In 1981, Nora Sheehan went missing from Ballyphehane, Co Cork. She was found dead a week later, and gardai soon had a prime suspect for her murder while investigating another crime.
But a series of setbacks meant no trial was held in the case until 2023.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “138 – The Longest Wait for Justice: Nora Sheehan”
If you have any information on the whereabouts of John Griffin, you can contact Gort Garda Station on (091) 636400, the Garda Confidential line at 1800 666 111 or your local law enforcement agency.
In 2005, a caravan caught fire in rural north Clare, Emer O’Loughlin’s family were initially relieved to see that it wasn’t the one she shared with her partner Shane. But when human remains were found inside the charred wreckage, and there was still no sign of the artistic Emer, hope that everything would be ok was quickly dashed.
In the years that followed, so would hope that Emer’s killer might be brought to justice.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “133 – Killer on the Run: The murder of Emer O’Loughlin”On a chilly Sunday morning in December of 1980, Michael Kelly arrived at a neighbours house in a panic. There was a fire in the house he was staying in nearby, and inside were the two elderly siblings who he was there to look after.
Sadly, Margaret and Martin Glynn – siblings in their 80s – were removed from the house and pronounced dead.
But was this a tragic accident, or a malicious act driven by greed?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “128 – A Questionable Conviction: The deaths of Margaret and Martin Glynn”In June of 1991, 21 year old newly-wed Alison Shaughnessy was found lying in a pool of blood at the entrance to her flat in London by her husband John. After a stalled police investigation, two women were arrested and tried for Alison’s murder.
But is it possible that what was presented to the court as motive for her murder, gleaned from a 21 year old woman’s diary, had pointed police in the wrong direction?
Who killed Alison Shaughnessy?
Continue reading “120 – Dear Diary: The murder of Alison Shaughnessy”Mary Boyle disappeared from a swampy field next her grandparents home in an isolated part of Donegal in 1977. She disappeared without a trace, and her case has become the longest running missing child case in Ireland.
In forty years, the case has seen only one arrest and also has been linked with notorious Scottish child-killer Robert Black, and has drawn the attention of controversial media figures. But, through all that, Mary is still missing, and her mother still prays daily to know what happened to her.
Continue reading “119: Missing Mary”On the night of the 3rd of September 1999, Raonaid Murray was walking home through Dun Laoghaire and Glenageary in South Dublin.
As she took a short cut through a quiet laneway, she was attacked.
Her murder has never been solved.
Research Assistance by Eileen MacFarlene
Continue reading “118 – Raonaid Murray (from the Guilt Trip Archives)”In December of 1993, 35 year old Marie Kilmartin got a phone call. Then, she left her house and never returned.
Marie’s body was recovered some six months later, in a bog 25 km from her home in Portlaoise. She had been strangled.
Why would anyone want to hurt this friendly, vulnerable woman?
Continue reading “117 – The Burden They Carry: The murder of Marie Kilmartin”In December of 1997, 53 year old bachelor farmer Tom Clisham was found dead in his cottage in Galway. He hadn’t been seen in some time, and his body was in such a bad state no visual identification could be made.
It seemed some sort of fight had occurred in his home – but over what, Gardai had no clue.
Who killed Tom Clisham?
Continue reading “116 – Tom Clisham’s Body”In 1980, 19 year old Deborah Robinson took a bus from her home in Belfast down to Dublin for the day. She never returned. Her body was found in ditch in rural Co. Kildare, and launched a huge murder investigation. It looked like the case might go cold after a year went by with no breaks in the case.
But some loose threads lead investigators to a new suspect.
Continue reading “99 – Loose Threads: The murder of Deborah Robinson”
7 years apart, two young and vulnerable teenaged girls went missing – Arlene Arkinson in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1994 and Hannah Williams in London in 2001.
The similarities in their cases were no coincidence, but would their murderer ever truly face justice?