 2012) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-Christie-Rillington-Place-Biography/dp/1781592888/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1CPN02PBJNH3K&keywords=john+christie+of+rillington+place&qid=1567217198&s=gateway&sprefix=john+christie%2Caps%2C130&sr=8-1) Ludovic Kennedy, Ten Rillington Place (London, Victor Gollancz 1961) Daniel Brabin, Rillington Place (London: The Statinary Office, 1966) Author Uncredited, “Miscarriages of justice: Timothy Evans” from Innocent.org https://web.archive.org/web/20080906231140/http://www.innocent.org.uk/cases/timothyevans/timothyevans.pdf (Captured on 6 September 2008 by Wayback Machine)    Westlake v CCRC [2004] EWHC 2779   Available here: http://netk.net.au/UK/EvansTimothy.asp Francis Gibb, “Rillington Place case reopened” in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/rillington-place-case-reopened-n0x6xc0wn6t?region=ie&t=ie (15 November 2004)    “Family of hanged man lose court plea” in The Scotsman https://www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news/family-of-hanged-man-lose-court-plea-1-562350 (17 November 2004) Emma L. Jones and Neil Pemberton, “Ten Rillington Place an the changing politics of abortion in modern day Britain” in Historical Journal (Cambridge)  2014 Dec; 57(4): 1085–1109. available here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4563702/ Neill Prior, “Timothy Evans Family's 60 year conviction wait” from BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8556721.stm (9 March 2010)    Film: 10 Rillington Place (Dir. Richard Fleischer, 1971).  Netflix: Rillington Place (Dir. Craig Viveiros 2016) Produced by BBC Wikis:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_(1945%E2%80%93present)#Post-war_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Evans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Christie_(murderer)

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. Despite efforts by Surrey police to locate her there were no leads. Her body was found 20 miles away over 6 months later. No one knew who had taken Milly, or what had happened to her. Nor was it know that hers would be the first - and most high profile - in a series of murders and violent attacks carried out by a man who hated women and young girls. This is the story of the murders of Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange, the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy and their murderer, known as The Bus Stop Killer. ********** Head to www.beer52.com/mens to get your 8 free beers today! Just pay postage (t&cs apply) Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) ********* Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ “BossaBossa” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ******** Sources: Gemma Dowler (with Michelle Lovric), My Sister Milly: The sotry of two stolen childhoods (London: Penguin, 2017) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Sister-Milly-Gemma-Dowler-ebook/dp/B0736J79W5/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=my+sister+milly&qid=1565858201&s=gateway&sr=8-1)   Colin Sutton, Manhunt: How I brought seriel killer Levi Bellfield to justice (London: John Blake Publishing, 2018) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manhunt-Brought-Serial-Bellfield-Justice-ebook/dp/B07LGHWYFF/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19ZU5LMZI1TPK&keywords=manhunt+colin+sutton&qid=1565858241&s=gateway&sprefix=manhunt+colin,aps,131&sr=8-1)   Goeffrey Wansell, The Bus Stop Killer (London: Penguin, 2011)  “Levi Bellfield: Profile of 'heinous' serial killer” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35541060 (10 February 2016)    Ben Ando, “Levi Bellfield takes the stand” from BBC Newshttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7190212.stm (15 January 2008)  Neal Baker, “Victim of Evil: What happened to Amelie Delagrange, when was she murdered by Levi Bellfield and what is Manhunt about” in The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6772036/amelie-delagrange-levi-bellfield-manhunt-itv/ (7 January 2019)    Emily Retter, “Levi Bellfield: Monster 'could have been stopped before he killed Amelie Delagrange” in The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/monster-levi-bellfield-could-been-13830650 (8 January 2019)    “Levi Bellfield police interview: 'No Comment'” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-13909105/levi-bellfield-police-interview-no-comment (24 June 2011)    Steve Bird and Sean O'Neill, “Levi Bellfield inquiry prompts fresh plea over murder of illy Dowler” in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/levi-bellfield-inquiry-prompts-fresh-plea-over-murder-of-milly-dowler-xkm0nv68z7f (25 February 2008)    “Levi Bellfield 'joked about Milly Dowler'” from BBC News  https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-13547193 (25 May 2011)   “Milly Dowler: A timeline of the investigation” from ITV.com (http://itv.com/) https://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-27/milly-dowler-a-timeline-of-the-investigation/ (27 January 2016)    “Levi Bellfield 'admitted Kent hammer murders in confession' lawyers say” from Sky Newshttps://news.sky.com/story/new-evidence-may-link-serial-killer-levi-bellfield-to-kent-hammer-murders-lawyers-say-11148611 (30 November 2017)    “Police ' regret' over Milly Dowler phone hacking” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-surrey-37307139 (8 September 2016)    Cathy Gordon and Brian Farmer, “Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield appeal bid rejected” in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/milly-dowler-killer-levi-bellfield-appeal-bid-rejected-6661707.html (8 February 2012)    “Levi Bellfield trial jury discharged” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-13903710 (24 June 2011)    “Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield seeks appeal” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-16936092 (7 February 2012)    “Profile of Bellfield's victims” from BBC News http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/mobile/uk-13455748 (23 June 2011)    Kevin Rawlinson, “Levi Bellfield confessed to Russell murders, say convicted man's lawyers” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/new-evidence-may-link-levi-bellfield-to-russell-murders-say-lawyers (29 November 2017)    “Levi Bellfield guilty of Milly Dowler Murder” from BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-13875507 (23 June 2011)    “Levi Bellfield seeks leave to appeal against Milly Dowler murder conviction” in The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/feb/08/levi-bellfield-appeal-milly-dowler (8 February 2012)  “'Levi Bellfield raped me hundreds of times' says ex partner” from BBC News  https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-42323966/levi-bellfield-raped-me-hundreds-of-times-says-ex-partner (12 December 2017)    Michelle Hennessy, “Levi Bellfield admits killing British teen Milly Dowler” from TheJournal.ie (http://thejournal.ie/) https://www.thejournal.ie/milly-dowler-admits-2570929-Jan2016/ (27 January 2016)  Megan White, “Milly Dowler's killer Levi Bellfield 'part of grooming gang that is still at large' warns council report” in The Evening Standard https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/milly-dowlers-killer-levi-bellfield-part-of-grooming-gang-that-is-still-at-large-warns-council-a4027456.html (31 December 2018)    John Simpson, “Milly Dowler's killer Levi Bellfield ' confessed' to Lin and Megan Russell murders” in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/milly-dowler-s-killer-levi-bellfield-confessed-to-lin-and-megan-russell-murders-z58l8q6hf (30 November 2017)    Alexander Robertson, “Levi Bellfield has a cast iron alibi and did NOT kill Len and Megan Russell says policemen who sent him to jail” in The Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5140699/Levi-Bellfield-alibi-did-NOT-commit-Kent-murders.html (3 December 2017)    Wikis:    Operation Weeting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Weeting  Milly Dowler: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Milly_Dowler  Levi Bellfield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi_Bellfield

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 that her mother, and her fiance at the time, had beaten Brian McGrath to death and buried and burned his body at their home in Coole, Co. Westmeath. Who murdered Brian McGrath? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Barry Cummins, The Cold Case Files: on the trial of Ireland's undetected killers (Dublin: Gill and McMillan, 2012)    Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cold-Case-Files-Missing-Unsolved-ebook/dp/B007W1OC2M/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Cold+Cases+Files+barry+cummins&qid=1563707617&s=gateway&sr=8-1) Sandra Mara, Dead Men Talk (Dublin: Poolbeg Press, 2016)   Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Men-Talk-Sandra-Mara-ebook/dp/B01K2N37U4/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=sandra+mara+dead+men+talk&qid=1564676951&s=gateway&sr=8-3) Veronica McGrath (with Yvonne Kinsella), Witness to Evil (Dublin: Hachette Books, 2011)   Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Witness-Veronica-McGrath-Yvonne-Kinsella/dp/1444724444) DPP v Vera McGrath [2013] IECCA 12  “Vera McGrath gets 18 months for helping dispose of husband” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/vera-mcgrath-gets-18-months-for-helping-dispose-of-husband-1.1821924 (5 June 2014)    “Vera McGrath sentenced to 18 months for helping to dispose of husband's body” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/vera-mcgrath-sentenced-to-18-months-for-helping-to-dispose-of-husbands-body-30333389.html (5 June 2014) “McGrath sentenced for helping to dispose husband's body” from RTE.ie (http://rte.ie/) https://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0605/621781-vera-mcgrath/ (5 June 2014)    “McGrath convicted of murdering husband in cold case trial” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/mcgrath-convicted-of-murdering-husband-in-cold-case-trial-466911.html (26 July 2010)  Natasha Reid, “McGrath told gardai 'I helped beat and bury my husband'” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/mcgrath-told-gardai-i-helped-beat-and-bury-my-husband-27956419.html (9 July 2010)    Brian Kavanagh, “First cold case murder verdict is overturned” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/first-cold-case-murder-verdict-is-overturned-29125220.html(12 March 2013)    (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod)

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 children and in 2011, he was dating a local widow - Mary Lowry. On the 3rd of June of that year, Bobby Ryan went missing. 8 years later, it was spark the longest-running criminal trial in the history of the state. But how did we get here? Part Two of this two part series on the recent trial and media spectacle dubbed the "Tipperary Love Rival Trial" follows the 15 week long trial from prosecution witnesses to closing arguments, the delivery of the verdict, and what happened after. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod) This week’s featured Podcast Promo is for True Crime Deadline (http://www.truecrimedeadline.com/) ! Join veteran crime reporter Matt Johnson in this podcast's first season as he discusses crimes that haunt him. Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Eoin Reynolds, 'Tipperary Murder trial witness denies telling 'devious' lies and adding 'poison' to her statements” from The Limerick Leader https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/361482/tipperary-murder-trial-witness-denies-telling-deviouslies-and-adding-poison-to-her-statements.html (31 January 2019)  Eoin Reynolds, “Murder trial hears of agony aunt letter an claims of underwear stolen from washing line” in  The Journal.ie (http://journal.ie/) https://www.thejournal.ie/patrick-quirke-court-4467646-Jan2019/(30 January 2019)    Vivienne Traynor,  “Tipperary murder trial witness denies asking if gardai could tell if a body was in car boot” in RTE.ie (http://rte.ie/) https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2019/0131/1026699-patrick-quirke-court/ (31 January 2019)    Frank Greaney and Stephanie Rohan, “Tipperary murder trial: Witness says she is telling “the whole truth”” from Newstalk.ie (http://newstalk.ie/) https://www.newstalk.com/news/witness-at-centre-of-tipperary-tank-murder-trial-denies-lying-to-jury-486990 (31 January 2019)    Nicola Anderson, “Widow claims farmer accused of murder 'took my underwear'” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/widow-claims-farmer-accused-of-murder-took-my-underwear-37768366.html (31 January 2019)    For a full list of sources, please see our website www.mensreapod.com

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 children and in 2011, he was dating a local widow - Mary Lowry. On the 3rd of June of that year, Bobby Ryan went missing. 8 years later, it was spark the longest-running criminal trial in the history of the state. But how did we get here? Part One of this two part series on the recent trial and media spectacle dubbed the "Tipperary Love Rival Trial" delves into the background of Patrick Quirke, Mary Lowry and Bobby Ryan. The events leading to Mr Ryan's disappearance, death, and his ultimate discovery in a run off tank on nearby farmlands are detailed in depth. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod)   This week’s featured Podcast Promo is for Assassinations Podcast (https://www.assassinationspodcast.com/) . Take a look at the dark side of history! Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Eoin Reynolds, 'Tipperary Murder trial witness denies telling 'devious' lies and adding 'poison' to her statements” from The Limerick Leader https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/361482/tipperary-murder-trial-witness-denies-telling-deviouslies-and-adding-poison-to-her-statements.html (31 January 2019)  Eoin Reynolds, “Murder trial hears of agony aunt letter an claims of underwear stolen from washing line” in  The Journal.ie (http://journal.ie/) https://www.thejournal.ie/patrick-quirke-court-4467646-Jan2019/(30 January 2019)    Vivienne Traynor,  “Tipperary murder trial witness denies asking if gardai could tell if a body was in car boot” in RTE.ie (http://rte.ie/) https://www.rte.ie/news/courts/2019/0131/1026699-patrick-quirke-court/ (31 january 2019)    Frank Greaney and Stephanie Rohan, “Tipperary murder trial: Witness says she is telling “the whole truth”” from Newstalk.ie (http://newstalk.ie/)   https://www.newstalk.com/news/witness-at-centre-of-tipperary-tank-murder-trial-denies-lying-to-jury-486990 (31 January 2019)    Nicola Anderson, “Widow claims farmer accused of murder 'took my underwear'” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/widow-claims-farmer-accused-of-murder-took-my-underwear-37768366.html (31 January 2019)    Eoin Reynolds, “Tipperary tank Murder: Mary Lowry denies asking if gardai could tell body was in boot” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/tipperary-tank-murder-trial-mary-lowry-denies-asking-if-gardai-could-tell-if-a-body-was-in-boot-901438.html(31 January 2019)    Eoin Reynolds, “Woman whose boyfriend was killed and dumped in slurry pit complained to gardai over missing person posters” in TheJournal.ie (http://thejournal.ie/) https://www.thejournal.ie/mary-lowry-patrick-quirke-mr-moonlight-murder-trial-4472575-Feb2019/ (1 February 2019)     For a full list of sources for this week's episode, please visit us at www.mensreapod.com

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 miles to an iron bridge over Fremont Canyon. Then the two men that took them threw them over. But one of the girls survived the 112 foot fall and identified Ronald Kennedy and Jerry Jenkins as the men who attacked them. Still, tragedy would follow her. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! (http://ww.patreon.com/MensReaPod)   This week’s featured Podcast Promo is the new Real Life Real Crime (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/real-life-real-crime/id1451676874) by Woody Overton. Join this veteran law enforcement professional as he gets into the details of cases he actually worked. Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Ron Franscell, The Darkest Night (New York: St Martin's Press, 1997) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkest-Night-Sisters-Brutal-Innocence/dp/0312948468/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?crid=CGWK2D5CPPWB&keywords=The+Darkest+Night%3A+Two+Sisters%2C+a+Brutal+Murder%2C+and+the+Loss+of+Innocence+in+a+Small+Town&qid=1557251413&s=gateway&sprefix=play+do%2Caps%2C135&sr=8-1-fkmrnull)   Wyoming Offender Locator record: http://wdoc-loc.wyo.gov/Home/Detail/?id=21339&dbType=WCIS  Keryn Donnelly,  “In 1973, Becky Thompson was brutally attacked on a bridge,” 19 years later she died there” from Mamamia.com.au https://www.mamamia.com.au/true-crime-stories-becky-thomson/ (16 September 2018)   John E. Yang, “A crime's lasting wounds” from The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/08/13/a-crimes-lasting-wounds/f4cd227d-d5dc-422f-bf3c-99ccbcd5ad3b/?utm_term=.d43c95e2822c (13 August 1992)    Furman v Georgia 408 U.S. 238 (1972) -access it here: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia  Furman Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furman_v._Georgia  Gregg v Georgia Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_v._Georgia  “Innocence Lost” Youtube Documentary by Wold Gang of Wyoming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1lWMN-JbEw (15 October 2016)    “Casper killers re-sentenced” in The Casper Star Tribune 85th year, no. 92 April 2nd 1977 (p. 1)  Joan Barron, “Kennedy loses another court battle” in The Casper Star Tribune 11th October 1977 (p. A12)  Kathie Magers, “ Prosecutor addresses trial jury” in The Casper Star Tribune 25th April 1974 (p. 29)  Kathie Magers, “ Girl points finger at pair accused of murder, rape” in The Casper Star Tribune 25th April 1974 (p. 1)  Kathie Magers, “ FBI testers take murder trial stand” in The Casper Star Tribune 26th April 1974 (p. 1)  Kathie Magers, “ Arresting officers testify at trial of Kennedy-Jenkins” in The Casper Star Tribune 26th April 1974 (p. 15)  “Court strikes down death penalty” in The Casper Star Tribune 28th January 1977 (p. 1)  Casper Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper,_Wyoming

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 abductions and murders,  look back on a number of unsolved rape and murder cases in the 80's, and bring the story right up-to-date with that latest unfortunate woman to have been killed and dumped in what is called "the vanishing triangle". So, what the heck is going on in the Wicklow Mountains? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) This week's featured Podcast Promo is the amazing and horrifying Murderous Minors: Killer Kids (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/murderous-minors-killer-kids/id1328036628) . Don't forget to check them out!  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Sarah McInerney, Where No One Can Hear You Scream: murder and assault in the Wicklow Mountains (Dublin: Gill & McMillan, 2008) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Where-One-Can-Hear-Scream/dp/0717143570)   “5 years for rape, kidnapping and murder attempt” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/15-years-for-rape-kidnapping-and-murder-attempt-1.307441 (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/15-years-for-rape-kidnapping-and-murder-attempt-1.30744112)   (12 May 2001)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Murphy_(criminal)   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland%27s_Vanishing_Triangle  “How two men `lamping' probably saved a woman from being killed” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/how-two-men-lamping-probably-saved-a-woman-from-being-killed-1.307440 (12 May 2001)  “Have gardaí found the secret lair of Larry Murphy?” in Joe.ie   https://www.joe.ie/uncategorized/have-gardai-found-the-secret-lair-of-larry-murphy-30971 (2012)  John Meagher, “The vanishing Triangle that still holds its darkest secrets” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-vanishing-triangle-that-still-holds-its-darkest-secrets-30875331.html (4 Jan 2015)  Ken Foy “A vicious rape in the wood – and links to three missing women” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/a-vicious-rape-in-woods-and-links-to-three-missing-women-28961578.html (28 Nov 2012)  Stephen McDermott, Five unresolved Dublin murders you may not have heard about” from Dublinlive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/five-unresolved-dublin-murders-you-12849515.amp (6 April 2017)  Maeve Sheehan, “ Jastine Valdez murder: When innocence collided with evil on a quiet country road” in Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/jastine-valdez-murder-when-innocence-collided-with-evil-on-a-quiet-country-road-36950255.html (27 May 2018)  Kathy Armstrong, “Jastine Valdez murder: Gardai search for a series of items including Nike runners, iPad and reading glasses” in Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/jastine-valdez-murder-gardai-search-for-a-series-of-items-including-nike-runners-ipad-and-reading-glasses-36955762.html (28 May 2018)    Trevor Quinn, “Parents of tragic student Jastine Valdez may leave over horrific murder in Co Wicklow” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/parents-tragic-student-jastine-valdez-12609034 (28 May 2018)    Garreth MacNamee, “Abductor and murderer: Gardai trying to unravel the mystery left by Mark Hennessy” in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/jastine-valdez-mark-hennessy-4029739-May2018/ (27 May 2018)  Anita McSorley, “Who is Mark Hennessy? Builder and dad-of-two suspected of abducting and murdering tragic Jastine Valdez” in Dublinlive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/mark-hennessy-wicklow-14690536 (22 May 2018)  Ken Foy, “Family 'stunned' by secret life of Jastine Valdez killer Mark Hennessy” in Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-stunned-by-secret-life-of-jastine-valdez-killer-mark-hennessy-36947404.html (25 June 2018)  Miles Goslett, “BEAST OF BRAY Did married Jastine killer Mark Hennessy brutally murder ten more women who disappeared in are dubbed the 'vanishing triangle' in Ireland?” in The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6442391/mark-hennessy-linked-to-ten-more-murders-in-ireland/ (4 June 2018)  Paul Williams, “Serial killer suspect Murphy teams up with double rapist” in The Irish Independent https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/serial-killer-suspect-murphy-teams-up-with-double-rapist-28941267.html (29 Nov 2012)  Emma McMenamy and Laura Lyne “Notorious convicted rapist Larry Murphy is back in Dublin, it's been claimed” in Dublinlive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/notorious-convicted-rapist-larry-murphy-12433576.amp (10 Jan 2017)  Jim Cusack, “The murder mile of the mountains: did focus on DJ leave killer at large?” in The Irish Independent https://amp.independent.ie/irish-news/the-murder-mile-of-the-mountains-did-focus-on-dj-leave-killer-at-large-26813594.html (22 January 2012)  Stephen Breen, “'Person of Interest' Missing Deirdre Jacob's dad tells how cops are probing 'murder case' with evil rapist Larry Murphy facing being charged with killing” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/4033325/deirdre-jacob-murder-case-larry-murphy/ (28 April 2019)    Maeve Sheehan, “ 'Significant' new leads in Deirdre Jacob murder probe” in the Irish Independent  https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/significant-new-leads-in-deirdre-jacob-murder-probe-37392123.html (7 October 2018)    Niall O'Connor, “Gardai travel to UK to quiz chief suspect  Larry Murphy in connection with disappearance of Deirdre Jacob” https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/gardai-travel-uk-quiz-chief-13565188 (10 November 2018)    Conor McCrave, “Family of missing Deirdre Jacobs to issue fresh appeal for information” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-of-missing-deirdre-jacobs-to-issue-fresh-appeal-for-information-37722784.html (17 January 2019)   Barry Cummins, “20 Years Missing: In Search for Deirdre Jacobs” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2019/0116/1023587-retracing-deirdre-jacobs-last-journey/ (17 January 2019)    Connor Lally & Jack Power, “Deirdre Jacob murder: Gardai focusing on a chief suspect” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/deirdre-jacob-murder-garda%C3%AD-focusing-on-a-chief-suspect-1.3595773 (14 August 2018)    Garda Commissioners Since 1922: https://www.garda.ie/en/About-Us/Our-History/Garda-Commissioners-since-1922/  Senan Hogan, “Deirdre Jacobs case: Gardai nearly ready to send file on chief suspect Larry Murphy to DPP” in Kildare Now https://www.kildarenow.com/news/news/415554/deirdre-jacob-case-gardai-nearly-ready-to-send-file-on-chief-suspect-larry-murphy-to-dpp.html (29 April 2019)

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 to head back to her grandparents with brother Lee following behind.  But then, Sarah vanished.  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) The Featured Podcast Promo this week from the fabulous Michael at Murder Mile (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/murder-mile-true-crime-podcast/id1278924392) ! Be sure to check this podcast out if you haven't already. Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com (http://incompetech.com/) ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Sara Payne with Anna Gekoski, Sara Payne: A Mother's Story (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2004)  Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sara-Payne-Mothers-Story-ebook/dp/B076H5R7V3/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Sarah+payne&qid=1558224341&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 )   The Murder Of: Sarah Payne - Sarah's Law  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6WnnrU4fr4  “Timeline: Roy Whiting on trial” in  The Argus https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/6768618.timeline-roy-whiting-on-trial/ (12 December 2001)    Sam Webb, “Lost Angel: What happened to Sarah Payne, when did she disappear, who is Roy Whiting, and how old would Sarah be now?” in The Sunhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4035555/sarah-payne-roy-whiting-age-crime/ (7 May 2019)    James Rodger, “Sarah Payne killer Roy Whiting ' set to sue prison chiefs over being attacked FOUR times in jail” in The Birmingham Mail https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/sarah-payne-killer-roy-whiting-15948540 (9 March 2019)    Emma Dodds, “Siblings of murdered 8-year old Sarah Payne speak out for the first time about their guilt over her abduction” from Closer.co.uk (http://closer.co.uk/) https://closeronline.co.uk/celebrity/news/sarah-payne-siblings-speak-witnessing-abduction/ (18 July 2017)    Peter Griffiths, “Sarah Payne's mother on hacking list – charity” from Rueters.com (http://rueters.com/) https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-newscorp-hacking-payne/sarah-paynes-mother-on-hacking-list-charity-idUKTRE76R4QR20110728 (28 July 2011)    Sarah Hall, “Whiting breaks silence in Sarah Payne trial” from The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/dec/05/childprotection.society (5 December 2001)    Mark Oliver, “Whiting found guilty of Sarah Payne murder” in The Guardian  https://www.theguardian.com/society/2001/dec/12/childprotection.markoliver (12 December 2001)    Paul Peachy, “I suffered a memory blank, says accused in Sarah trial” in The Independenthttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/i-suffered-a-memory-blank-says-accused-in-sarah-trial-9241320.html (5 December 2001)    Cathy Gordon, “Paedophile murderer Roy Whiting's minimum jail term reduced” in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/paedophile-murderer-roy-whitings-minimum-jail-term-reduced-1995299.html (9 June 2010)    Helen Weathers, “Roy Whiting's first victim” in The Daily Mailhttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-95390/Roy-Whitings-victim.html (undated)    “Trial told of trip to funfair Whiting denies prowling for child” in The Herald Scotlandhttps://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12133206.trial-told-of-trip-to-funfair-whiting-denies-prowling-for-child/ (5 December 2001)    “'Sarah's Law' sees 700 paedophiles identified” from BBC.com (http://bbc.com/) https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-25489541 (23 December 2013)    Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sarah_Payne & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Whiting

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. Her husband, Eamonn Lillis, said that there had been an intruder in their exclusive Howth home, but was he telling the truth? Promo: The Murder in My Family (http://themurderinmyfamily.com/episodes/ ) Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Abigail Rieley, Death on the Hill: The Killing of Celine Cawley (Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2010). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1847172180/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0 ) “Treacy tells court of Lillis affair” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0120/126581-cawleyc/ (20 January 2010)  Aengus O'Hanlon, “Don't let evil killers like Eamonn Lillis inherit their victims' assets, family of tragic Celine plead” from DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/celine-cawley-family-lillis-assets-15455514 (23 November 2018)  Francesca Comyn, “Eamonn Lillis will leave prison tomorrow” from Newstalk.ie https://www.newstalk.com/news/eamonn-lillis-expected-to-be-released-today-after-serving-five-years-for-killing-his-wife-662547 (10 April 2015)  Shane Phelan, “Celine's family in 'draining' battle to keep assets from wife killer Lillis” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/celines-family-in-draining-battle-to-keep-assets-from-wife-killer-lillis-37557859.html (23 November 2018)  Ruairi Cotter, “Loaded wife killer Eamonn Lillis earns tidy profit as he flogs luxury Dublin property without ever living in it” in The Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/2381348/loaded-wife-killer-eamonn-lillis-earns-tidy-profit-as-he-flogs-luxury-dublin-property-without-ever-living-in-it/ (31 March 2018)   “'Wife Killer' Eamonn Lillis” from Crime.ie https://crime.ie/article/wife-killer-eamonn-lillis/3121 (2 April 2012)  Larissa Nolan and Sheila Flynn, “Wife-killer flights daughter for his home saying: 'She can have it when I'm dead” in The Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1327428/Wife-killer-fights-daughter-home-saying-She-Im-dead.html (7 November 2010)  Vincent Browne, “The media's 'right' to photograph a witness” in Magill https://magill.ie/society/medias-right-photograph-witness (3 February 2010)  “Family of Celine Cawley call for review of domestic killings in Ireland” from BreakingNews.ie https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/family-of-celine-cawley-call-for-review-of-domestic-killings-in-ireland-887340.html (23 November 2018)  Dan Kerins, “Killer Eamonn Lilis flees to Southhampton from psion after killing Bond-girl wife” in The Southern Daily Echo https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/12885350.killer-eamonn-lillis-flees-to-southampton-after-being-freed-from-prison-after-killing-bond-girl-wife-celine-cawley/ (14 April 2015)  Jack Power “Trial over killing of Celine Cawley was 'horrific' for her family” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/trial-over-killing-of-celine-cawley-was-horrific-for-her-family-1.3709594 (24 November 2018)  Juno McEnroe and Fiachra O'Cionnaith, “Law blocking people who kill partners from profiting through inheritance laws to be introduced” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/law-blocking-people-who-kill-partners-from-profiting-through-inheritance-laws-to-be-introduced-909774.html (8 March 2019)

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 home. Quickly a police search for the missing woman was up and running. But it would prove to be too late. Karen's fate was sealed mere minutes after she told her friends goodbye. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Also with thanks to our sponsor Sudio Sweden! Use code MENSREA at checkout for 15% off https://www.sudio.com or click here https://www.sudio.com/us/earbuds/tolv-black or here https://www.sudio.com/us/earbuds/regent2-black Promo: Going West Podcast (http://www.goingwestpodcast.com/#/) Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Additional Music: "BossaBossa"  by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  James Mulhall, “Karen Buckley: One year on, what we know about her brutal murder in Glasgow, and the questions that were never answered” in The Irish Post https://www.irishpost.com/news/85953-2-85953 (12 April 2016)  “Disclosure: The Murder of Karen Buckley” TV3 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIK20ezmC-Y  Lindsey Archibald, “Karen Buckley missing: Police trace man seen speaking to student nurse morning she disappeared” in The Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/karen-buckley-missing-police-trace-5516375 (14 April 2015)  Barry Roche, “Alexander Pacteau jailed for life for Karen Buckley murder” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/alexander-pacteau-jailed-for-life-for-karen-buckley-murder-1.2344240 (8 September 2015)  Sinead O'Carrol, “A chilling cover up: How police caught Karen Buckley's killer” from TheJournal.ie https://www.thejournal.ie/alexander-pacteau-karen-buckley-2264959-Sep2015/ (8 September 2015)  “Timeline: The Karen Buckley murder case” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0811/720549-karen-buckley/ (8 September 2015)  Joe Leogue, “'Hard not to cry' as Karen Buckley's father collects her degree” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/hard-not-to-cry-as-karen-buckleys-father-collects-her-degree-431922.html (23 November 2016)  “'To everybody who has shared our terrible loss' – Family of murdered student Karen Buckley” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/to-everybody-who-has-shared-our-terrible-loss-family-of-murdered-student-karen-buckley-34633424.html (16 April 2016)  Mary Byrne, “Karen Buckley's murderer moved to new prison over safety fears” from shemazing.net https://www.shemazing.net/karen-buckleys-murderer-moved-to-new-prison-over-safety-fears/ (2017)  Sally Hind, “Karen Buckley: Earring believed to be murdered student's discovered by Daily Record reporter just metres from police cordon” in The Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/karen-buckley-earring-believed-murdered-6234071 (11 August 2015)  Adrian Lee, “The face of evil: What was behind the brutal killing of Karen Buckley” in The Daily Express https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/598400/face-evil-brutal-killing-Karen-Buckley-Alexander-Pacteau (15 August 2015)  “Karen Buckley missing: Student's handbag found dumped in park as 'desperate' family appeal for help” in The Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/karen-buckley-missing-students-handbag-5518119 (14 April 2015)  Chris Clements, “Karen Buckley: Tragic Irish student 'gave her jacket to a friend' before leaving Glasgow nightclub” in The Daily Record https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/karen-buckley-tragic-irish-student-5570879 (23 April 2015)  “Karen Buckley murder: Alexander Pacteau jailed for at least 23 years” from The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/sep/08/karen-buckley-alexander-pacteau-jailed-for-at-least-23-years (8 Spetmber 2015)  “Timeline: The Karen Buckley murder case” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0811/720549-karen-buckley/ (8 September 2015)  Ralph Riegal, “Special Report: How detectives caught Karen's killer with incredible speed” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/special-report-how-detectives-caught-karens-killer-with-incredible-speed-31453239.html (15 August 2015)   Text of Pacteau's Sentencing : https://static.rasset.ie/documents/news/judge-lady-rae-sentencing.pdf  Video of Sentencing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4x8nQZ8Lfs

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 met some new friends. The Dunbar girls. And through them, their father, Ronnie Dunbar. Nearly two years later, Melissa's remains would be found in the nearby River Bonet after a shocking confession of her friend. Featured promo this week is from our friends over at Moms and Murder (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moms-and-murder/id1261679921) ! Go check these ladies out! National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/donate/ The Samaritans - https://www.samaritans.org/ Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Bronagh Murphy, The Killing of Melissa Mahon and the trial of Ronnie Dunbar (Dublin: Gill & Macmillan, 2009) Available to purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Killing-Melissa-Mahon-Bronagh-Murphy/dp/0717147495/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Killing+of+Melissa+Mahon+and+the+trial+of+Ronnie+Dunbar&qid=1559846032&s=gateway&sr=8-1)   DPP -v- Ronald McManus (aka Ronald Dunbar) [2011] IECCA 32  Abigail Rieley, “Tragic Melissa's troubled existence” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tragic-melissas-troubled-existence-26531504.html ( 26 April 2009)  Child protections Plans from Citizen's Information (UK) https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/children-and-young-people/child-abuse/local-authority-involvement/child-abuse-child-protection-plans/  Harry Keany, 'Dunbar's daughter tells of her years of hell” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/dunbars-daughter-tells-of-her-years-of-hell-27591675.html (23 May 2012)  Fiach Kelly, “Life and terrible death of a teenager” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/life-and-terrible-death-of-a-teenager-26539443.html (28 May 2009)  “Recorded Conversations” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/recorded-conversations-27564496.html (20 May 2009)  Dan Buckley, “Cool and calculating, he preyed on victim” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/cool-and-calculating-he-preyed-on-victim-96167.html (11 July 2009)  “Dunbar gets life for killing teen” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0710/119420-mahonm/ (10 July 2009)  “Sister told me that father murdered girl, says accused's daughter” from Breakingnews.ie https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/sister-told-me-that-father-murdered-girl-says-accuseds-daughter-408816.html (29 April 2009)  “McManus sentenced to life in jail for 2006 killing of Sligo teenager” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mcmanus-sentenced-to-life-in-jail-for-2006-killing-of-sligo-teenager-1.697198 (11 July 2009)  Paddy Clancy, “Melissa Mahon inquest told of desperate attempts to keep her in the caee of the HSE” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/melissa-mahon-inquest-told-of-desperate-attempts-to-keep-her-in-the-care-of-the-hse-1.1417728 (5 June 2013)  Harry Keaney, “Dunbar's daughter tells of her years of hell” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/dunbars-daughter-tells-of-her-years-of-hell-27591675.html (23 May 2012)

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 103 had started off in Frankfurt. But something got on the flight in the German airport that shouldn't have. It was a brown samsonite suitcase, filled with clothing and a Toshiba cassette tape player. Inside the electronics was a pound of semtex and a timer. Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over the Scottish countryside, killing everyone aboard, 11 people on the ground, and scattering debris for miles around the countryside. But who had planted the bomb? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Kenny MacAskill, The Lockerbie Bombing: The search for justice (London: Biteback Publishing, 2016) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lockerbie-Bombing-Search-Justice-ebook/dp/B01FK4R1Z2/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1559845878&sr=8-1) Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103#Compassionate_release_and_controversy  Syracuse University- Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives https://panam103.syr.edu/2008exhibit.php  Report on the accident to Boeing 747-121, N739PA at Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire, Scotland on 21 December 10988 Air Accidents Investigation Branch (Department of Transport) 2/90 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5422f36ee5274a1317000489/2-1990_N739PA.pdf  DIA documents: https://web.archive.org/web/20080308085805/http://www.dia.mil/publicaffairs/Foia/panam103.pdf  "Lockerbie bomber's conviction to be reviewed” from BBC.com https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-43987079 (3 May 2018)  Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission https://www.sccrc.co.uk/conviction  Lucy Adams and Josh Aston, “Lockerbie Exclusive: we publish the report that could have cleared Megrahi” in The Herald Scotland https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13051748.lockerbie-exclusive-we-publish-the-report-that-could-have-cleared-megrahi/ (24 March 2012)  Robert Black QC Lockerbie Blog: http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.com/2015/03/sccrc-2007-megrahi-report-enters-public.html  SCCRC report http://login.heraldscotland.com/SCCRC-Statement-of-Reasons-red.pdf  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Vincennes_(CG-49)

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 hospital, but died 4 days later of her injuries. It quickly emerged that she had been held in a house, tied up and tortured for nearly a week before her death. These horrific acts were committed by people she had considered friends. She was able to name them before she died, and they were held responsible for their crimes. But Suzanne is far from the only young girl who has suffered torture at the hands of a group of people that she knew. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Suzanne_Capper#Murder  "Murder Acquittal” from The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/murder-acquittal-1506480.html (25 November 1993)  “Horror Fiction became reality” in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/horror-fiction-became-reality-1468190.html (18 December 1993)  “Woman 'sat numb as girl burned': Court told of teenagers screams” from The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/woman-sat-numb-as-girl-burned-court-told-of-teenagers-screams-1464583.html (1 December 1993)  “Torture girl's pleas for help rejected” from The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/torture-girls-plea-for-help-rejected-1505019.html (18 November 1993)  Malcolm Pithers, “ Teenage girl 'subjected to brutal regime of torture': Court told how 16 year old burnt to death” from The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/torture-girls-plea-for-help-rejected-1505019.html ( 17 November 1993)  Simon Midgely, “ Four guilty of torture killing” in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/four-guilty-of-torture-killing-simon-midgley-1468211.html (18 December 1993)  Emily Thompson, “One week of Sadism – The murder of Suzanne Capper” from Morbidology.com https://morbidology.com/one-week-of-sadism-the-murder-of-suzanne-capper/ (1 March 2019)  “Four Convicted in Torture, Burning Death of Teen-Ager” from Apnews.com https://www.apnews.com/6edb4a3c375e3bbe1430aa022c501009 (18 December 1993)  Jonathan Foster and David Connett, “Petty Grudges settled by torture spree then murder: Suzanne Capper's short like ended in horror at the hands of 'friends' who lived equally bleak existence” in The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/petty-grudges-settled-by-torture-spree-then-murder-suzanne-cappers-short-life-ended-in-horror-at-the-1468189.html (18 December 1993)  Scott Hesketh, “Twisted Chucky Killer is back on the streets with secret new identity” in The Daily Star https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/418304/CHUCKY-killer-is-back-on-the-streets-with-secret-new-identity (4 January 2015)  “Exclusive: 20 years on, the Suzanne Capper Case” in Confidentials.com https://confidentials.com/manchester/exclusive-20-years-on-the-suzanne-capper-case (21 January 2013)  “Woman who tortured Suzanne Capper has sentence cut after court hears she is 'model prisoner'” in The Manchester Evening News https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/woman-who-tortured-suzanne-capper-691651 (24 July 2012)  Sylvia Likens Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sylvia_Likens  Mark Oliver, “Sylvia Likens: The Story of a 16 year old tortured and murdered by a neighbourhood” from Allthatsinteresting.com https://allthatsinteresting.com/sylvia-likens-gertrude-baniszewski (22 January 2019)

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 lot of bad behaviour. Some directly as a result of our celebration of all things Irish and some... a little more premeditated. This week, I'm joined by 4 other fabulous podcasts to tell the story of some St Patrick's day crimes for you. Special thanks this week to: All Crime No Cattle (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-crime-no-cattle/id1327729036) ; Southern Fried True Crime (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/southern-fried-true-crime/id1242028887) ; Gone Cold - Texas True Crime (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gone-cold-podcast-texas-true-crime/id1214679007) ; and Unresolved (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unresolved/id1047332516) for your kind contributions! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music:  Quinn's Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  Aisling Kiernan, “Judge apologises to Portuguese man stabbed by two brother in Co Longford on St Patrick's Day 2017” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/three-arrests-after-man-stabbed-at-st-patrick-s-day-celebrations-1.3015308 (22 June 2018)  Conor Lally, “ Three arrests adter man stabbed at St Patrick's Day celebrations” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/three-arrests-after-man-stabbed-at-st-patrick-s-day-celebrations-1.3015308 (18 March 2017)  "Eight students suspended after St. Patrick's Day riots rock London, Ont.” from The National Post https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/london-st-patricks-day-riots (19 March 2012)  Jacob Shelton, “Chaotic Crimes Committed on St Patrick's Day” from Rankr.com https://www.ranker.com/list/st-patricks-day-crimes/jacob-shelton (undated, last accessed 12 march 2019)  Tom Tuite, “Youths guilty of vicious attack on student on St Patrick's Day given a chance to avoid criminal records” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/youths-guilty-of-vicious-attack-on-student-on-st-patricks-day-given-a-chance-to-avoid-criminal-records-30923979.html (20 January 2015)  Kate Hickey, “Police probe savage St Patrick's Day attack boasted about on Facebook” from IrishCentral.com https://www.irishcentral.com/news/police-probe-savage-st-patricks-day-attack-boasted-over-on-facebook-video (20 March 2014)  Tom Brady, “Gardai arrest two teenagers in connection with horror street attack” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-arrest-two-teenagers-in-connection-with-horror-street-attack-30109165.html ( 20 March 2014)

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 wandered off. What followed was two week search for them, and the revelation that a terrible crime had taken place. The shocking truth was that the girls had been murdered by a member of their community, someone they knew. And someone they trusted. The featured promo this week is from the lovely Courtney at The Cult of Domesticity (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cult-of-domesticity/id1287864688) podcast. Check it out today! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by Sources: Kevin Wells, Goodbye, Dearest Holly: Ten Years On (Peach Publishing, 2012) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Goodbye-Dearest-Holly-Kevin-Wells/dp/0340897910/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=dearest+holly&qid=1559845359&s=gateway&smid=A1G3UP32AZJ14F&sr=8-1) Nathan Yates, Beyond Evil (London: John Blake, 2005) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beyond-Evil-Inside-Twisted-Huntley-ebook/dp/B009DCTQUQ/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1559845390&sr=8-2)   Catriona Harvey – Jenner “16 years on from the Soham murders- what actually happened to Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells?” in Cosmopolitan https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a11435528/soham-murders-jessica-chapman-holly-wells-ian-huntley/ (3 August 2018)  Amanda Devlin and Mark Hodge, “Lair's new life: what happened to Maxine Carr, where is she now and how did she know Soham murderer Ian huntley?” in The Sun https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5557736/maxine-carr-ian-huntley-soham-murders/ (18 January 2019)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham_murders  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soham

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 bars and pubs with work friends. But that night, there was a predator out on the streets too. One who had spent nearly a decade in prison for violent assaults and rape, and was still on parole and bail. Because of him, Jill would never make it home that night. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by  Sources:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=5QbRGBMvk-8 – CCTV footage  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCdrma5QWNk – Boutique CCTV footage  Sean Dunne, “Jill Meagher killer Adrian Bayley stabbed in prison” in The Irish Timeshttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/jill-meagher-killer-adrian-bayley-stabbed-in-prison-1.3205995 (1 September 2017)  “New details emerge about Bayley's past” in The Irish Timeshttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/new-details-emerge-about-bayley-s-past-1.1435075 (19 June 2013)  Michelle Hennessy, “Jill Meagher murderer has sentence cut by three years” in TheJournal.iehttps://www.thejournal.ie/adrian-bayley-sentence-cut-2875832-Jul2016/ (13 July 2016)  Peter Greogory, “When a fair trial could be at risk, supression is the order of the day” in TheConversation.comhttp://theconversation.com/when-a-fair-trial-could-be-at-risk-suppression-is-the-order-of-the-day-109181 (21 December 2018)  Mark Pearson, “You wouldn't read about it: Adrian Bayley rape trials expose flaw in suppression orders” in TheConversation.comhttps://theconversation.com/you-wouldnt-read-about-it-adrian-bayley-rape-trials-expose-flaw-in-suppression-orders-39375 (27 March 2015)  “Adrian Bayley's minimum prison term extended by 10 years over three rape convictions” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-28/adrian-bayley-minimum-prison-term-extended-10-years-over-rapes/6502986 (28 May 2015)  Loretta Florance and Peta Carlyon, “Adrian Bayley told young victim he was 'one of those bad guys' before raping her, court hears” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/adrian-bayley-told-young-victim-he-was-one-of-those-bad-guys/6341230 (26 March 2015)  Loretta Florance, Peta Carlyon and staff, “Adrain Bayley told victim she should have 'spotter or pimp' to protect her” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/adrian-bayley-told-victim-she-needed-pimp-or-spotter/6342150 (26 March 2015)  Loretta Florance and Peta Carlyon, “Dutch backpacker convinced Adrain Bayley to drive her home after rape with promise not to go to police” from ABC.net.auhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-26/dutch-backpacker-convinced-adrian-bayley-to-take-her-home/6342936 (26 March 2015)  “Bayley gets longer sentence after new convictions” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0528/704313-adrian-bayley/ (28 May 2015)  Mark Russell, “Timeline: the dark past of Adrian Bayley” in The Agehttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/timeline-the-dark-past-of-adrian-bayley-20150320-1m3sda.html (20 March 2015)  John Silvester, “Conviction: How police caught Jill Meagher's killer” in The Agehttps://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/convicted-how-police-caught-jill-meaghers-killer-20160914-grg666.html (16 September 2016)  Elaine Edwards, “Jill Meagher's killer 'may have been misidentified' in rape case” in The Irish Timeshttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/jill-meagher-s-killer-may-have-been-misidentified-in-rape-case-1.2566547 (9 March 2016)  "Beast who raped and murdered Irish woman on way home launched stunning bid for early release” in The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/jill-meagher-killer-adrian-bayley-6359055 (1 September 2015)  Joel Cresswell, “Jill Meagher killer Adrain Bayley guilty of three rapes” in Illawarra Mercury https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/2971208/jill-meagher-killer-guilty-of-three-rapes/ (26 March 2015)  Naaman Zhou, “Suppression orders in Australia: why you can't read what you may want to” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/dec/14/suppression-orders-australia-why-you-cant-read-what-you-may-want-to (14 December 2018)  Candace Sutton, “Shadowed by a killer: Jill Meagher's final walk” from News.com.auhttps://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/shadowed-by-a-killer-jill-meaghers-final-walk/news-story/ebe461b014086b7a31c6c8d47d5ee0cf (4 May 2017)  Huda Hayek, “What we know: Facts about the Jill Meagher case” in The Herald Sunhttps://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/what-we-know-facts-about-the-jill-meagher-case/news-story/578e4a9343f7ba20b9c04aefce6659a5 (24 September 2012)  Conviction: The Jill Meagher Story ABC (2016)  Joe St John, Evil in a Blue Hoodie (Sydney: New Holland, 2014)

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 heard and a strange car was seen driving up and down the lane. But three local lads, Dick Donnelly, Martin Kerrigan, and Martin Conmey found that they were the ones who had drawn the attention of the notorious Murder Squad of the Garda Siochana. By the end of the year, two young people from Porterstown Lane would be dead. Two trials would follow and a series of appeals to try and clear a man's name of guilt that did not belong to him. Our featured promo this week is from good friends, All Crime No Cattle (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-crime-no-cattle/id1327729036) . Erin and Shea are experts at the conversational true crime podcast, and back it up with phenomenal research and production. Go subscribe today! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by Sources: The Criminal Justice Act 1993 (available here: http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1993/act/6/enacted/en/print) DPP -V- MARTIN CONMEY, [2012] IECCA 75 (2012) Sarah McInerney, Where No One Can Hear You Scream (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2008) Purchase here (https://www.gillbooks.ie/true-crime/true-crime/where-no-one-can-hear-you-scream)   Michael Clifford, “Martin Conmey walks the long, hard, road to justice” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/viewpoints/columnists/michael-clifford/martin-conmey-walks-the-long-hard-road-to-justice-430703.html (16 November 2016)  Mary Carolan, “State apologises to man jailed in miscarriage of justice” in the Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/state-apologises-to-man-jailed-in-miscarriage-of-justice-1.2868751 (15 November 2016)  Aodhan O'Faoilan, “An innocent man; Martin Conmey, 63, was jailed for the manslaughter of his neighbour in 1972... yesterday his name was finally cleared after a 'miscarriage of justice'.. The Free Library https://www.thefreelibrary.com/An+innocent+man%3b+Martin+Conmey%2c+63%2c+was+jailed+for+the+manslaughter...-a0376505736 (2014)  Michael Clifford, “40 years waiting to clear his name ' in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/profiles/40-years-waiting-to-clear-his-name-199954.html (7 July 2012)  https://www.townlands.ie/meath/ratoath/rathbeggan/dunshaughlin/porterstown/  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_in_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratoath

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 Cork. When Robert didn't return home that evening, and had not answered his new phone, a search began that would bring people from all over the country to the area to volunteer to look for the 11 year old, alongside the Gardai and the army. But, just over a week later, Roberts body was found in a deep ditch, caught up in brambles, alongside Inch Strand. He was 12 miles from his home. The Garda investigation worked quickly, and it soon became apparent that Robert had not gotten far from home, before he was killed. The featured promo this week is from our friends over at Twisted Britain (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/twisted-britain/id1415136161) ! Head on over and give them a listen!  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by Sources: Ralph Reigel, Afraid of the Dark (Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2006) Purchase here (https://www.obrien.ie/true-crime/afraid-of-the-dark)   Bledar Xhemali, et al “ Sudden death from Vagal Inhibition” in European Scientific Journal vo9, no 30 (October 2013) http://eujournal.org/index.php/esj/article/viewFile/1965/1907  Conor Galalgher, “Legal opinion: Victim Impact statement system is flawed” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/legal-opinion-victim-impact-statement-system-is-flawed-1.2373197 (9 October 2015)  “The Wayne O'Donoghue story – In his own words” in Magill https://magill.ie/archive/wayne-odonoghue-story-his-own-words (31 January 2008)  "Parents of Robert Holohan 'seek truth' at inquest” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/parents-of-robert-holohan-seek-truth-at-inquest-1.796308 (12 September 2006)  “O'Donoghue freed after serving three years” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0116/98293-holohanr/ (16 January 2008)  Vivion Kilfeather, “Court rejects appeal against O'Donoghue jail senetnece” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/court-rejects-appeal-against-odonoghue-jail-sentence-16128.html (19 October 2006)  “Holohan's mother vows to appeal O'Donoghue's sentence” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/holohans-mother-vows-to-appeal-odonoghue-sentence-241324.html (24 January 2006)  Ann O'Loughlin, “Allegations in victim impact statement were totally false, says counsel” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/allegations-in-victim-statement-were-totally-false-says-counsel-26376751.html (28 July 2006)  “Sentence objective 'totally frustrated' by Majella” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/sentencing-objective-totally-frustrated-by-majella-26324171.html (11 October 2007)  Director of Public Prosecutions -v- O'Donoghue [2006] IECCA 134 available here: http://www.courts.ie/Judgments.nsf/bce24a8184816f1580256ef30048ca50/199d98ef9ccbd3398025720b004d2bf7?OpenDocument  Ralph Riegel, “Family appalled as child-killer Wayne's new life revealed” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-appalled-as-childkiller-waynes-new-life-is-revealed-26582412.html (16 November 2009)  Ballyedmond Townland https://www.townlands.ie/cork/barrymore/templenacarriga/templenacarriga/ballyedmond/

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 miscarriages of justice, where two and possibly more men were convicted of crimes they did not commit. Last month, Netflix released The Innocent Man, a 6 part series looking at these crimes and their aftermaths. This week on the podcast, we take an in-depth look into just one of those cases, that of the murder of Debbie Sue Carter and the wrongful convictions of Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz. Ron and Dennis had very different journeys through their appeals processes, but both of their fates lay in the testing of DNA evidence. Would new science finally exonerate them? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: John Grisham, The Innocent Man (New York: Doubleday, 2006) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Innocent-Man-John-Grisham-ebook/dp/B00351YEVM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WMJNE1BP0S1T&keywords=the+innocent+man&qid=1559844155&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+innocent+man%2Caps%2C126&sr=1-1)   Ross M. Dinerstein and Clay Tweel, "The Innocent Man" (Netflix, 2018)  Jim Dwyer, "Ron Williamson, Freed from death row, dies at 51" in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/us/ronald-williamson-freed-from-death-row-dies-at-51.html (9 December 2004)  Frontline, from PBS.org https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/profiles/williamson.html (1 May 2003)  Eric Shorey, "Karl Fontenot today?" from Oxygen.com https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/where-are-tommy-ward-and-karl-fontenot-today-innocent-man (18 December 2018)  Emily Mae Czachor, "Newflix's New true Crime Series" from Bustle.com https://www.bustle.com/p/netflixs-new-true-crime-series-the-innocent-man-finally-has-a-trailer-to-spook-intrigue-you-video-13234092 (December 2018)

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 miscarriages of justice, where two and possibly more men were convicted of crimes they did not commit. Last month, Netflix released The Innocent Man, a 6 part series looking at these crimes and their aftermaths. This week on the podcast, we take an in-depth look into just one of those cases, that of the murder of Debbie Sue Carter and the wrongful convictions of Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz. Ron Williamson was an eccentric and unstable character. Was it this nature of his that made him a target for the Ada Police Department? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: John Grisham, The Innocent Man (New York: Doubleday, 2006) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Innocent-Man-John-Grisham-ebook/dp/B00351YEVM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=WMJNE1BP0S1T&keywords=the+innocent+man&qid=1559844155&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+innocent+man%2Caps%2C126&sr=1-1) Ross M. Dinerstein and Clay Tweel, "The Innocent Man" (Netflix, 2018)  Jim Dwyer, "Ron Williamson, Freed from death row, dies at 51" in The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/us/ronald-williamson-freed-from-death-row-dies-at-51.html (9 December 2004)  Frontline, from PBS.org https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/burden/profiles/williamson.html (1 May 2003)  Eric Shorey, "Karl Fontenot today?" from Oxygen.com https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/where-are-tommy-ward-and-karl-fontenot-today-innocent-man (18 December 2018)  Emily Mae Czachor, "Newflix's New true Crime Series" from Bustle.com https://www.bustle.com/p/netflixs-new-true-crime-series-the-innocent-man-finally-has-a-trailer-to-spook-intrigue-you-video-13234092 (December 2018)

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 and yours a very happy and prosperous New Year! In this episode, we take a closer look at a case that devastated a family, a community and shock the public at large. An entire family was wiped out, and by one of its parents. What had happened in this popular and prominent family in Castlerahan, Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan that led to this monstrous tragedy? Was it a case of severe mental health problems, or a sign of domestic abuse? We may never find the answer. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .    Theme Song:  Quinns Song: The Dance Begins, by Kevin McLeod.  Sources:  Galen English, “Sorry for how I murdered them all' Alan Hawe in note he left behind”, in Evoke.ie https://evoke.ie/2017/12/20/news/irish-news/alan-hawe-note-left-behind (20/12/2017)  “Clodagh Hawe's mother tells inquest how 'normal' evening preceded murder-suicide” in BreakingNews.ie https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/clodagh-hawes-mother-tells-inquest-how-normal-evening-preceded-murder-suicide-819225.html (18/12/2017)  Cassie Delaney, “Relative of Clodagh Hawe issues powerful plea for people to remember Clodagh” in Her.ie https://www.her.ie/news/relative-of-clodagh-hawe-issues-powerful-plea-to-people-to-remember-clodagh-310265 (September 2016)  “School porn guilt behind Irish teacher's murder-suicide rampage” in IrishCentral.com https://www.irishcentral.com/news/family-murder-suicide-school-porn-shame-alan-hawe (05/01/2018)  Caroline Gauley, “Hawe Inquest: Alan Hawe had a fear of being seen as 'less than perfect'” in NorthernSound.ie https://www.northernsound.ie/hawe-inquest-alan-hawe-fear-seen-less-perfect/ (19/12/1027)  “Solicitor described Clodagh Hawe's family as 'extraordinarily dignified” in EveningEcho.ie https://www.eveningecho.ie/oneaday/Verdicts-returned-in-Hawe-family-inquest-d52cb8e7-039d-4532-af87-6634b2abef3a-ds (19/12/17)  Fiona Mallon, “One Year anniversary mass for Alan Hawe, who killed wife and sons in Cavan” in WLRFM.com https://www.wlrfm.com/2017/08/30/one-year-anniversary-mass-for-alan-hawe-who-killed-wife-and-sons-in-cavan/ (30/08/2017)  Colin Barrett, 'He had his reasons” in Granta.com https://granta.com/he-had-his-reasons/ (undated)  Meave Sheehan, “Ultimately we are in the haunting presence of the inexplicable” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/meave-sheehan-on-hawe-tragedy-ultimately-we-are-in-the-haunting-presence-of-the-inexplicable-36434714.html (24/12/2017)  Conor Lally, “Alan Hawe had depressive symptoms for almost a decade, inquest told” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/coroner-s-court/alan-hawe-had-depressive-symptoms-for-almost-a-decade-inquest-told-1.3332363 (19/12/2017)  Stephen Breen, “Beast's Shame: Psycho Alan Hawe butchered entire family after being caught pleasuring himself at school where he worked while accessing porn” in The Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/1994022/psycho-alan-hawe-butchered-entire-family-after-being-caught-pleasuring-himself-at-school-where-he-worked-while-accessing-pornography/ (02/01/2018)  Gary Meneely, “Monster's Pervert Past: Killer Alan Hawe slaughtered his family after he as caught accessing porn and allegedly engaging in sex act at school where he worked” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/1957194/killer-dad-alan-hawe-slaughtered-his-wife-and-family-because-he-feared-he-would-be-exposed-for-watching-porn-at-work/ (21/12/2017)  Paul Neilan, “Alan Hawe: 'People think of me as a pillar of the community, if only they knew” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/alan-hawe-people-think-of-me-as-a-pillar-of-the-community-if-only-they-knew-464693.html (20/12/2017)  “One by one, Alan Hawe killed his wife and sons- only little Ryan didn't fight back” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/one-by-one-alan-hawe-killed-his-wife-and-sons-only-little-ryan-didnt-fight-back-36419804.html (19/12/2017)  Ed Carty and Sophie Evans, “'I didn't know him': Devastated mum had coffee and biscuits with Alan Hawe hours before he killed her daughter and three grandsons” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/i-didnt-know-him-devastated-11724322 (19/12/2017)  David Maher, “Killer dad Alan Haw claims he murdered wife and sons because he did not want boys orphaned after his suicide” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/killer-dad-alan-hawes-final-11725495 (20/12/2017)  Gary Meneely, “Dark Secret: Devil dad Alan Hawe feared 'fall from grace' over a 'sexual matter' before butchering his family” in TheSun.co.uk https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5177901/devil-dad-alan-hawe-hid-a-dark-secret-and-feared-a-fall-from-grace-over-a-sexual-matter-before-butchering-his-family/ (20/12/2017)  Sandra Murphy, “Secret pron shame of murder-suicide dad Alan Hawe exposed” in Extra.ie https://extra.ie/2017/12/21/news/irish-news/secret-porn-shame-of-murder-suicide-dad-alan-hawe-exposed (21/12/2017)  Nicola Anderson, “Scant closure for two families left grappling to understand” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/nicola-anderson-at-hawe-inquest-scant-closure-for-two-families-left-grappling-to-understand-36423617.html (20/12/2017)  Julian Robinson , “Teacher who slaughtered his wife and three children before taking his own life 'was caught performing a lewd act while watching porn at school'” in The Daily Mail https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5228959/Teacher-caught-watching-porn-killing-family.html (02/01/2018)  Catherine Devine, “'We are trying to cope with a tragedy beyond our understanding' – funeral if tragic Hawe family is told” in The Irish Independenthttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/we-are-trying-to-cope-with-a-tragedy-beyond-our-understanding-funeral-of-tragic-hawe-family-is-told-35018898.html (02/09/2016)  “Murder-Suicide suspected after family of five found dead in house” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/murdersuicide-suspected-after-family-of-five-found-dead-in-house-35004176.html (29/08/2016)  Nicola Anderson, “Silent shock and grief as beautiful family mourned ahead of funerals”, in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/silent-shock-and-grief-as-beautiful-family-mourned-ahead-of-funerals-35017907.html (03/09/2016)  Greg Harkin, “Family won't 'demonise' Alan as tragic Hawes to be laid to rest together” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-wont-demonise-alan-as-tragic-hawes-to-be-laid-to-rest-together-35012159.html (01/09/2016)  Deirdre Reynolds, “Tears of a community for grief that knows no bounds” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tears-of-a-community-for-grief-that-knows-no-bounds-35015142.html (04/09/2016)  Ed Carty, “ Alan Hawe 'was troubled, depressed and severely mentally ill in the months before murder-suicide'” in IrishNews.com https://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2017/12/19/news/alan-hawe-was-troubled-depressed-and-severely-mentally-ill-in-the-months-before-murder-suicide--1214775/ (19/12/2017)  Ed Carty, “Diagnosis of severe depressive illness does not ease our pain, say parents of Alan Hawe who killed wife Clodagh and their three sons” in IrishNews.com http://www.irishnews.com/news/republicofirelandnews/2017/12/19/news/diagnosis-of-depression-does-not-ease-our-pain-say-parents-of-alan-hawe-who-killed-wife-clodagh-and-their-three-sons-1214998/ (19/12/2017)

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-million euro property business, which he wanted to pass to his sons. So much so that he wouldn’t marry Sharon in order to ensure this. But despite the lavish lifestyle Sharon lived – nice houses, a penthouse apartment in Spain, a boat, basically anything she wanted – Sharon wanted more. So, she got on her computer and between searches for weight loss and diet tips, she looked for a hitman. And she found one. Our podcast Promo this week is from our friends at Pretend Radio (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pretend-radio/id1245307962) . This season is all about a strange and secretive Christian sect that Javier managed to get unprecedented access to. It’s fascinating! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Abigail Rieley, Devil in the Red Dress (Dublin: Maverick House, 2015) Buy Here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Devil-Red-Dress-Abigail-Rieley-ebook/dp/B004WPNX4O/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+devil+in+the+red+dress&qid=1559843752&s=gateway&sr=8-2) Emer Connolly, Lying Eyes and the hitman for hire(Dublin: Gill and McMillan, 2008) Buy here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lying-Eyes-Emer-Connolly/dp/0717146251/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=emer+connolly&qid=1559843827&s=gateway&sr=8-1)   Conor Lally, “Prison alert over ricin traces find” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/prison-alert-over-ricin-traces-find-1.1295221( 27 April 2007)  “Man defends partner in hitman hiring case” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/man-defends-partner-in-hitman-hiring-case-1.1217055 (6 June 2008)  Aoife Finneran “Hitman planned to use Ricin: Witness” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/hitman-planned-to-use-ricin-witness-27875615.html (12 June 2008)  Aoife Finneran “Incompetent wife of hitman’s takes stand” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/incompetent-wife-of-hitman-takes-stand-27875683.html(13 June 2008)  Abigail Rieley “’Hitman target’ kisses his accused partner” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/courts/hitman-target-kisses-his-accused-partner-27874870.html (6 June 2008)  “Sentenced by court, acquitted by partner” in The Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/icrime/sentenced-by-court-acquitted-by-partner-76527.html(4 November 2008)  Niamh Horan, “Everyone deserves a second chance says newly single Sharon Collins as she begins a new life in Belfast” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/everyone-deserves-a-second-chance-says-newly-single-sharon-collins-as-she-begins-a-new-life-in-belfast-31580164.html (4 October 2015)  “’For her there should be no second chance’ ‘ Hitman-for-hire slams Sharon ‘Lying Eyes’ Collins” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/for-her-there-should-be-no-second-chance-hitmanforhire-slams-sharon-lying-eyes-collins-34675173.html (1 May 2016)  “Judgment reserved in ‘lying eyes’ appeal” from RTE.ie https://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0312/128701-collinss/ (12 March 2010)  Kevin Doyle, “PJ: ‘Why I’ve spent €200K trying to clear Lying Eyes name” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/pj-why-ive-spent-200k-trying-to-clear-lying-eyes-name-27891765.html (10 November 2008)  Abigail Goldman, “Would-be Vegas hitmans’ story ends in an Irish jail” in The Las Vegas Sunhttps://lasvegassun.com/news/2008/jul/20/would-be-vegas-hitmans-story-ends-irish-jail/(20 July 2008)  Denise Calnan, “’I regret not doing the job, I wish I’d done it’ LyingEyes hitman on murder contract from Sharon Collins to kill her partner businessman and his sons” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/i-regret-not-doing-the-job-i-wish-id-done-it-lying-eyes-hitman-on-murder-contract-from-sharon-collins-to-kill-her-partner-businessman-and-his-sons-30912311.html (16 January 2015)  “Woman convicted of hiring a hitman to kill partner released from jail” from Newstalk.ie https://www.newstalk.com/woman-convicted-of-hiring-hitman-to-kill-partner-released-from-jail (11 September 2012)

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, found guilty and received the mandatory life sentence. How was it then, that 17 years later, the same man would be able to kill another elderly resident of Ballygar, Nancy Nolan (84) in a senseless and motiveless crime? This week, we look at the murders committed by Thomas Murray in East Galway and how life sentences in Ireland don't really mean life. Our podcast Promo this week is from the new podcast Holocaust: Lost Voices which brings you stories you may not have heard from the darkest chapter of Europe's history. Be sure to subscribe today! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Tom Connolly, Detective: A Life Upholding the Law (Dublin: O'Brien Press, 2015) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Detective-Life-Upholding-Tom-Connolly-ebook/dp/B010545I0W/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Detective+a+life+upholding+the+law&qid=1559843421&s=gateway&sr=8-1) Barry Cummins, Lifers (Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 2004) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifers-Irelands-evil-killers-caught-ebook/dp/B00JQE6W6W/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=barry+cummins+life&qid=1559843480&s=gateway&sr=8-6)   The Olden Report, http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/OldenReport.pdf/Files/OldenReport.pdf (April 2001)  “Man jailed for murder committed while on day release” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/man-jailed-for-murder-committed-while-on-day-release-1.1119595 6 December 2000  Ciaran Tierney, “Convicted murdered is questioned about taxi driver killing” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/convicted-murderer-is-questioned-about-taxi-driver-killing-1.317571 13 July 2001  Martha Kearns, “Prison chief warned murderer would 'kill again'” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/prison-chief-warned-murderer-would-kill-again-26079544.html 7 July 2001  Lorna Higgins, “Family of murdered woman believe gardai talking to the wrong man” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/family-of-murdered-woman-believe-gardai-talking-to-the-wrong-man-1.1128374 30 November 2002  Declan Tierney, “New Leads in 20 year old murder” in The Connacht Tribune http://claregalway.info/nuacht/news/2017/12/new-leads-20-year-old-murder/ 14 December 2017  http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/justice/criminal_law/criminal_trial/types_of_sentences.html#le06e6  Conor Gallagher, “New 12-year minimum sentence for murder to be set” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/new-12-year-minimum-sentence-for-murder-to-be-set-1.3490994 10 May 2018  Parole Bill (2016) https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2016/29/  “Sentence Review Group” The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/sentence-review-group-1.44488 30 April 1996

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 the boatmen who returned to get them from the craggy island in Dublin Bay that he had no idea what had happened to her. An inquest found that the poor woman had drowned. But in Victorian Dublin, rumours spread quickly, and it was discovered William Burke Kirwan was living a double life - one that provided a motive for murder. Our podcast Promo this week is from Mugshot Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mugshot/id1418761216) , where host Lindsay recounts crimes of a not-so-fatal nature. Make sure you don't end up with your own Mugshot and subscribe today! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Micheal Sheridan, Murder at Ireland's Eye (Dublin: Poolbeg, 2012) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Murder-Irelands-Eye-Michael-Sheridan-ebook/dp/B00A3ENMBW/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=murder+at+irelands+eye&qid=1559843238&s=gateway&sr=8-1)   Dean Ruxton, “Ireland's Eye Mystery: A murder gripped Victorian Dublin” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/ireland-s-eye-mystery-a-murder-gripped-victorian-dublin-1.2847013 28 October 2016  Abigail Rieley, “The Ireland's Eye Murder” from The National Library of Ireland Blog https://blog.nli.ie/index.php/2012/09/06/murder/ 6 September 2012  UK Inflation Calculator: http://www.in2013dollars.com/

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 turned against his lover and ex con David Wright. But that was far from his last murder, and the next couple of months he would kill employers, associates and family members, and drive thousands of miles across the UK, criss-crossing England and Scotland. But eventually his crimes caught up with him, and Roy found himself before a court again -  not once, but twice. Our podcast Promo this week is from Barry over at Extraordinary Stories Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/extraordinary-stories-podcast/id1247821845) . If you're looking for weird, crazy stories that you just can't stop listening to - this is the podcast for you. Subscribe today! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Roy Archibald Hall, The Wicked Mr Hall: The memoirs of the butler who loved to kill (London: John Blake Press, 2011) Purchase Here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wicked-Mr-Hall-Real-Life-Murderer-ebook/dp/B0078XGYJI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Wicked+Mr+Hall%3A&qid=1559842944&s=gateway&sr=8-1)   James Copeland, The Butler (London: Granada Publishing, 1981)  Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 “New Rules on Reporting Restrictions” from Scottish Civil Justice Council http://www.scottishciviljusticecouncil.gov.uk/new-rules/2015/03/17/new-rules-on-reporting-restrictions (17 March 2015)  “Contempt and reporting restrictions” from BBC Academy https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133630 (19 September 2017)  PA Media Lawyer, “Scottish Daily Record fined £80,000 for contempt over two stories including one showing 'dramatic' arrest pic with 'GOT HIM' caption” in Press Gazette https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/scottish-daily-record-fined-for-contempt-over-two-stories-including-one-showing-dramatic-arrest-pic-with-got-him-caption/ (6 June 2018)  Stirling v Associated Newspapers 1990 JC 5  HM Advocate v Caledonian Newspapers Ltd ([1995] SLT 926)   Douglass Waddell, “Hold the presses: contempt of court” from brodies.com https://brodies.com/blog/public-law/hold-the-presses-contempt-of-court/ (18 June 2018)  “Archibald Hall & Michael Kitto” from murderuk.com http://www.murderuk.com/serial_archibald_hall.html (undated)  “The Murderous Butler” in The Watford Observer https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/archibaldthomsonhall/themurderousbutler/ (undated)

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 family in Glasgow, and from an early age wanted to live an extravagant lifestyle. One that he could not (or would not) achieve through hard work and graft. Roy preferred to take what he could. He became a thief and spent many years in and out of prison. In between these stints, he worked as a butler, to be close to the status he desired, and the belongs that went this, that he could steal. How did this supposed high flying and often hapless thief turn murderer? Our podcast Promo this week is from our friends over at The Unseen Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-unseen-podcast/id1318473466) ! This is a wonderful UK podcast has covered some very interesting crimes and mysteries. Go check it out today! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Roy Archibald Hall, The Wicked Mr Hall: The memoirs of the butler who loved to kill (London: John Blake Press, 2011) Purchase Here (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wicked-Mr-Hall-Real-Life-Murderer-ebook/dp/B0078XGYJI/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Wicked+Mr+Hall%3A&qid=1559842944&s=gateway&sr=8-1) James Copeland, The Butler (London: Granada Publishing, 1981)  Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 “New Rules on Reporting Restrictions” from Scottish Civil Justice Council http://www.scottishciviljusticecouncil.gov.uk/new-rules/2015/03/17/new-rules-on-reporting-restrictions (17 March 2015)  “Contempt and reporting restrictions” from BBC Academy https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/en/articles/art20130702112133630 (19 September 2017)  PA Media Lawyer, “Scottish Daily Record fined £80,000 for contempt over two stories including one showing 'dramatic' arrest pic with 'GOT HIM' caption” in Press Gazette https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/scottish-daily-record-fined-for-contempt-over-two-stories-including-one-showing-dramatic-arrest-pic-with-got-him-caption/ (6 June 2018)  Stirling v Associated Newspapers 1990 JC 5 HM  Advocate v Caledonian Newspapers Ltd ([1995] SLT 926)  Douglass Waddell, “Hold the presses: contempt of court” from brodies.com https://brodies.com/blog/public-law/hold-the-presses-contempt-of-court/ (18 June 2018)  “Archibald Hall & Michael Kitto” from murderuk.com http://www.murderuk.com/serial_archibald_hall.html (undated)  “The Murderous Butler” in The Watford Observer https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/archibaldthomsonhall/themurderousbutler/ (undated)

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 self inflicted wounds and was making little sense. But then, she shocked police by telling them that she had killed her two small children, Harry (3) and Elise (2). They were found soon after in the boot of her car, parked around the corner from the home that she had once shared with her children and her ex-partner, Paul. In this episode, we tell the story of Fiona Donnison, and explore the reasons why some mothers turn murderous. What was Fiona's excuse? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  "Fiona Donnison trial: Murder accused mum 'calm' before her children were killed” in The Mirror https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/fiona-donnison-trial-murder-accused-142411 (19 July 2011)  Tom Wells, “My lovely kids... by mum who murdered two of them days later” in The Sunhttps://www.thesun.co.uk/archives/news/709914/my-lovely-kids-by-mum-who-murdered-two-of-them-days-later/ (10 August 2011)  “Accused mother 'blew hot and cold' in The Oxford Mailhttp://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/9137505.print/ (13 July 2011)   Fred Attewell “Fiona Donnison jailed for 32 years for killing her children to punish ex” in The Metro UKhttps://metro.co.uk/2011/08/09/fiona-donnison-jailed-for-32-years-for-killing-her-children-to-punish-ex-109455/ (9 August 2011)  Cathy Gordon, “Killer mother appeals sentence for murdering Harry (3) and Elise (2)” in The Irish Independenthttps://www.independent.ie/life/family/mothers-babies/killer-mother-appeals-sentence-for-murdering-harry-3-and-elise-2-26856033.html (22 May 2012)  “Children in boot asphyxiated” in The Belfast Telegraphhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/children-in-boot-asphyxiated-28514454.html (29 January 2010)  “Children in boot asphyxiated” in The Belfast Telegraphhttps://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/children-in-boot-asphyxiated-28514454.html (29 January 2010) Daily Star Reporter, “Child killing trial postponed” in The Daily Starhttps://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/179214/Child-killing-trial-postponed (2 March 2011) “Former City worker faces questions over murdered children” in The Evening Standardhttps://www.standard.co.uk/news/former-city-worker-faces-questions-over-murdered-children-6703340.html (28 January 2010) “Donnison: children were used as 'ultimate pawns' for revenge” in The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/donnison-children-were-used-as-ultimate-pawns-for-revenge-sqjmjq095t2?t=ie (12 July 2011) Monica Bennett, “Parents who kill their children” in Criminal.Media https://criminal.media/parents-who-kill-their-children(undated) Emily Andrews, “Woman who smothered two toddlers in jealous rage may have killed her baby girl years earlier” (publisher un-credited) from http://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/donnison-fiona.htm ( 10 August 2011) Emily Andrews “Wife watched me put children to bed 'with look of absolute hatred and evil on her face', father tells murder trial” in The Daily Mail from http://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/donnison-fiona.htm (14 July 2011) Emily Andrews, “If he's sleeping with you he will never see the kids: 'Killer mother's threat to partner's lover” in The Daily Mail from http://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/donnison-fiona.htm (13 July 2011) Rebecca Camber and James Mills, “'We love you, Fiona' : Relatives of smothered toddlers' mother call out in court as she is charged with their murder” in Daily Mail from http://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/donnison-fiona.htm (29 January 2010) Anthony France, Tomm Wells, et al “Killer mum ' gave kids her sedative'” in The Sun from http://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/donnison-fiona.htm (29 January 2010) Adam John, “The Evil mother formerly from sussexwho suffocated her children to death and handed herself into police” in Kent Live Newshttps://www.kentlive.news/news/sussex-news/evil-mother-formerly-sussex-who-686343 (29 October 2017) “Fiona Donnison children murders 'not predictable'” in BBC News.comhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-24922651 and https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-sussex-24934128/fiona-donnison-child-murders-not-predictable(13 November 2013) “Fiona Donnison's online tribute to cot death baby Mia” in The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7097409/Fiona-Donnisons-online-tribute-to-cot-death-baby-Mia.html (29 January 2010) “Father warned his wife was a 'danger' to their two children before they were found dead” in The Telegraphhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7097256/Father-warned-his-wife-was-a-danger-to-their-two-children-before-they-were-found-dead.html (29 January 2010) “Murder accuses mother Fiona Donnison 'not malingering'” in BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14294748 (26 July 2011) “Child-murders mother Fiona Donnison jailed for life” in BBC Newshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14459954 (9 August 2011) Alexander Baron, “Op-Ed: Evil mother Fiona Donnison jailed for 32 years for killing kids” in Digital Journalhttp://www.digitaljournal.com/article/310163 (10 August 2011) Jim Goad, “19 Moms who killed their kids” in Thought Cataloguehttps://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2014/04/19-moms-who-killed-their-kids/ (15 April 2014) “Postpartum Psychosis: Severe mental illness after childbirth” from The Royal College of Psychiatrist at https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/healthadvice/problemsanddisorders/postpartumpsychosis.aspx Postpartum Psychosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postpartum_psychosis Insanity Defence in UK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insanity_in_English_law Narcissistic Personality Disorder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_personality_disorder Andrea Yates: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Yates Diane Downs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Downs

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 of her working life in London, until the outbreak of World War Two. On the night of November 19th, 1954, she decided to walk back to her hospital from her last home visit. On the Dublin Road, she was spotted by a 24 year old carman, Michael Manning, who had been drinking all day. He attacked her, and she was killed on the roadside. But was Manning legally responsible for her death? Our podcast Promo this week is from Nordic True Crime (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nordic-true-crime/id1357329217) , a pod that tells shocking stories from Europes frozen north. Go subscribe today, if you aren’t already! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Dermot Walsh, Beneath Cannock's Clock: The last hanged man in Ireland (Cork: Mercier Press, 2009) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Cannocks-Clock-Hanged-Ireland/dp/1856356272/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=Dermot+Walsh%2C+Beneath+Cannock%27s+Clock%3A+The+last+hanged+man+in+Ireland&qid=1559854474&s=digital-text&sr=8-1-fkmr0) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_John%27s_Castle_(Limerick)   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limerick  My own Legal Studies Notes!

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 that the fire was arson: there were matches left and a trail of paraffin at the front door, and there was the smell of accelerant in the air. In an attempt to find out who would want to hurt the family, it became apparent that they were strongly disliked, but still there were no real leads. Until, that is, the police picked up 19 year old Bruce George Peter Lee.He admitted to setting the Hastie fire. And then shockingly admitted to another 10 arsons in the Hull area. No one had suspected these fires were malicious. But should the police believe this young man with a troubled background? Our podcast Promo this week is from Targeted Podcast: True Crime Domestic Violence, presented by Mo Blackwell. This is an unbelievably important subject, telling stories of domestic violence in a compelling and compassionate manner. Go subscribe today, if you aren't already! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Ron Sagar MBE, Hull Hell and Fire (London: Highgate of Beverly, 1999) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Hull-Hell-Fire-Ronald-Sagar/dp/1902645065) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3672468/Serial-killer-arsonist-burned-15-people-death-including-six-month-old-baby-pictured-strolling-day-release-prison.html  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3672468/Serial-killer-arsonist-burned-15-people-death-including-six-month-old-baby-pictured-strolling-day-release-prison.html  Paul Sutherland, "The Hull Arsonist Part 1 and 2" in The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast blog, March 2017. https://truecrimeenthusiast.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/the-hull-arsonist-part-1/

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 prompted a police investigation which scrutinised the 18 months that he had worked in Leeds General Infirmary, and he was accused of 4 murders and an attempted murder. Authorities said he had maliciously administered injections of insulin to elderly patients, police said because he didn’t like old people. But would there be enough evidence to convict him? Our podcast Promo this week is from our friends over at the Graveyard Tales (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/graveyard-tales/id1294529191) podcast! If you’re in the mood for something spooky, you have to check them out! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  https://www.insidejusticeuk.com/cases/the-case-of-colin-norris/8http://colinnorris.org/index.html A Jury Blinded by Science The Case of Colin Norris (The Colin Norris Support Group, 2011) Real Crime: Angel of Death, Series 7 Episode 12. ITV Aired 4 December 2008 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqHdXPiXoWc)  The Innocent Serial Killer? Panorama Season 62, Episode 46. Aired 15 December 2014 BBC One (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL666gDzPEg)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Norris  Suma Sugunendran & Mohamed Malik, “Insulin autoimmune syndrome: a rare case of hypoglycaemia,” in Endocrine Abstracts (2010) 21 P70 https://www.endocrine-abstracts.org/ea/0021/ea0021p70 “Insulin autoimmune syndrome” from Geriatric and Rare Diseases Information Centre https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/10808/insulin-autoimmune-syndrome  Sarah Alam MD Maaz Ozair MD JamalAhmad MD, DM (Endocrinology), PhD, FCCP, FRCP (UK), DSc (Endocrinology)“Hypoglycemia due to Insulin Autoimmune Syndrome: A rare cause not to be forgotten” in Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports Volume 2, December 2016, Pages 7-9  Nirantharakumar, Krishnarajah et al. “Hypoglycemia in Non-Diabetic In-Patients: Clinical or Criminal?” Ed. Giorgio Sesti. PLoS ONE 7.7 (2012): e40384. PMC. Web. 27 Aug. 2018.  Nondiabetic Hypoglycemia from Hormone Heath Network https://www.hormone.org/diseases-and-conditions/diabetes/non-diabetic-hypoglycemia  Recurrent Hypoglycemia: When Diabetes Is Not the Cause from Modern Medicine Network http://www.patientcareonline.com/diabetes/recurrent-hypoglycemia-when-diabetes-not-cause

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 process, but along with that, emotions were heightened. Just days before the agreement was signed, Sylvia Fleming (17) was out celebrating her first paycheque from her first job. She visited her ex boyfriend that night, and was never seen again. Her sisters, with whom Sylvia was very close, realised that something was wrong very quickly. The pregnant teenager would never have just left them. But they never thought that she would have suffered the fate that she did. Join us this week as we look at the tragic events surrounding Sylvia Fleming's murder, and how her community was torn apart that year. Our podcast Promo this week is from investigative journalist Scott Reeder and his team over at Suspect Convictions (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/suspect-convictions/id1191383402) podcast. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .   Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  "My Pregnant Sister's Body Was Buried Under a House” from Britain's Darkest Taboos Season 3 episode 6 (Crime + Investigation, 2014) watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h2_d2SNU9Y   Scott, R v [2004] NICC 19 (15 November 2004)    Ciaran Barnes, “Shock at Belfast KFC as man who dismembered girlfriend queues for lunch” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/shock-at-belfast-kfc-as-man-who-dismembered-girlfriend-queues-for-lunch-36187709.html 2 October 2017    Scott, R v [2004] NICC 19 (15 November 2004)    Staff Reporter, “Notorious murderer Stephen Scott who killed, chopped up and buried pregnant teenage girlfriend back on Northern Ireland streets” in The Belfast Telegraph https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/pictured-notorious-murderer-stephen-scott-who-killed-chopped-up-and-buried-pregnant-teenage-girlfriend-back-on-northern-ireland-streets-35887831.html 3 July 2017    “Fleming family want murderer Stephen Scott banned from Omagh” in Ulster Herald http://ulsterherald.com/2014/07/03/fleming-family-want-murderer-stephen-scott-banned-from-omagh/ 2 July 2014    http://www.crossexaminer.co.uk/archives/20101 10 July 2017    Alan Rodgers, “Family's 'shock' as Sylvia's killer is released” in Ulster Herald http://ulsterherald.com/2015/11/26/familys-shock-as-sylvias-killer-is-released/ (Incorrectly dated as 26 November 2015, last accessed 8 August 2018)    Joe McCusker, “"WHY?; This man helped a murderer to hide a young girl's body..now he's free after eight months.."in The Free Library. 2001 MGN LTD https://www.thefreelibrary.com/WHY%3f%3b+This+man+helped+a+murderer+to+hide+a+young+girl%27s+body..now...-a076792169   “Murdered girl's family appeals for calm after riots” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/murdered-girl-s-family-appeals-for-calm-after-riots-1.159717 4 June 1998    “Four due in court after body of teenager found” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/four-due-in-court-after-body-of-teenager-found-1.158631 1 June 1998    “Man admits burying body of victim” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/man-admits-burying-body-of-victim-1.260885 29 March 2000    Rosetta Donnelly, “Plea for end to evil as slain teen laid to rest” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/plea-for-end-to-evil-as-slain-teen-laid-to-rest-26182934.html 6 June 1998    “Timeline of the Omagh bombing” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/timeline-of-the-omagh-bombing-1.1525134 12 September 2013    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omagh_bombing

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 competitors. When she approached John Gilligan, the man in charge, at his home, she set in motion a series of events that would lead to her death, and to the downfall of the criminal set she had set her eyes on. The events of 1994 changed the landscape of organised crime in Ireland forever, as well how the authorities would attempt to curb their enjoyment of their assets. But would they be held responsible for Veronica's death? Podcast Promo this week is from Tara and Barney over at Bloody Murder! (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bloody-murder-a-true-crime-podcast/id1207505792) a bloody good podcast, discussing lesser-known cases from Australia and abroad, with a good smattering of dark humour. Go give them a try! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Paul Williams, Evil Empire: John Gilligan, his gang and the execution of Veronica Guerin (Merlin: Dublin, 2001). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Empire-Assassination-Journalist-Veronica-dp-0765311828/dp/0765311828/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1559853515) Emily O'Reilly, Veronica Guerin: The life and death of a Crime Reporter (Vintage Press: London, 1998) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Veronica-Guerin-Emily-OReilly-ebook/dp/B0094EYZFE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) Trevor Quinn, “Brian Meehan to spend rest of life in prison over Veronica Guerin murder” in DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/brian-meehan-spend-rest-life-12643963 22 February 2017 Emma McMenamy, “Veronica Guerin's killer Brian Meehan caught with drugs in prison” in DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/veronica-guerins-killer-brian-meehan-11727788 10 August 2016 Independent NewsDesk, “Veronica Guerin's killer Brian Meehan caught with drugs behind bars” in The Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/veronica-guerins-killer-brian-meehan-caught-with-drugs-behind-bars-34954772.html 10 August 2016 “Brian Meehan loses appeal against Veronica Guerin murder conviction” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/brian-meehan-loses-appeal-against-veronica-guerin-murder-conviction-1.2614660 18 April 2016 Cathal McMahon, “Gardai quizzed killer Brian Meehan over shooting of former mob boss John Gilligan” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/gardai-quizzed-killer-brian-meehan-3529498 12 May 2014 Ronan Duffy, “Veronica Guerin's killer has application against his conviction rejected” in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/veronica-guerin-murder-appeal-2721091-Apr2016/ 18 April 2016 Christina Finn, “Defence team look for Veronica Guerin's killer says court must look at 'flaw' in original trial”, in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-meehan-appeal-veronica-guerin-2456723-Nov2015/ 20 November 2015 Christina Finn, “Veronica Guerin's killer is appealing his conviction for her murder” in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-meehan-veronica-guerin-appeal-court-2454499-Nov2015/ 19 November 2015 Ruaidhri Giblin, “Two decades after Veronica Guerin's murder, her killer is appealing his conviction” in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/veronica-guerin-murder-conviction-appeal-2171827-Jun2015/ 19 June 2015 Emma McMenamy, “Gangster John Gilligan back socialising in Clondalkin, Dublin – despite failed murder attempt in 2014” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/gangster-john-gilligan-back-socialising-12753289 21 June 2018 David Coleman, “Scumbag gangster John Gilligan pictured ' sleeping like a baby' on Spain bound flight from Belfast” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/scumbag-gangster-john-gilligan-pictured-12960529 22 July 2018 Nicola Tallant and Allison Bray, “Criminal John Gilligan travelling between Spain and England with new girlfriend who 'loves him more than life'” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/criminal-john-gilligan-travelling-between-spain-and-england-with-new-girlfriend-who-loves-him-more-than-life-37021255.html 18 June 2018 “John Gilligan survives despite being shot up to six times and getting Last Rites” in The Sunday Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/john-gilligan-survives-despite-being-shot-up-to-six-times-and-getting-last-rites-30054258.html 2 March 2014 Conor Feehan, “'He's a nobody now, he's pathetic' – Gilligan is shunned by criminals” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/hes-a-nobody-now-hes-pathetic-gilligan-is-shunned-by-criminals-36292268.html 6 November 2017 Gary Meneely, “Gaff for sale – See inside notorious crime boss John Gilligan's bungalow on the Kildare border – as seven-bed gaff seized by CAB goes on the market for €120K” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/1375405/see-inside-notorious-crime-boss-john-gilligans-bungalow-on-the-kildare-border-as-seven-bed-gaff-seized-by-cab-goes-on-the-market-for-e120k/ 9 August 2017 Recorded Crime Statistics, Central Statistics Office https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/ Kathy Donaghy, “Trusted ' Hippo' glorified in mud of Gilligan's Empire” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/trusted-hippo-gloried-in-mud-of-gilligans-empire-26056073.html 23 March 2002 Kevin McHugh “John Gilligan sends menacing threat to former right-hand-man John Traynor” in DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/john-gilligan-sends-menacing-threat-13941304 23 November 2017 Jim Cusack, “A woman in the way of a drug baron's ambitions” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-woman-in-the-way-of-a-drug-barons-ambitions-26420738.html 3 February 2008 Breda Heffernan, “Gangster Traynor denies setting up murder of crime reporter Guerin” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gangster-traynor-denies-setting-up-murder-of-crime-reporter-guerin-29298336.html 27 May 2013 Henry McDonald, “Dublin Gangland boss John Traynor arrested in Netherlands” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/02/john-traynor-arrested-in-netherlands 2 September 2010 Gary Meneely, “THE GODFATHER – Veronica Guerin murder suspect John 'The Coach' Traynor comes out of hiding and returns to Ireland for father's funeral” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/2134091/veronica-guerin-murder-suspect-john-the-coach-traynor-comes-out-of-hiding-and-returns-to-ireland-for-fathers-funeral/ 4 February 2018 Conor Feehan, “Drink-driving charge for gilligan gagn thug Ward” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/drinkdriving-charge-for-gilligan-gang-thug-ward-27967702.html 29 Novemeber 2010 Independent News Desk, “'Hippo' Ward jailed for driving offence” in The Sunday Independent https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20161016/281586650120243 16 October 2016 Louise Roseingrave, “Man died after drink and drugs binge with uncle Paul 'Hippo' Ward”, in The Irish independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-died-after-drink-and-drugs-binge-with-uncle-paul-hippo-ward-35402732.html 27 January 2017 “The grimy path from children's court to murdering for money” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-grimy-path-from-children-s-court-to-murdering-for-the-money-1.219606 28 November 1998 Conor Lally, “Criminal underworld has radically changed in Gilligan's years behind bars” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/criminal-underworld-has-radically-changed-in-gilligan-s-years-behind-bars-1.1560819 15 October 2013. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Guerin#Murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cahill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilligan_(criminal) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ireland_Forum

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 benefit of their crimes to the tune of millions of pounds a year. Gardai struggled to keep up with these developments, and had no recourse to the extravagant spending of the crime bosses, who set up shell companies and owned expensive homes, vehicles and lived lavish lifestyles. When Veronica Guerin, crime correspondent for the Sunday Independent, began asking questions of these gangsters, she found herself in the firing line. Quite literally. Podcast Promo this week is from the gals over at Dumb and Busted (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dumb-and-busted/id1369749927) podcast. Get in some comedy with your crime and give them a listen! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Paul Williams, Evil Empire: John Gilligan, his gang and the execution of Veronica Guerin (Merlin: Dublin, 2001). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Evil-Empire-Assassination-Journalist-Veronica-dp-0765311828/dp/0765311828/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1559853515) Emily O'Reilly, Veronica Guerin: The life and death of a Crime Reporter (Vintage Press: London, 1998) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Veronica-Guerin-Emily-OReilly-ebook/dp/B0094EYZFE/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=) Trevor Quinn, “Brian Meehan to spend rest of life in prison over Veronica Guerin murder” in DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/brian-meehan-spend-rest-life-12643963 22 February 2017    Emma McMenamy, “Veronica Guerin's killer Brian Meehan caught with drugs in prison” in DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/veronica-guerins-killer-brian-meehan-11727788 10 August 2016    Independent NewsDesk, “Veronica Guerin's killer Brian Meehan caught with drugs behind bars” in The Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/veronica-guerins-killer-brian-meehan-caught-with-drugs-behind-bars-34954772.html 10 August 2016    “Brian Meehan loses appeal against Veronica Guerin murder conviction” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/brian-meehan-loses-appeal-against-veronica-guerin-murder-conviction-1.2614660 18 April 2016    Cathal McMahon, “Gardai quizzed killer Brian Meehan over shooting of former mob boss John Gilligan” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/gardai-quizzed-killer-brian-meehan-3529498 12 May 2014    Ronan Duffy, “Veronica Guerin's killer has application against his conviction rejected” in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/veronica-guerin-murder-appeal-2721091-Apr2016/ 18 April 2016    Christina Finn, “Defence team look for Veronica Guerin's killer says court must look at 'flaw' in original trial”, in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-meehan-appeal-veronica-guerin-2456723-Nov2015/ 20 November 2015    Christina Finn, “Veronica Guerin's killer is appealing his conviction for her murder” in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-meehan-veronica-guerin-appeal-court-2454499-Nov2015/ 19 November 2015    Ruaidhri Giblin, “Two decades after Veronica Guerin's murder, her killer is appealing his conviction” in thejournal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/veronica-guerin-murder-conviction-appeal-2171827-Jun2015/ 19 June 2015    Emma McMenamy, “Gangster John Gilligan back socialising in Clondalkin, Dublin – despite failed murder attempt in 2014” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/gangster-john-gilligan-back-socialising-12753289 21 June 2018    David Coleman, “Scumbag gangster John Gilligan pictured ' sleeping like a baby' on Spain bound flight from Belfast” in The Irish Mirror https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/scumbag-gangster-john-gilligan-pictured-12960529 22 July 2018    Nicola Tallant and Allison Bray, “Criminal John Gilligan travelling between Spain and England with new girlfriend who 'loves him more than life'” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/criminal-john-gilligan-travelling-between-spain-and-england-with-new-girlfriend-who-loves-him-more-than-life-37021255.html 18 June 2018    “John Gilligan survives despite being shot up to six times and getting Last Rites” in The Sunday Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/john-gilligan-survives-despite-being-shot-up-to-six-times-and-getting-last-rites-30054258.html 2 March 2014    Conor Feehan, “'He's a nobody now, he's pathetic' – Gilligan is shunned by criminals” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/hes-a-nobody-now-hes-pathetic-gilligan-is-shunned-by-criminals-36292268.html 6 November 2017    Gary Meneely, “Gaff for sale – See inside notorious crime boss John Gilligan's bungalow on the Kildare border – as seven-bed gaff seized by CAB goes on the market for €120K” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/1375405/see-inside-notorious-crime-boss-john-gilligans-bungalow-on-the-kildare-border-as-seven-bed-gaff-seized-by-cab-goes-on-the-market-for-e120k/ 9 August 2017    Recorded Crime Statistics, Central Statistics Office https://www.cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/   Kathy Donaghy, “Trusted ' Hippo' glorified in mud of Gilligan's Empire” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/trusted-hippo-gloried-in-mud-of-gilligans-empire-26056073.html 23 March 2002    Kevin McHugh “John Gilligan sends menacing threat to former right-hand-man John Traynor” in DublinLive.ie https://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/john-gilligan-sends-menacing-threat-13941304 23 November 2017    Jim Cusack, “A woman in the way of a drug baron's ambitions” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/a-woman-in-the-way-of-a-drug-barons-ambitions-26420738.html 3 February 2008    Breda Heffernan, “Gangster Traynor denies setting up murder of crime reporter Guerin” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gangster-traynor-denies-setting-up-murder-of-crime-reporter-guerin-29298336.html 27 May 2013    Henry McDonald, “Dublin Gangland boss John Traynor arrested in Netherlands” in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/02/john-traynor-arrested-in-netherlands 2 September 2010    Gary Meneely, “THE GODFATHER – Veronica Guerin murder suspect John 'The Coach' Traynor comes out of hiding and returns to Ireland for father's funeral” in The Irish Sun https://www.thesun.ie/news/2134091/veronica-guerin-murder-suspect-john-the-coach-traynor-comes-out-of-hiding-and-returns-to-ireland-for-fathers-funeral/ 4 February 2018    Conor Feehan, “Drink-driving charge for gilligan gagn thug Ward” in The Evening Herald https://www.herald.ie/news/drinkdriving-charge-for-gilligan-gang-thug-ward-27967702.html 29 Novemeber 2010    Independent News Desk, “'Hippo' Ward jailed for driving offence” in The Sunday Independent https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/sunday-independent-ireland/20161016/281586650120243 16 October 2016    Louise Roseingrave, “Man died after drink and drugs binge with uncle Paul 'Hippo' Ward”, in The Irish independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-died-after-drink-and-drugs-binge-with-uncle-paul-hippo-ward-35402732.html 27 January 2017    “The grimy path from children's court to murdering for money” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-grimy-path-from-children-s-court-to-murdering-for-the-money-1.219606 28 November 1998    Conor Lally, “Criminal underworld has radically changed in Gilligan's years behind bars” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/criminal-underworld-has-radically-changed-in-gilligan-s-years-behind-bars-1.1560819 15 October 2013.    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica_Guerin#Murder   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Cahill   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gilligan_(criminal)    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ireland_Forum

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 and new politicians were anxious to present Ireland as a good catholic place, taking it’s place on the international stage as a beacon of wholesome goodness, newly independent and thriving. But despite this, Ireland was still a country inhabited by people, with all their failings.  Despite the bans on contraception and abortion, both services were sought and obtained by the citizens.It was into this that 34 year old Mamie Cadden moved in 1925, when she left Mayo to become a midwife in Dublin. She would soon be successful, and soon find herself treating women with procedures that were on the wrong side of the law.Join us this week for the story of the Notorious Nurse Cadden, Dublin’s backstreet abortionist. Podcast Promo this week is from Mike Morford of Criminology’s new podcast, the most excellent The Murder in My Family (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-murder-in-my-family/id1396717244) . This unique podcast gives a voice to all the victims of a murder – including the families and those who loved the deceased. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Ray Kavanagh, Mamie Cadden: Backstreet Abortionist (Cork: Mercier Press, 2005). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1856354598/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) Ann O’Loughlin, “Exploding the Myth about Abortion in ’50s Ireland” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/exploding-the-myth-about-abortion-in-50s-ireland-26006313.html 29 January 2005.  Ray Kavanagh, “Backstreet abortionist delivers history lesson” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/backstreet-abortionist-delivers-history-lesson-1.2941275 18 January 2017  Diarmaid Ferriter, “Abortionist Mamie Cadden was no Vera Drake” in tThe Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/diarmaid-ferriter-abortionist-mamie-cadden-was-no-vera-drake-1.336963227 January 2018   https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/solicitor-cultural-heritage-enthusiast-and-founding-member-of-irish-jewish-museum-1.1760441

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 Celia and buried her body, hidden in a trunk, down a lovers lane. Over 100 years later, two more trunks filled with murder victims' bodies were found again in Brighton. One of these cases remains unsolved to this day, while the culprit for the other Toni Mancini, was never punished for his crime.  Podcast Promo this week is from the lovely Pernilla over at True Crime Sweden (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-sweden/id1315602902) . Don’t forget to check out this excellent and unique podcast! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  Paul Williams, “The Brighton Trunk Murders” in Real Life Crimes...and how they were solved Volum3 3 Part 39 (Eaglemoss Press: London, 1993) pp 845 – 855  Lucy Pearce, “Nostalgia: A murder case which was the making of a barrister,” in The Argus http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/14883861.NOSTALGIA__A_murder_case_which_was_the_making_of_a_barrister/ 12 November 2016  Peter Crowhurst, “Trunk Murders” from Brightonandhove.org http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk/page_id__6817.aspx 28 July 2005  David Rowland, “Death in Donkey Row: Perhaps Brighton's first murder” Oldpolicecellmuseum.org.uk http://www.oldpolicecellsmuseum.org.uk/content/history/sussex_murders/death_in_donkey_row 12 November 2012  John William Holloway, An Authentic and Faithful History of the Atrocious Murder of Celia Holloway: With an Accurate Account of All the Mysterious and Extraordinary Circumstances....including, Also, the Trial for the Murder, and the Extraordinary Confessions of John William Holloway...written by Himself, and Published by His Own Desire, for the Benefit of Young People (London: W. Nute, 1832)

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 victim of a gang known to stalk the park at night, "queer bashing". We also chart the changes in Irish law since that point in terms of rights for the LGBT+ community, which culminated in the passing of the Marriage Equality referendum in 2015. Happy Pride ya'll! Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music:  Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Norris v AG  [1983] IESC 3      Norris v Ireland  6/1987/129/180    Zappone v Revenue Commissioners [2006] IEHC 404, [2008] 2 IR 417    Una Mullaly, In the name of Love (Dublin: History Press Ireland, 2014) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Name-Love-Una-Mullally/dp/1845888308) Irish Queer Archive, https://www.facebook.com/IrishQueerArchive/ Declan Flynn papers: https://www.facebook.com/pg/IrishQueerArchive/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1585341831519228  Panti Bliss' Noble Call :  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXayhUzWnl0     Kiran Sarma A review of research on victimisation of the gay and lesbian community in Ireland (Garda Research Unit   https://www.garda.ie/en/About-Us/Publications/Research-Publications/A-review-of-research-on-victimisation-of-the-Gay-and-Lesbian-community-in-Ireland.pdf  "Call for new hate crime laws as people report assault and violence because of sexuality” in The Journal.ie http://www.thejournal.ie/rape-crisis-network-calling-government-introduce-hate-crime-legislation-2872566-Jul2016/ (11 July 2016) Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010  Children and Family Relationships Act 2015     Civil Registration Act 2004     Offences Against The Person Act, 1861     Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885

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 inappropriate behaviour meant that he was not well liked, his his passion, his boys' clubs, came under scrutiny. He also had a persecution complex, and as his life fell apart due to his own actions, he decided to take matters into his own hands. Thomas Hamilton became the man responsible for the Dunblane Massacre, the only school shooting in British History. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Podcast Promos: This week check out my friends over at The True Crime Enthusiast (https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-true-crime-enthusiast-podcast/id1289005078)   and M.A.U.L podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mysteries-and-urban-legends-podcast/id1289117317) ! Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: The Hon Lord Cullen "The Public Inquiry into the Shootings at Dunblane Primary School on 13 March 1996” https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/276631/3386.pdf Mick North, Dunblane Never Forget (Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2000) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Dunblane-Never-Forget-Mick-North-ebook/dp/B0060MCEYC/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Dunblane+Never+forget&qid=1559852645&s=books&sr=1-1) Bethan Bell, “Hugerford Massacre”, The BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/hungerford_massacre (18 August 2017)   Eleanor Steafel, “30 years on from Hungerford - the wounds Michael Ryan left on the town and its people are still raw” in The Telegraph https://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/30-years-hungerford-wounds-michael-ryan-left-town-people-still/ (13 August 2017)  Office for National Statistics https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/bulletins/crimeinenglandandwales/yearendingseptember2017#offences-involving-weapons-recorded-by-the-police-continue-to-rise (25 January 2018)  For a full list of sources, visit our website: www.mensreapod.com

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 that to high - profile incidents of violent robberies across the Irish countryside, and it most certainly becomes a tense situation. But does defending your land and property mean you can take a life? In 2004 Padraig Nally faced this exact situation. But was he justified in his actions? And did discrimination play a part in the altercation at his farmhouse and the subsequent trial? This week we look at the the events surrounding the Nally Case and the impact it had on Irish Law. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Podcast Promos: This week check out  Murder on the Mind and Murder and Such (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/murder-and-such/id1255329049) podcasts Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Crona Esler, Unless by Invitation (Dublin: Blackwater Press, 2014) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Unless-Invitation-Crimes-Shocked-Ireland/dp/1909974005) Natasha Reid, “Man found not guilty of murdering trespasser with shears” in The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/man-found-not-guilty-of-murdering-trespasser-with-shears-1.3426822 (14 March 2018)  Paul Cullen, “Law lets householders use reasonable force” in The Irish Timeshttps://www.irishtimes.com/news/law-lets-householders-use-reasonable-force-1.443683 (13 January 2013) "Nally manslaughter trial begins” from RTE news https://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1204/83271-wardj/ (4 December 2006)  “Nally found not guilty of manslaughter” from RTE News https://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1214/83671-nallyp/ (14 Decemver 2006)  Bunreacht na hEireann (find it at http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en)  Criminal Law (Defence of the Dwelling) Act 2011 (find it at http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en)    For more information on the Travelling Community in Ireland : http://www.paveepoint.ie/irish-travellers-and-roma/

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, Kathleen Grundy's death and the exhumation of her body. A local doctor had become suspicious of the sheer amount of cremations being performed at Shipman's Surgery, and so, these taken together, an investigation into recent deaths of Shipman's patients was launched. Soon, 12 women's bodies had been exhumed. This week, we find out a little about these women, the investigation of the police, Shipman's lengthy trial, and the public inquiry that followed. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Podcast Promos: All Crime No Cattle (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/all-crime-no-cattle/id1327729036)   and Blood on the Rocks Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Brian Whittle and Jean Ritchie, Harold Shipman: A prescription for murder (London: Sphere Books, 2004) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TZ3EHA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) "Shipman compensation could run into millions" in Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/shipman-compensation-could-run-into-millions-6136.html 9 March 2001  Caroline Mortimer “Harold Shipman timed suicide to ensure his wife got £100k pension pay out” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/harold-shipman-timed-suicide-to-ensure-his-wife-got-100k-pension-pay-out-a6943316.html 20 March 2016  The Shipman Inquiry website, http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090808155005/http://www.the-shipman-inquiry.org.uk/home.asp

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 quietly from incurable cancer. His was deeply affected by her death, and by the morphine that had eased her way. He went on to become a doctor, and met and married Primrose Oxtoby name, having 3 children. Today he is known as Doctor Death, and as Britain's most prolific serial killer. But what events led to this discovery in 1995? In the first of a two-part series, we look at Shipman's early life, his medical career and the beginning of his murder spree and what brought him to Hyde to set up his Surgery, where he betrayed an entire community. Who doesn't trust their doctor? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Podcast Promos: Lustmordia and Dark Poutine (https://darkpoutine.com/) Podcasts Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Brian Whittle and Jean Ritchie, Harold Shipman: A prescription for murder (London: Sphere Books, 2004)  Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002TZ3EHA/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) "Shipman compensation could run into millions" in Irish Examiner https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/world/shipman-compensation-could-run-into-millions-6136.html 9 March 2001  Caroline Mortimer “Harold Shipman timed suicide to ensure his wife got £100k pension pay out” http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/harold-shipman-timed-suicide-to-ensure-his-wife-got-100k-pension-pay-out-a6943316.html 20 March 2016   The Shipman Inquiry website, http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090808155005/http://www.the-shipman-inquiry.org.uk/home.asp

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, two of the women, Sylvia Sheils and Mary Callanan, were brutally murdered in their rooms. They were discovered the next morning by their housemate Ann Murnagh, and a hunt for the killer began. The Gardai soon heard that a young heroin addict who slept rough in the Grangegorman area may be responsible for the heinous crimes. Dean Lyons was questioned by the Gardai and promptly confessed to the killings. But was this man capable of the horrible crimes he had confessed to, or did the Gardai have the wrong man? There would be two further murders before the case was solved.... Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Podcast Promos: Eye for and Eye Podcast (https://www.eyeforeyepod.com/) and Murder Mile Podcast (https://www.murdermiletours.com/podcast.html) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Report of the Commission of Investigation (Dean Lyons Case) Dublin:Stationary office, 2006. Alan Bailey, The Grangegorman Murders: Dean Lyons and Mark Nash (Dublin: Gill and MacMillan, 2015). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Grangegorman-Murders-Lyons-Story-behind-ebook/dp/B012NM2FJ6/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+grangegorman+murders&qid=1559850508&s=digital-text&sr=1-1) Ruaidhri Giblin “State scientists were 'trying to do down' serial killer Nash, appeals court heard” https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mark-nash-found-guilty-of-cold-case-murder-672676.html 20 April 2015 7 November 2017  Ruaidhri Giblin, “ Serial Killer Mark Nash launches appeal agains double murder conviction” http://www.thejournal.ie/mark-nash-appeal-3682486-Nov2017/ 6 November 2017  Ruaidhri Giblin, “Court Reserves judgment on Serial killer Mark Nash's appeal against conviction for 'Grangegorman murders'” https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/court-reserves-judgment-on-serial-killer-mark-nashs-appeal-against-conviction-for-grangegorman-murders-36425100.html 20 December 2017

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 colour in his country at the time. Like many who travelled to Ireland from the African continent, he enrolled in medical school. He took up residence in 95 Harcourt Street and also worked in the restaurant housed in its basement, The Green Tureen. The next year, he met 15 year old Hazel Mullen and the two started going out together. The relationship was serious to Shan, but perhaps less so to Hazel. On the 12th of August 1963, Hazel was to have lunch with Shan in his flat, but he said she never turned up. Smoke was later seen billowing from the restaurant downstairs. After searching all weekend, Shan Mohangi finally told the awful truth. Hazel was dead, and he had tried to burn her up in the ovens of the restaurant. But would 1960’s Ireland provide a man of colour a fair trial for the murder of a teenaged girl? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Podcast Promos: Married to Murder Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/married-to-murder/id1261218392) , True Crime Fan Club Podcast (https://truecrimefanclub.com/) , and brand new podcast Murder on the Mind! Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Irish Times, “Mother who forgave Shan Mohangi dies in Dublin” https://www.irishtimes.com/news/mother-who-forgave-shan-mohangi-dies-in-dublin-1.52348 15 March 1997 Bill Corcoran “ Shan Mohangi’s Dublin past comes back to haunt him”, https://www.irishtimes.com/news/shan-mohangi-s-dublin-past-comes-back-to-haunt-him-1.729751 25 march 2009 Frank White, “South African Politician and the brutal killing of Hazel Mullen in Dublin”, https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2015/03/20/the-south-african-politician-and-the-brutal-killing-of-hazel-mullen-in-dublin/ 18 March 2015 Kevin Higgins, Shan Mohangi: 95 Harcourt Street (Dublin: Equity Press, 2012) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/SHAN-MOHANGI-95-HARCOURT-STREET-ebook/dp/B00926W1LY/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=95+harcourt+street&qid=1559850199&s=digital-text&sr=1-1)

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 vulnerable group with poor relations with the policing authorities. Colin Ireland tricked 5 men into taking him back to their homes, where he brutally attacked them. He then waited to hear about his crimes in the paper. Because Colin Ireland killed for no other reason than his desire to make something of himself. His journey for fame and notoriety, to make a mark, cost 5 lives and terrorised the London Gay scene. This is the story of the Gay Slayer. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Podcast Promos: Based on a True Crime (https://www.basedonatruecrime.com/) and True Crime Island (https://www.truecrimeisland.com/) Shout out to: Mirths and Monsters Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mirths-and-monsters/id1273301982) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/    Sources: Molly Rose Pike, “Jobless divorcee dubbed the ‘gay slayer’ made a New Year’s resolution to become a famous SERIAL KILLER (and used true crime books as a how-to guide), TV documentary reveals” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5070423/Colin-Ireland-serial-killer-gay-men-famous.html 13 November 2017 Emily Allen, “’Gay slayer’ Colin Ireland who tortured homosexual men to death dies in jail” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104572/Serial-killer-Colin-Ireland-tortured-gay-men-death-dies-jail.html 22 February 2012 Carey Latimore “Colin Ireland Infamous Murders: Crimes of Prejudice” from CrimeandInvestigation.co.uk, as referenced on http://murderpedia.org/male.I/i/ireland-colin.htm (last accessed 22 February 2018) Mark Pulman, “The Gay Slayer” http://www.crimemagazine.com/gay-slayer (last accessed 22 Feb 2018) 12 August 2013 R v Brown [1993] UKHL 19, [1994] 1 AC 212 Lawrence v. Texas 539 U.S. 558 [2003] NewNowNext Staff, “Tom Cruise Was Nearly Murdered By A Serial Killer Targeting Gay Men” http://www.newnownext.com/tom-cruise-was-nearly-murdered-by-gay-slayer-in-1993-national-enquirer/12/2014/ 12 December 2014 Fergus Mason, The Gay Slayer: The Life of Colin Ireland Serial Killer (Absolute Crime Books, 2014) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Gay-Slayer-Serial-Killer-Ireland-ebook/dp/B00LNOAP16/ref=sr_1_27?qid=1559850095&refinements=p_27%3AFergus+Mason&s=digital-text&sr=1-27&text=Fergus+Mason)

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 surprising when she went missing from her grandmothers house in New Addington, South London. They knew she wasn’t a runaway. A huge search began for the missing girl, and eventually she was found – in the home she had gone missing from. Suspicion fell on the man she knew as her step-gradfather, Stuart Hazel. Was this man that she trusted and loved responsible for her death and the hiding of her body in her grandmother’s attic? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Podcast Promos: Spoop Hour Podcast (https://spoophour.podbean.com/) and Corpus Deliciti Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/corpus-delicti/id1256792057) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  Nigel Cawthorne, Tia Sharp: A Family Betrayal (London: Blake Publishing, 2013). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/Tia-Sharp-Betrayal-Nigel-Cawthorne/dp/1782192239) Paul Bracchi and Tom Kelly, “Relatives cashing in on her murder. A home life based on benefits, drugs and casual sex. With this family what hope did poor Tia have?” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326383/Tia-Sharp-relatives-cash-murder-A-home-life-based-benefits-drugs-sex–hope-did-have.html 18 May 2013  Lucy Buckland, “The Harrowing story of how Tia Sharp was murdered by her grandmother’s over five years on” https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/uk-news/harrowing-story-how-tia-sharp-13574607 5 September 2017  Living With a Killer documentary info: http://www.itv.com/news/2013-05-16/living-with-a-killer/ Discovery Crime and Investigation Britain's Dark Taboos: The Murder of Tia Sharp Aired 16th March 2014 Sarah Ann Harris, “What Happened to Tia Sharp? Murdered schoolgirl's father reveals horrifying moment he realised she was dead” http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/what-happened-to-tia-sharp-murdered-schoolgirls-father-reveals-horrifying-moment-he-realised-she-was-dead_uk_59ad318ce4b0b5e530ffca58 4 September 2017 Jacob Dirnhuber, “I hope he rots: Tia Sharp's mum slams killer Stuart Hazell after he complains he's lonely in jail – and says he's too 'cowardly' to meet her face to face” https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/5240303/tia-sharp-mum-natalie-stuart-hazell-prison-murder/ 31 December 2017 Holly Christodoubou, “'He should have Hanged: Tia Sharp's dad speaks out – five years after tragic schoolgirl was abused, killed nad her body hidden0 in the loft by her grandma's pervert lover Stuart Hazell” https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4386121/tia-sharp-death-story-abused-killed-grandmas-lover-stuart-hazell/ 4 September 2017   .

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 commit murder. The trial took place in 2000, and lasted a whopping 62 days. After three attempts to start, it finally got under way and Willie McClean, Gerry Heapes and John Jones recounted their tales to the jury. We also examine the aftermath of the whole sorry affair, including Justice O'Buachalla coming under scrutiny in the Murphy Inquiry, and the various appeals that Catherine brought before the courts, before finally discussing the subject that was closest to Catherine's heart: money. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Podcast Promo: Ignorance Was Bliss Podcast (https://iwbpodcast.com/) Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Sources: Niamh O'Conner, The Black Widow: The Catherine Nevin Story (Dublin, O'Brien Press, 2000) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0862786878/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2) Pat Flynn, Catherine and Friends: Inside the Investigation into Ireland's Most Notorious Murderer (Dublin, Liberties Press, 2015). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HCAM22E/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) Stephen Breen, FEMME FATALE FACING DEATH https://www.thesun.ie/news/1499936/black-widow-catherine-nevin-in-hiding-after-being-freed-from-prison-as-killer-being-cared-for-at-secret-location-as-she-battles-inoperable-brain-tumour/ (7 September 2017) Emma McMenamy, “Catherine Nevin living out last days receiving palliative care in nursing home” https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/catherine-nevin-living-out-last-11154372 (12 September 2017) Emma McMenamy, “'Black Widow' Catherine Nevin Pictured in public after husband killer is allowed out of jail to attend course" https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/black-widow-catherine-nevin-husband-5451754 (3 April 2015) Mary Carolan, “Catherine Nevin murder conviction ruled admissable in disinheritance case” https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/catherine-nevin-murder-conviction-ruled-admissible-in-disinheritance-case-1.3001093 ( 7 March 2017) Kieran Dineen, COURT BID:‘Black Widow’ Catherine Nevin will go to Supreme Court in bid to get her hands on murdered husband’s estate"  https://www.thesun.ie/news/1365696/black-widow-catherine-nevin-will-go-to-supreme-court-in-bid-to-get-her-hands-on-murdered-husbands-estate/ ( August 2017) Independent.ie Newsdesk, “Catherine Nevin had 'just months to live' after being diagnosed with brain tumour” https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/catherine-nevin-has-just-months-to-live-after-being-diagnosed-with-brain-tumour-35187610.html (4 November 2016) Brian Kavanagh, “Catherine Nevin appeal to be heard in July”https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/catherine-nevin-appeal-to-be-heard-in-july-30314421.html (29 May 2014) Orla O'Donnell, “High – profile cases in spotlight as legal term resumes” https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2017/1002/908978-legal-term-preview/ (2 October 2017) Legal Diary of the Supreme Court as published on 30th January 2018 http://courts.ie/legaldiary.nsf/a0b54bb3745b386280256c4b0024092b/4cbf2d3b37ceb28d80258225004f4ee2?OpenDocument Dearbhail McDonald and Tim Healy “Back Widow Nevin claims key witnesses were paid informers” https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/black-widow-nevin-claims-key-witnesses-were-paid-informers-26424912.html (21 February 2008) Tim Healy, “Black Widow' Nevin fights family of husband for his assets” https://www.herald.ie/news/black-widow-nevin-fights-family-of-husband-for-his-assets-28011409.html (26 June 2012)

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 Wicklow.  His wife, Catherine, had sounded the alarm and when the Gardai arrived they found her bound by the wrists. She said that intruders had entered the pub, looking for jewellery.  But something wasn't quite right, the scene seemed staged, and soon the Gardai began unravelling a web of deceit constructed carefully over nearly 10 years of a plan to have Tom Nevin killed. All eyes now turned to Catherine. Was she really a grieving widow? Or a Black Widow who had her husband killed to get control of their assets? Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Niamh O'Conner, The Black Widow: The Catherine Nevin Story (Dublin, O'Brien Press, 2000) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0862786878/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2) Pat Flynn, Catherine and Friends: Inside the Investigation into Ireland's Most Notorious Murderer (Dublin, Liberties Press, 2015). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HCAM22E/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) Stephen Breen, FEMME FATALE FACING DEATH https://www.thesun.ie/news/1499936/black-widow-catherine-nevin-in-hiding-after-being-freed-from-prison-as-killer-being-cared-for-at-secret-location-as-she-battles-inoperable-brain-tumour/ (7 September 2017) Emma McMenamy, “Catherine Nevin living out last days receiving palliative care in nursing home” https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/catherine-nevin-living-out-last-11154372 (12 September 2017) Emma McMenamy, “'Black Widow' Catherine Nevin Pictured in public after husband killer is allowed out of jail to attend course" https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/black-widow-catherine-nevin-husband-5451754 (3 April 2015) Mary Carolan, “Catherine Nevin murder conviction ruled admissable in disinheritance case” https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/catherine-nevin-murder-conviction-ruled-admissible-in-disinheritance-case-1.3001093 ( 7 March 2017) Kieran Dineen, COURT BID:‘Black Widow’ Catherine Nevin will go to Supreme Court in bid to get her hands on murdered husband’s estate"  https://www.thesun.ie/news/1365696/black-widow-catherine-nevin-will-go-to-supreme-court-in-bid-to-get-her-hands-on-murdered-husbands-estate/ ( August 2017) Independent.ie Newsdesk, “Catherine Nevin had 'just months to live' after being diagnosed with brain tumour” https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/catherine-nevin-has-just-months-to-live-after-being-diagnosed-with-brain-tumour-35187610.html (4 November 2016) Brian Kavanagh, “Catherine Nevin appeal to be heard in July”https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/catherine-nevin-appeal-to-be-heard-in-july-30314421.html (29 May 2014) Orla O'Donnell, “High – profile cases in spotlight as legal term resumes” https://www.rte.ie/news/analysis-and-comment/2017/1002/908978-legal-term-preview/ (2 October 2017) Legal Diary of the Supreme Court as published on 30th January 2018 http://courts.ie/legaldiary.nsf/a0b54bb3745b386280256c4b0024092b/4cbf2d3b37ceb28d80258225004f4ee2?OpenDocument Dearbhail McDonald and Tim Healy “Back Widow Nevin claims key witnesses were paid informers” https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/black-widow-nevin-claims-key-witnesses-were-paid-informers-26424912.html (21 February 2008) Tim Healy, “Black Widow' Nevin fights family of husband for his assets” https://www.herald.ie/news/black-widow-nevin-fights-family-of-husband-for-his-assets-28011409.html (26 June 2012)

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 city’s north side in pieces which had been dumped in black plastic rubbish bags. The body – missing its head-  was identified as Farah Noor, and it soon became apparent that his girlfriend Kathleen Mulhall and her two daughters, Linda and Charlotte, were involved in the gruesome murder, dismemberment and disposal of his body. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Mick McCaffrey, The Irish Scissor Sisters: The Inside Story Of The Torso In The Canal Investigation And The Gruesome Homicide Of Farah Noor (Dublin: Merlin Press, 2008) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1908023333/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1) https://www.herald.ie/news/scissor-sisters-mum-released-and-looking-for-travellers-help-27992476.html “Scissor Sisters’ mum released – and looking for Travellers’ help”, Ken Foy – 26 October 2011  https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/scissor-sisters-brother-is-jailed-indefinitely-for-stabbing-partner-29104259.html, “Scissor Sisters’ brother is jailed indefinitely for stabbing partner”,  Rebecca Penston – 2 March 2013  http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/scissor-sister-linda-mulhall-free-11483233 “Scissor Sister Linda Mulhall will be a free woman for Christmas” , Emma McMenamy – 8 Novemver 2017   https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/linda-mulhall-released-13-years-after-killing-dismembering-victim-1.3345028 “Linda Mulhall released 13 years after killing, dismembering victim”, Conor Lally – 4 January 2018

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 treatment, he found himself in detention centres for delinquent children. He spiralled out of control and eventually rampaged across the peaceful countryside near Lough Derg, killing three people and holding another two at gun point.  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme music: Quinn’s Song: First Dance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Tony and JJ Muggiven, A Tragedy Waiting to Happen: The Chaotic Life of Brendan O'Donnell (Dublin: Gill Books, 2004) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NU0C61S/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/mother-and-son-found-dead-in-wood-search-for-missing-priest-artist-and-three-year-old-son-ends-in-1434614.html  http://www.irishtimes.com/news/o-donnell-stabbed-his-sister-in-1992-murder-trial-told-1.24148  http://www.rte.ie/archives/2014/0507/615710-killer-brendan-odonnell-arrested-1994/

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 managed to disappear from the crime scenes. He takes the stand to give evidence in his defence. But to no avail – he is found guilty and is sentenced to hang. But in a final twist before he’s put to death, Manuel takes ill in the prison. Will he be fit to hang, or will he be saved from his fate?  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme music: Quinn’s Song: First Dance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  MacLeod, Hector and Malcolm McLeod, Peter Manuel, Serial Killer (Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing 2010) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SOZ67G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4568945.stm http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35659541

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 implicating Manuel, others attempting to help salvage the dire situation he finds himself in. 280 people give evidence of the crimes he is charged with, ranging from burglary to capital murder. Manuel's life is on the line, as he only needs to be found guilty of one of the multiple capital charges to find himself at the end of the hangman's noose. But halfway through the trial, Manuel fires his advocates and decides to defend himself. Will Manuel be able to tell the better tale and save his life? Or will the judge and jury see through his superficial charm and convict him of the serial murders in Birkenshaw?    Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources:  MacLeod, Hector and Malcolm McLeod, Peter Manuel, Serial Killer (Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing 2010) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SOZ67G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4568945.stm  http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35659541

"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 Brigit. The family returned to Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1932 where Peter's childhood and adolescence were marred with sprees of theft and violence. He ended up in first an approved school before moving on to Borstal. He was an over confident person, and liked to be the centre of attention, going so far as to make up his involvement in serious crimes in order to increase his notoriety. In this, the first of our three part series on the man who would become known as "The Beast of Birkenshaw" we look at his upbringing, and the circumstances that led to the deaths of 8 people on the outskirts of Glasgow in the late 1950s.  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) .  Theme music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: MacLeod, Hector and Malcolm McLeod, Peter Manuel, Serial Killer (Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing 2010) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004SOZ67G/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4568945.stmhttp://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-35659541  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOknCObysSA

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 recession. Amidst this, the body of a baby boy was found on a beach in Cahersiveen, Co Kerry. The police began to look for the likely suspect: an recently-pregnant unmarried mother. Joanne Hayes was accused and charged of the murder of the infant. She and her whole family eventually confessed to the murder, despite Joanne's baby being located. So what had caused the family to confess? A judicial inquiry was set up to investigate Garda maltreatment, but it soon turned into a trial of Joanne's character. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Nicola Goc, “Motherhood Murder and the Media: Joanne Hayes and the Kerry Babies Case” in Mediating Moms: Mothers in Poluar Culture ed. Elizabeth Podnieks (McGuill- Queens Uinversity Press, Montreal, 2012) Nell McCafferty, A Woman to Blame: The Kerry Babies Case (Attric Press, Cork, 1985). Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007BO4CXY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) Diarmaid Ferriter, http://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/features/heart-of-darkness--the-kerry-babies-saga-30-years-later-265099.html  Joe O'Shea, http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-kerry-babies-case-the-shocking-scandal-and-tragedy-that-divided-the-nation-and-the-mystery-that-was-never-solved-30176996.html  Newstalk, Pat Kenny interview with Diarmaid Ferriter 14th April 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQM47ccYoyI&t=68s

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 was no random attack. Her husband, Joe O’Reilly, appeared in the media appealing for information about his wife’s death, and given his strange demeanour, the public began to question, who really was responsible for the murder of Rachel O’Reilly?  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Friel, Jenny. The Suspect: The Story of Rachel O’Reilly’s Murder (Dunboyne, Maverick House: 2007).   Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00N8AIDOY/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/joe-o-reilly-loses-attempt-to-challenge-conviction-for-murdering-wife-1.2207771  http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/dumped-wifekiller-joe-oreilly-gets-twohour-prison-visit-from-exlover-35672679. html  http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/supreme-court/joe-o-reilly-cannot-bring-appeal-over-murder-conviction-court-rules-1.2874089  Dateline: The Murder of Rachel O’Reilly (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNfTPGzgMhQ)

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 Olive Durand-Deacon went missing from her residential hotel, a suspicious policewoman looked further into the shady character of John George Haigh. He quickly confessed to killing 5 people and dissolving their bodies in acid. He attempted to put forth a defence of insanity, but ultimately, Haigh met his end on the gallows.  Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: First Dance by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: George Lowe, "The Acid Bath Murders: The Trial and Liquidations of John George Haigh" (History Press, 2015)  Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0750961813/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2) Jack Rosewood and Rebecca Lo, "The Acid Bath Murderer: A terrifying True Story of one of the Worst British Serial Killers" (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N06J2ID/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tkin_p5_i6) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI7QOMh7vvs  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj678xFRqy4

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 found savagely murdered in the lane way leading to her house. The case remains unsolved, but that doesn’t mean the matter hasn’t been heard before the courts. The prime suspect, Ian Bailey, took a defamation action against eight newspapers for reporting that he was the prime suspect in the case. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: Michael Sheridan, Death in December: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier (Dublin: O’Brien Press, 2012) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009NFNEXI/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) Eoin English http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/ian-bailey-to-fight-conspiracy-loss-352393.html  Mary Carolan https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/witness-claims-garda%C3%AD-gave-him-money-and-drugs-to-befriend-ian-bailey-1.2064719  http://www.thejournal.ie/ian-bailey-costs-decision-2033938-Apr2015/  Mary Carolan https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/ian-bailey-ordered-to-pay-all-costs-from-failed-damages-action-1.2209298   Barry Roche https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/give-me-a-crash-course-in-ian-bailey-s-high-court-case-1.2162935  Barry Roche https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/ian-bailey-case-marie-farrell-evidence-derailed-action-1.2160459  Barry Roche https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ian-bailey-to-consider-appeal-after-receiving-high-court-ruling-1.2342325  Denise Calanan http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/ian-bailey-case-ten-things-you-need-to-know-31105366.html  Barry Roche http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ian-bailey-to-ask-dpp-to-charge-him-over-murder-1.2748474  Eoin Reynolds http://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/ian-bailey-s-lawyers-object-to-french-extradition-application-1.3040374

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 the perpetrators were children themselves. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sources: David James Smith, The Sleep of Reason (Arrow Books, 1995) Purchase here (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073VYS3RM/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/7357185/James-Bulger-murder-timeline.  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1256109/Robert-Thompson-Social-worker-looked-James-Bulger-killer-speaks.html  https://www.bizarrepedia.com/venables-and-thompson/  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2356231/Jon-Venables-gets-FOURTH-new-identity-set-early-release-child-porn-sentence.html

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 man with an appetite for the twisted, but the appearance of a nice middle class family man was charged with her murder. A true crime that was truly beyond belief, and shocked Ireland. Find us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/mensreapod/) or Twitter (https://twitter.com/MensReaPod) ! With thanks to our supporters on Patron! If you would like to support the podcast, head on over to Patreon.com (https://www.patreon.com/MensReaPod) . Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/  Sources: Paul Williams, Almost the Perfect Murder: The Killing of Elaine O’Hara, the Extraordinary Garda Investigation and the Trial That Stunned the Nation (Penguin, 2015) Purchase Here (https://www.amazon.com/Almost-Perfect-Murder-Extraordinary-Investigation-ebook/dp/B00Y9F9486) Ann O’Loughlin, http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/graham-dwyer-seeks-legal-aid-for-data-challenge-392466.html  Trish Laverty, http://www.98fm.com/Graham-Dwyer-Privacy-Challenge-Gets-Go-Ahead- Kathryn Hayes, http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/marie-cassidy-state-pathologist-surprised-5914068  Allison O’Reilly, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3403821/Depraved-architect-jailed-murdering-woman-sexual-gratification-describes-50-shades-Graham-series-extraordinary-letters-female-pen-pal.html  Ralph Reigal http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/ill-be-out-before-next-christmas-murderer-graham-dwyer-tells-fellow-inmates-35322032.html  Ralph Reigal http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/desperate-killer-graham-dwyer-is-begging-for-support-with-12-letters-a-week-35082217.html