3 – The murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier & trial by press

On June 25, 2017June 6, 2019 By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Irish Crime, murder, unsolved

Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a french writer and documentarian, who owned a secluded holiday home in the picturesque west Cork town of Schull. Days before Christmas 1996, she was found savagely murdered in the lane way leading to her house. The case remains unsolved, but that doesn’t mean the matter hasn’t been heard before the courts. The prime suspect, Ian Bailey, took a defamation action against eight newspapers for reporting that he was the prime suspect in the case.

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2 – Crimes against Children: The James Bulger murder

On June 9, 2017June 6, 2019 By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Child Victim, Kidnapping, Kids who Kill, murder, UK Crime

In January of 1993, James Bulger was a month away from his third birthday when he disappeared from his mothers sight in a shopping mall. This was no regular, tragic child abduction however, as the perpetrators were children themselves.

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1 – The Murder of Elaine O’Hara: A Kink Killing

On June 2, 2017June 6, 2019 By mensreapod@gmail.comIn Irish Crime, murder, sadism

In this, the premiere episode of the Mens Rea Podcast, we take a look at one of the most shocking crimes that captivated Ireland in recent years. Elaine O’Hara was a troubled woman who disappeared in 2012 and was presumed to have committed suicide. A year later, due to a series of coincidences, her body was found. This was now a crime. A man with an appetite for the twisted, Graham Dwyer, was charged and convicted of her murder.

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