On March 31st, 1973, 18-year-old Marian Beattie was found partially clothed at the bottom of Hadden’s Quarry near Aughnacloy, hours after leaving a charity dance with an unidentified young man.

More than fifty years later, her murder remains unsolved, despite original RUC investigators recording that they had “little doubt” one particular suspect was responsible.

In this episode, we trace Marian’s final night, the missing evidence and abandoned lines of enquiry that damaged the case, and the renewed investigation that has since led to an arrest and a £20,000 reward, but still no charge.<...

In April 1988, eighteen-year-old German student Inga Maria Hauser boarded a ferry from Scotland to Northern Ireland during a solo InterRail trip. Fourteen days later, her body was found in Ballypatrick Forest, almost forty miles from Larne. Nearly four decades on, police have DNA, thousands of samples and a suspect they said was supported by a strong hypothesis, but nobody has ever been charged with her murder.

Episode written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey, researched by Karl O'Reilly

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The Irish Times — “It’s on to Ireland – which pleases me most”, wrote backpacker...

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In 1985 a local and beloved priest was found dead in the bedroom of a high-society couple in Offaly. These were no strangers, in fact Therese Flynn was Father Molloy's business partner. Together, they had built an equestrian empire.

To everyone's surprise, when police were eventually called, there was a confession. Therese's husband Richard said he was the culprit, but he said it was in self-defence. It wasn't long before rumours were swirling of an affair, of alleged dodgy business dealings and of a burglary...

In January 2005, 36-year-old Shaun Duffy returned to his home in Meenacross, Donegal, after celebrating his younger brother’s birthday. Hours later, he was found dead in his ransacked sitting room, having been stabbed, repeatedly struck on the head and wounded with a crossbow arrow.

More than 21 years later, no one has ever been arrested. This week, we examine the investigation into Shaun’s murder, the rumours surrounding his business dealings and the theories linking his death to organised crime...and possibly to another unsolved disappearance in Donegal.

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In May 1998, 83-year-old shopkeeper Eddie Fitzmaurice was attacked and left bound in the bedroom above his drapery shop in Bellaghy, where he remained undiscovered for five days.

This week we will examine the violent rural robberies that shaped the investigation, the seven innocent members of the travelling community who were targeted during the corrupt Burnfoot operation and why, nearly three decades later, nobody has been charged with Eddie’s murder.

Written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey. Research by Karl O’Reilly.

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An Garda Síochána: Eddie...

In the early hours of 11 February 1984, 23-year-old Patrick Nugent was found fatally injured after managing an anniversary party at Bunratty Folk Park. With two damaged cars, conflicting accounts from those who remained and Patrick’s final words, “He clocked me,” his family have spent more than forty years fighting to learn what happened that night.

This episode was written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O’Reilly.

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On 30 November 1997, Galway taxi driver Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy disappeared after accepting one final fare. Her bloodstained taxi, 17 unexplained miles and a series of unidentified witnesses gave Gardaí no shortage of leads, but almost three decades later, nobody has ever been charged with her murder.

This episode was written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O’Reilly.

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Murder of Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy — Wikipedia

Murder of Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy on 30 November 1997 — An Garda Síochána Crimecall

Renewed Appeal: Eileen Costello O’Shau...

This week we’re discussing the 1971 disappearance, and presumed murder, of 19-year-old Una Lynskey. We'll examine

the deeply flawed Garda investigation that followed, and the devastating chain of events that left another man dead and two others wrongfully convicted. More than 50 years later, what happened to Una on Porterstown Lane remains unsolved.

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Fresh Appeal for Information on 1971 Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan

An Garda Síochána Public Appeal and Serious Crime Review of the Murders of Una Lynskey and Martin Kerrigan

Gardaí Carry...

In May 1988, 25-year-old Priscilla Clarke disappeared after reportedly setting out on horseback near the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. This episode examines the official theory that she drowned in the River Dargle, the unanswered questions surrounding that day, and her family’s decades-long fight to find Priscilla, and ensure that Ireland’s unidentified dead are treated with dignity.

This episode was researched, written and hosted by Jenny Claffey.

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An Garda Síochána — Priscilla Clarke Missing Person Profile

The Journal — The Injustice in the Search for Missing Woman Priscilla...

This week, we’re discussing the disappearance and suspected murders of William Maughan and his pregnant girlfriend, Anastasija “Anna” Varslavane.

In April 2015, the couple were preparing to leave Gormanston and move back to William’s family home in Tallaght before their first child was born. Minutes before they were due to be collected, Anna made a final phone call in which she was reportedly heard calling for help. Neither she nor William was ever seen again.

We look at the gangland murder Gardaí believe may have led to their deaths, the suspected involvement of Cornel...

21-year-old Paul Quinn was lured to a farm shed on the Monaghan-Armagh border in October 2007 and beaten to death in one of the most shocking killings in modern Irish history. This week we cover the details of the case, the allegations of IRA involvement, the politics that surrounded the investigation, and wh, despite 23 arrests and almost two decades of enquiries, the Quinn family still have not seen justice.

Hosted, written & produced by Jenny Claffey with research by Karl O'Reilly.

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BBC Spotlight - The Murder of Paul Quinn

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In 2019, 15-year-old French-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin disappeared from a rainforest resort in Malaysia while on holiday with her family. What followed was a devastating search, a disputed investigation, and a family’s fight to challenge the idea that their vulnerable daughter simply wandered into the jungle alone.

This episode was written, produced and hosted by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O'Reilly

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Teenager Disappears Into Jungle at Night While on Vacation with Family | Nora Quoirin Case Analysis — YouTube

Nóra Quoirin: Cause of death not yet es...

In 1973, seven-year-old John Horgan was murdered by his teenage neighbour in one of the most disturbing crimes in Irish history. This episode looks at the killing, the occult and religious imagery surrounding it, and the question of why the case seemed to almost disappear from public memory. It is a story about a child’s murder, but also about Catholic Ireland, secrecy, respectability, and the silence that followed.

This episode was written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey. Research by Karl O'Reilly.

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The Boy In The Attic by Da...

In 1992, Grace Livingstone was murdered inside her home in Malahide, Dublin, but the investigation soon became almost as controversial as the crime itself.

With a husband under suspicion, an unidentified young man seen near the house, and a possible link to Revenue investigations into oil smuggling and IRA-linked crime, this is one of Ireland’s most frustrating unsolved cases.

Presented, written and produced by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O'Reilly.

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Unsolved Crimes: How Grace Livingstone's killer got away with murder

Minister and AG face court ac...

In this episode, I’m joined by bestselling author and crime journalist Barry Cummins to discuss his new book, Buried Secrets, the definitive account of the murder of Tina Satchwell.

Barry takes us inside the case that haunted Ireland for six and a half years, from Tina’s disappearance in Youghal, how he came to be the first journalist invited into Richard Satchwell’s home, sitting, unbeknownst to him, metres away from Tina Satchwell’s remains.

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In 1940, Mary “Moll” McCarthy was found shot dead in a field in rural Tipperary. Within months, Harry Gleeson, the farm labourer who reported her body to Gardaí, was convicted and hanged for her murder. Decades later, the Irish State admitted his conviction was unsafe, leaving behind the story of two victims, one unsolved murder, and a community shaped by silence.

Written and hosted by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.

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Time to right injustice that cost two lives 73 years ago | Irish Independent

Ireland's most infamous murder: 11 facts about t...

Anne Devlin was a woman long remembered as a loyal housekeeper to an infamous revolutionary, when she was really a courier, conspirator and trusted rebel operative. In this episode, we look at Anne’s role in Robert Emmet’s uprising, the women who helped keep the revolution moving in secret, and the brutal price she paid for refusing to talk.

Written and hosted by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.

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Anne Devlin - Infinite Women

Marriage, Decline and Death - Anne Devlin

The Rebellion of 1803.

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25-year-old Honour Bright was found shot and killed in Ticknock in June 1925. Despite multiple eyewitnesses placing her in a car with a Doctor and a Garda Superintendent, the two men who would be charged and tried for her murder were acquitted by a Dublin jury in 1926.

Honour was a single mother, and likely turned to sex work to support herself and pay for her son's foster care. After the trial, the media used her story as a way to scare young women who were prone to becoming "wayward", rather than focusing on the fact that her...

Today we’re looking at the case of Annie Walsh, the last woman ever executed in Ireland. Convicted of murdering her husband in 1925, her story is often reduced to a scandalous love triangle, but there’s far more going on beneath the surface.

Annie wasn’t the only woman sentenced to death in Ireland, she was just one of the very few who wasn’t spared. So in this episode, we’re breaking down the murder, the trial, and the bigger question of why Annie Walsh was hanged, when so many other women weren’t.

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Burke and Hare are two of the most infamous serial killers in history, but they weren’t typical murderers. In 1828, Edinburgh, they killed at least 16 people and sold their bodies to medical schools in a booming underground body trade. This episode explores the real story behind the murders, the anatomy trade, and how they were finally caught.

This episode was written & hosted by me, Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.

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Fever & Famine 1817-18 – In The News | Co. Tyrone People From The Past.

21 May 1947 - GRIM MURDER PARTNE...

An Irish Fenian bombing in Victorian London led to mass panic, a controversial trial, and the execution of Michael Barrett., who would become the last man hanged in Britain.

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"The Irish invasion": how the Irish Famine changed Scotland

Irish immigration to Scotland

t18680406-412 | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

https://www.theirishstory.com/category/history/irish-history/

https://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/features/michael-barrett/

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Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! To celebrate, I thought I'd rerelease an episode from 2024 when we did a series on Haunted Ireland.

This episode covers some spooky, dark and haunting True Crime Cases from Ireland's Victorian era.

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On Christmas Day 1929, postman Larry Griffin rode into the village of Stradbally to deliver the mail and vanished. His bike was found abandoned the next morning, but his body was never recovered. Nearly a century later, the disappearance of Ireland’s “missing postman” remains unsolved.

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Mystery still surrounds 1929 disappearance of Co Waterford postman

The strange case of the country postman who vanished one Christmas Day

CSÍ The Missing Postman Part One

The missing postman | Irish Independent

Remembering The Missing Postman - The Munster Express

The...

Kyran Durnin was reported missing in 2024, but investigators later discovered he had not been seen since 2022, despite prior contact with child protection services. How does a child known to the system disappear for over two years without detection?

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Kyran: The Lost Boy

Drogheda Mum pleads with her missing daughter to get in touch

Man questioned in Kyran Durnin murder case found dead

Drogheda boy may have been killed over two years ago - gardaí

Kyran Durnin: Search ends in 'extraordinary' missing child case

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Alpho O'Reilly helped shape Irish television from day one, designing iconic RTÉ productions — and then, in 1996, he vanished without a trace. Decades later, his name resurfaced in probate records tied to a €500,000 estate, raising unsettling questions about why his disappearance was met with such silence.

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Former RTE man missing

A fresh twist in the mysterious tale of Alpho O'Reilly

1553DMIRL - Alpho O'Reilly 

Alpho O’Reilly (Dublin)

Disappearance of Alpho O’Reilly | Ireland’s Unsolved Mystery (E77)

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In this bonus episode, we investigate the renewed forensic search on the Kildare-Wicklow border, exploring whether "credible new information" can finally solve the decades-old murders of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo Dullard.

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This is a re-release from an episode originally published in April 2024. Since this episode originally aired, there have been no significant updates to Trevor Deely's case, despite a new appeal made by the Deelys & Gardaí on the 25th Anniversary of his disappearance last December.

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Lisa Dorrian vanished from County Down over twenty years ago, and what followed has been described by police and her family as a “wall of silence,” with paramilitary allegations complicating the search for answers ever since.

Sources:

PSNI official missing person profile (psni.police.uk)

Lisa Dorrian: Police release unseen CCTV footage 20 years on from disappearance

Renewed appeal issued on 20th anniversary of Lisa Dorrian's murder | Newstalk

Graffiti identifies suspect in Dorrian murder case

'I know where Lisa's body is buried,' 

Man arrested on su...

A thirteen-year-old boy vanishes on a ten-minute walk to school, and nearly forty years later, Philip Cairns’ disappearance remains one of Ireland’s most unsettling missing persons cases.

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29 years on: The unsolved mystery of 13-year-old Philip Cairns

Gardaí: Paedophile may have killed Philip Cairns

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30409915.html

https://archive.is/4ER8z

https://archive.is/fHR0e

Never found: Schoolboy Philip Cairns went missing 30 years ago today

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An investigation into the 2017 disappearance of Tina Satchwell and the six-year deception by her husband, Richard, that ended with a shocking discovery under the stairs of their family home.

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Tina Satchwell case: A timeline of the investigation into her disappearance – The Irish Times.

Senior officer can't answer why invasive search was not carried out of Richard Satchwell's house

Garda describes searching 'untidy' Satchwell home as jury shown photos inside Youghal house | Cork Beo

The Disturbing Case of Tina Satchwell [Tr...

A 19-year-old single mother vanishes after a night out in rural Wexford — and nearly three decades later, Fiona Sinnott’s disappearance remains one of Ireland’s most disturbing and unresolved murder investigations.

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Investigation into the Disappearance and Murder of Fiona Sinnott in February 1998 - Garda

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Fiona Sinnott search: Family’s hope turns to disappointment as gardaí conclude excavation – The Irish Times

The disappearance of Fiona Sinnott : r/UnresolvedMysteries

Murder case update as Gardai probing mys...

In July 1998, 18-year-old Deirdre Jacob vanished without a trace on her short walk home in Newbridge, County Kildare — a disappearance that remains one of Ireland’s most baffling unsolved cases.

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DPP directs no charges following fresh inquiry into 1998 Deirdre Jacob murder – The Irish Times

'The main thing is to have her return to us' — family of Newbridge woman Deirdre Jacob make appeal on anniversary of disappearance - News - Laois Nationalist

What is known about what happened to Deirdre Jacob?

‘Was she being watched?’ – the questions that haunt Deirdre...

On January 3rd, 1993, Imelda Keenan would leave her small apartment to collect her social welfare. The walk was a short one, only 7 minutes according to Google Maps. Before she left she made her fiance, Mark, a cup of tea. She put her makeup on and headed out the door, she would never return.

Imelda's Family are certain that their beloved little sister was abducted and murdered; however, her case has never been investigated as one.

This case was originally uploaded on May 6th 2024

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This week we look at the disappearance of 17-year-old Ciara Breen, who vanished from her Dundalk home in 1997 in a case that remains unsolved to this day.

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Renewed Appeal: Ciara Breen missing since the 13/2/97 - Garda

Gardaí renew appeal for Ciara Breen missing since 1997

Dundalk missing girl Ciara Breen focus of TG4 documentary - Louth Live

Mother of missing teenager Ciara Breen dies – The Irish Times

Former garda investigating Ciara Bre...

This week, we look at the disappearance of 33-year-old mother of seven Barbara Walsh, who vanished without trace from her home in the remote Connemara Gaeltacht after a late-night party in June 1985.

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4066DFIRL - Barbara Walsh

‘I don’t think she left. I think something happened to her that night’ – family of missing mum Barbara Walsh from Connemara pleads for information 36 years on | Irish Independent

People in community can unlock 36 year mystery of missi...

This week, we look at the disappearance of 25-year-old Fiona Pender from Tullamore, a young woman seven months pregnant who vanished without a trace in 1996.

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Fiona Pender - Garda

Disappearance of Fiona Pender cast shadow over home town

Searches under way as Fiona Pender disappearance reclassified as murder

https://archive.is/9Vom2

Homicide is a leading cause of death for pregnant women in US - PubMed

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This week, we’re looking at the disappearance of Sandra Collins, a 28-year-old woman from Killala, Co Mayo, whose 2000 case was later upgraded to murder but remains unsolved.

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Murder Investigation – Sandra Collins – killala Co. Mayo - Garda

Episode 9: Sandra Collins | The Missing | Series 5

Missing woman's family do not believe she was pregnant when she vanished

New hope for missing Mayo woman Sandra Collins' family after anonymous tip-off - SundayWorld.com

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This week, we’re looking at the disappearance of 39-year-old Eva Brennan, who vanished from Terenure in July 1993, and why her case never received the attention it deserved.

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Eva Brennan - Garda

'One of the forgotten': Family frustration over missing woman's case

https://archive.is/gJ28i

Serial killer theory gains ground

Eva Brennan | International Missing Persons Wiki | Fandom

Eva Brennan | Unsolved Ireland

Eva's family still grieve nine years later

Un...

This week, we look at the 2003 disappearance of 36-year-old Claire Boylan, and how her case became one of the many in Ireland that seemed to vanish from public view almost as quickly as she did.

Links

Claire Boylan - Garda

Family appeal to missing woman

Family of missing woman urge her to make contact

The strange disappearance of Claire Boylan : r/UnresolvedMysteries

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JoJo Dullard, a 21-year-old woman from County Kilkenny, vanished without a trace in 1995 while hitchhiking home, sparking decades of unanswered questions, conspiracy theories, and allegations of a cover-up in one of Ireland’s most haunting missing persons cases.

Josephine (Jo Jo) Dullard - Garda

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The myth of Ireland’s ‘vanishing triangle’ – The Irish Times

‘Alarm bells should have rung straight away’

Mew lead in search for Josephine Dullard

The Indo Daily: Jo Jo Dullard suspect arrest - What...