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”Before the sun had even risen on the morning of Christmas Eve, 1995 Julia O’Brien was discovered dead on the floor in her home in Drimoleague, Co Cork.
Julia was well known locally, as was her problem with alcohol but no one would have thought that the 46 year married mother of five would die after a severe beating and strangulation.
What had happened?
Continue reading “115- Flawed Relationships: The killing of Julia O’Brien”In June 1997, Patrick Sammon was murdered in his home in Galway in the course of an argument.
What had led to the fight that night would be a story of two very damaged individuals and circumstances one lawyer said were “stranger than fiction”.
Continue reading “114- Damaged Individuals: The murder of Patrick Sammon”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 9 November 1970, in the little village of Clonroche, Co Wexford, a young girl went missing. Just a few hours later her body was found dumped in a field not far from her home, and the main street of town.
The only certain thing at the outset of the investigation into 9 year old Marie Buckley’s murder was that this terrible thing had been done by someone local.
Continue reading “112 – A Terrible Thing: The murder of Marie Buckley”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”Amanda Jenkins was the sort of person who looked for the good in everyone. She was just 27 years old when she was found dead on her bedroom floor.
It had taken very little for the bad to emerge in someone Amanda had loved and trusted.
Continue reading “110 – Too little, Too late: The murder of Amanda Jenkins”On the morning of 26th March, 2013, a car entered the water at Arklow pier. Only one of it’s occupants emerged from the freezing, rough water. Was it a terrible accident? Or a plan to murder?
Additional writing, research and editorial support from Eileen MacFarlene
A burning car was found in a country lane, just outside of Wexford Town in 2009. When emergency services examined it’s remaining shell, the body of a woman was found. It was local woman, 30 year old mother of two Rebecca French.
But would there be any justice for Rebecca?
Continue reading “108 – Bonus: Rebecca French”On 25th September, 2001, 28 year old German tourist Bettina Poeschel took a train from Dublin to Drogheda, Co Louth. She wanted to visit Newgrange – an ancient monument in the Meath countryside. She decided to make the 10km walk from the town to take in the countryside while there.
But Bettina never made it to Newgrange.
She had disappeared into thin air.
Continue reading “107 – The Day Trip: Bettina Poeschel”