In May of 2016, a woman was attacked as she walked to work by a man wielding a knife. In the course of the investigation, the assault was linked to two other crimes – both sexually motivated.
Gardai also linked the crime to a suspect – 31 year old Slawomir Gierlowski.
Continue reading “94 – Serial: Slawomir Gierlowski”In January 2008, 18 year old Marioara got into a car on Lombard Street in Dublin City centre, where she and some of her family had been begging for change. She was never seen again. During the garda investigation it became clear that this was an unusual crime – a seemingly random act of violence, likely committed by a member of one of Dublin’s criminal gangs.
After 6 years, a man went on trial. But would there be justice for Marioara?
Continue reading “93 – Never Forget: The murder of Marioara Rostas”In October of 1995, Mary Doogue was beaten to death. She lay in her bed in her cold dark home for 12 hours before she got any medical attention, and died shortly after. Her partner 19 year old Stephen Davis was arrested two days later.
He would tell the court that he had been provoked. Would a jury buy his excuse?
Continue reading “92 – No Excuse: The murder of Mary Doogue”In February of 2008, two Polish men living and working in Drimnagh, South Dublin were killed in a fight outside their home. Both had been stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. It quickly emerged that the fight had involved a group of teenagers.
Would Gardai be able to identify his killer or killers prove their lethal intent?
Continue reading “91 – Pure Thuggery: The murders of Mariusz Szwajkos & Pawel Kalite”CrimeConVersations is a brand-new True Crime podcast brought to you by CrimeCon UK.
In the lead up to CrimeCon UK in London, CrimeCon UK are bringing two favourite podcasts together to find out more about their fascination with True Crime.
Continue reading “Bonus: CrimeConVersations with Mens Rea & Once Upon a Crime”On 28th February 2006, Siobhan McLoughlin was found dead in locked bedroom. At first glance, it looked as if she had tragically taken her own life. But within hours after her death, police and the McLoughlin family felt sure that she had been brutally murdered.
But would the State be able to prove guilt, beyond a reasonable doubt?
Continue reading “90 – Beyond Reasonable Doubt: The murder of Siobhan McLoughlin”In April of 1986, three armed men burst into a lavish home in Howth. When they left, they brought with them Jennifer Guinness, mother of three and wife of the head of a merchant bank. A ransom was demanded for her return.
Despite the quick mobilisation of gardai all over Dublin, Jennifer’s captor would evade capture for over a week.
Continue reading “89 – The Ordeal: Jennifer Guinness”In October of 2006, Meg Walsh went missing. She wasn’t at her home, and she didn’t turn up for work. The garda investigation that followed revealed that Meg had had some troubling experiences recently in her private life. Her body was found in the river Suir two weeks after she was first reported missing.
But without a crime scene, would it be possible to get justice for Meg?
Continue reading “88 – Unknown Location: the Murder of Meg Walsh”Three days after arriving in Galway in October of 2007, 17 year old Swiss girl Manuel Riedo was found dead on some marshy ground just outside the city. The investigation into her murder would reveal a series of crimes committed in Galway.
Continue reading “87 – The Murder of Manuela Riedo”Raoul Moat was released from a short stint in prison in 2010. In the days that followed he shot three people, including a Northumberland police officer and went on the run in the quiet town of Rothbury.
Police scoured the countryside for this man with murderous intent, a search that ended on the bank of the river Croquet in a six hour stand-off.
Continue reading “86 – Vengeance: the hunt for Raoul Moat”