In March of 2011, 19 year old David Byrne set out to meet someone near to his home in Drimnagh, Dublin City. Little did he know that he was walking into a trap. A panicked chase was caught on CCTV, but the final attack occurred in a dark corner out of sight of any cameras. Could his killer be identified from the footage?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “136 – David Byrne: Murder in a Dark Corner”28 year old mother of one Norma Crotty appeared on her neighbours doorstep early on the morning of January 3rd, 1995. She was in a distressed state, and was holding a shotgun. It was smoking.
Norma told her neighbour that she had just shot her husband.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “132 – Nagged to Kill: The death of Gary Cotter”In September of 2019, Paul Jones was found dead in the hallway of his home on Bandon Road, in Cork. The 54 year old had a chequered past, but for the last decade had lived a quiet and pious life, bothering no one. Despite this, he had suffered 25 stab wounds to his side and had been hit in the head with a long, machete-like blade.
Though he had no known quarrels with anyone, there was someone in Paul Jones’ life who had a reason to do him harm.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “131 – For the Love of Money: The murder of Paul Jones”In the early hours of 29th November, 2002, 34 year old father of two arrived home from working his shift as the security manager at a popular nightclub in Limerick City.
He was shot to death in his driveway in a suspected gangland killing.
Would gardai be able to find enough evidence to bring members of one of Limerick’s most notorious gangs before a court?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “129 – A Battle for Justice: The murder of Brian Fitzgerald”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 March of 1999, Phillip Colgan and his wife Mary walked into Rathfarnham Garda Station and with a story to tell. It would be his first of many., and it would be up to a jury to decide which was true – and who killed Layla Brennan.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “127 – An Unusual Defence: Layla Brennan”In August of 2000, Gerry McGinley disappeared from his home near Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh. His wife Julie said he had packed up a plastic bag and had taken off.
The police investigation came up with numerous leads. Had Gerry fallen foul of the Real IRA? Or maybe he’d crossed drug dealers? Was his former lover – or indeed her husband – enraged enough to make him run, or worse? It also seemed likely Gerry had been blackmailing local men with videos they’d rather not exist…
Or perhaps the answer was much closer to home, and to be found in the newly re-decorated master bedroom of the McGinley’s bungalow…
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “126 – Sex, Lies and Videotape: the murder of Gerry McGinley”In the early hours of 2nd February, 2007, a tragedy occurred on the main street of Arklow, Co Wicklow. A man had been struck by a car and lay dying in the road.
It soon became clear, however, that this was no accident.
But – was it murder?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “125 – Murder by Car: Daniel McDonald”17 year old Siobhan Hynes went out with friends to the small village of an Cheathru Rua on the night of Sat 5th December 1998. She never made it home.
Siobhan’s body was found the following day, on the foreshore of a nearby beach.
How could something like this happen in such a small, isolated community?
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “124 – Siobhan Hynes: Murder Most Foul”On the night of the 11th Nov, 2003, Patricia Conroy frantically searched the small midlands town of Mountmellick for her 14 year old son Darragh. He wasn’t answering the new mobile phone he’d just received and he hadn’t come home when expected.
Ms Conroy had no idea that hours earlier, Darragh had crossed paths with a schoolmate – 16 year old Darren Goodwin – and her son would not be coming home.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
Continue reading “122 – Darragh Conroy: the mobile phone murder”