This episode was initially released as a Patreon exclusive on 8th Sept 2019
In November of 1997, Eileen O’Shaughnessy went to work as normal. She drove a taxi in Galway City, and was one of the few women drivers in the country
But on the night of the 30th of that month, Eileen’s car was found abandoned in the city with blood all over the drivers seat. Her body was found the next day.
The case remains unsolved.
Continue reading “Bonus – Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy”
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”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”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 September of 1989, 19 year old Deirdre Mulcahy was heading out for the night to meet her friends in Midleton, Co Cork. She never returned home. The garda investigation into her killing would last years – the court proceedings, however, would not.
Continue reading “113 – The Passers-by: The murder of Deirdre Mulcahy”On the 29th of December, 1996, Gardai were called to a flat on Liffey St in Dublin city centre. Inside was the body of 26 year old British-Sri Lankan woman, Belinda Pereira, who was staying in Dublin for just a week. The nature of her trip prompted many inches of tabloid fodder. She had come to Dublin in order to carry out sex work.
But the voyeuristic media attention on Belinda’s case did not last long.
Sadly, today, her name is all but forgotten.
Continue reading “111 – Unsolved: The killing of Belinda Pereira”