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130 – Drugs, Death and Butchery: The Deaths of Vincent Costello, Morgan Costello and Damien Monahan

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Drug-related, Insanity Defence, Mental Health, murder, Organised Crime

In the early hours of 29th April, 2000, a fire was discovered in an upmarket flat in the seaside resort of Scheveningen, The Hague. Three occupants were found dead in the bathtub – young Irishmen Damien Monahan and Vincent and Morgan Costello.

Was the fire an accident, some sort of gangland hit, or something else altogether?

This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.

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95 – Desecration: The murder of Patricia O’Connor

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Controversial Case, Domestic Violence, Irish Crime, Life Sentence, murder, Self Defence

In the summer of 2017, body parts were discovered strewn across the scenic landscape of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. Gardai began a wide-scale search and a murder investigation. But only days later a man presented himself at a south Dublin Garda station, confessing to the murder of his 61 year old mother in law, Patricia O’Connor.

But was he telling the whole story?

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91 – Pure Thuggery: The murders of Mariusz Szwajkos & Pawel Kalite

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Irish Crime, Kids who Kill, Life Sentence, Mental Health, murder, Povocation

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?

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81 – A Voyage of Fiction: The murder of Aoife Phelan

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn affair, Domestic Violence, Intimate Partner Violence, Irish Crime, Life Sentence, Mental Health, Povocation

In October of 2012, 30 year old Aoife Phelan went missing without a trace. Aoife had simply left a friends house and vanished with no sign of what might become of her. A garda investigation began to find the woman who had told hr family she was 4 months pregnant.

It would be a long two weeks before police discovered what had become of her.

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74 – Marilyn Rynn: The Shortcut

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Irish Crime, Landmark Case, Life Sentence, Mental Health, murder, sex crimes

In December of 1995, 41 year old Marilyn Rynn disappeared after attending her workplace Christmas party. Two weeks later her body was found hidden in bushes at a park near to her home. She had been attacked as she took a shortcut on her journey home.

A combination of cutting edge forensic techniques and old fashioned police work solved her murder 8 months later.

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70 – Lives of Violence: Robert Mone

On By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Controversial Case, Human Rights, Insanity Defence, Kidnapping, Landmark Case, Life Sentence, Mental Health, murder, Public Inquiry, Scottish Crimes, Serial Killer, UK Crime, Vintage murder

In 1967, a teacher was shot in her classroom in Dundee.

In 1976, two men escaped a mental hospital and killed three others in the process.

In 1979, three women were found beaten and strangled in a flat in Dundee.

All of these horrific events had one thing in common.

The name Robert Mone.

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