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In 2019, 15-year-old French-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin disappeared from a rainforest resort in Malaysia while on holiday with her family. What followed was a devastating search, a disputed investigation, and a family’s fight to challenge the idea that their vulnerable daughter simply wandered into the jungle alone.
This episode was written, produced and hosted by Jenny Claffey, with research by Karl O'Reilly
SourcesTeenager Disappears Into Jungle at Night While on Vacation with Family | Nora Quoirin Case Analysis — YouTube
Nóra Quoirin: Cause of death not yet established — RTÉ
What happened to Nora Quoirin? — The Week
Nóra Quoirin’s family sue Malaysian holiday resort — IrishCentral
Holoprosencephaly — NCBI / PMC
Malaysia says no one involved in death of British teen Nora Quoirin in resort — The Standard
The mysterious death of Nora Quoirin — The ASEAN Post
Defence filed in civil suit about Nóra Quoirin’s disappearance and death — Changing Times
Father says he heard “muffled noise” before teen girl vanished in Malaysia jungle — CBS News
No foreign DNA found in or on body, govt chemist testifies in Nora Anne Quoirin inquest — Malay Mail
A year after Nóra Quoirin’s body was found, her parents still believe she was abducted — The Irish Times
Malaysian judge overturns inquest verdict of misadventure in the death of teenager Nóra Quoirin — The Irish News
Nora Anne’s parents withdraw suit against resort operator — Free Malaysia Today
Nóra Quoirin’s parents say Malaysia has thwarted French inquiry into her death — Changing Times
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In 1973, seven-year-old John Horgan was murdered by his teenage neighbour in one of the most disturbing crimes in Irish history. This episode looks at the killing, the occult and religious imagery surrounding it, and the question of why the case seemed to almost disappear from public memory. It is a story about a child’s murder, but also about Catholic Ireland, secrecy, respectability, and the silence that followed.
This episode was written, hosted and produced by Jenny Claffey. Research by Karl O'Reilly.
SourcesThe Boy In The Attic by David Malone
The Devil Is In The Detail
Kidnapped child was murdered in satanic rite
Murder in suburbia
The Satanic Murder Ireland Forgot
Coroner hears evidence of violent death of boy in 1973
Public servant and pillar of the church…
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In 1992, Grace Livingstone was murdered inside her home in Malahide, Dublin, but the investigation soon became almost as controversial as the crime itself.
With a husband under suspicion, an unidentified young man seen near the house, and a possible link to Revenue investigations into oil smuggling and IRA-linked crime, this is one of Ireland’s most frustrating unsolved cases.
Presented, written and produced by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O'Reilly.
Sources:
Unsolved Crimes: How Grace Livingstone's killer got away with murder
Minister and AG face court action over Livingstone murder inquiry
The Brutal Murder of Grace Livingstone: A Cold Case That Destroyed a Family's Faith in Justice | True Crime Write-Ups
‘Very slim’ chance man killed wife
Sergeant deliberately misled gardaí, court hears.
Inside Slab Murphy's multi-million euro, cross-border smuggling empire
Livingstone damages case is settled. RTE.ie
Minister and AG face court action over Livingstone murder inquiry
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In this episode, I’m joined by bestselling author and crime journalist Barry Cummins to discuss his new book, Buried Secrets, the definitive account of the murder of Tina Satchwell.
Barry takes us inside the case that haunted Ireland for six and a half years, from Tina’s disappearance in Youghal, how he came to be the first journalist invited into Richard Satchwell’s home, sitting, unbeknownst to him, metres away from Tina Satchwell’s remains.
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In 1940, Mary “Moll” McCarthy was found shot dead in a field in rural Tipperary. Within months, Harry Gleeson, the farm labourer who reported her body to Gardaí, was convicted and hanged for her murder. Decades later, the Irish State admitted his conviction was unsafe, leaving behind the story of two victims, one unsolved murder, and a community shaped by silence.
Written and hosted by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.
Source
Time to right injustice that cost two lives 73 years ago | Irish Independent
Ireland's most infamous murder: 11 facts about the killing of Moll McCarthy and execution of innocent man Harry Gleeson
Prime Time - Hanged Man
Scannal tells the story of Harry Gleeson - Tipperary Live
Harry Gleeson: A pardoned man finally laid to rest
Leaving Mountjoy, 83 years on: Harry Gleeson's remains are brought home
Hanged After a Trial He Couldn’t Understand, and Pardoned 136 Years Later - The New York Times
Two men executed in Ireland 1883 given presidential pardon
History: The story of Harry Gleeson and Moll McCarthy - Tipperary Live
Murder at Marlhill, New Inn, Tipperary « Thurles Information.
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Anne Devlin was a woman long remembered as a loyal housekeeper to an infamous revolutionary, when she was really a courier, conspirator and trusted rebel operative. In this episode, we look at Anne’s role in Robert Emmet’s uprising, the women who helped keep the revolution moving in secret, and the brutal price she paid for refusing to talk.
Written and hosted by Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.
Sources
Anne Devlin - Infinite Women
Marriage, Decline and Death - Anne Devlin
The Rebellion of 1803.
NGA.ie - Graves - 1803 - Anne Devlin
Anne Devlin: The Woman Behind the Myth
Regency History Guide to the History of Ireland
Devlin, Anne | Dictionary of Irish Biography
Michael Collins’s women: spies, couriers and mothers – The Irish Times
On This Day: Irish patriot Robert Emmet executed in Dublin in 1803
Is this the face of Ireland’s lost patriot Robert Emmet? – The Irish Times
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25-year-old Honour Bright was found shot and killed in Ticknock in June 1925. Despite multiple eyewitnesses placing her in a car with a Doctor and a Garda Superintendent, the two men who would be charged and tried for her murder were acquitted by a Dublin jury in 1926.
Honour was a single mother, and likely turned to sex work to support herself and pay for her son's foster care. After the trial, the media used her story as a way to scare young women who were prone to becoming "wayward", rather than focusing on the fact that her killer roamed free.
Links
On a quiet South Dublin road, a plaque serves as a reminder of a long unsolved murderDeath, Danger, and Decadence in 1920s Dublin: The Murder of Honor BrightAn Honour Killing
Clodagh Finn: Restoring some honour to Honour Bright, 100 years onThe Murder of Lily O'Neill, known as Honor Bright, in 1925 – The Wild Geese
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Today we’re looking at the case of Annie Walsh, the last woman ever executed in Ireland. Convicted of murdering her husband in 1925, her story is often reduced to a scandalous love triangle, but there’s far more going on beneath the surface.
Annie wasn’t the only woman sentenced to death in Ireland, she was just one of the very few who wasn’t spared. So in this episode, we’re breaking down the murder, the trial, and the bigger question of why Annie Walsh was hanged, when so many other women weren’t.
Episode written & narrated by me, researched by Karl O'Reilly
https://archive.is/EYYc7#selection-4643.110-4647.148
Women and the death penalty in Ireland
Annie Walsh and Michael Talbot for the Murder of Annie’s Husband – Capital Punishment UK
Limerick woman and alleged poisoner was the last woman in Ireland sentenced to burning
Full article: Crime in the nineteenth-century Irish home
When loss of liberty is extended long after leaving a prison cell
Gender and Punishment in Ireland: Women, Murder and the Death Penalty, 1922-1964 – Estudios Irlandeses
Limerick woman and alleged poisoner was the last woman in Ireland sentenced to burning
Prison mugshot of Elizabeth Buchanan on transfer to Grangegorman Female... | Download Scientific Diagram
Donnybrook
When loss of liberty is extended long after leaving a prison cell
The very strange tale of the O'Leary family murder | Southern Star
Full article: Crime in the nineteenth-century Irish home
Gender and Punishment in Ireland: Women, Murder and the Death Penalty, 1922-1964 – Estudios Irlandeses
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Burke and Hare are two of the most infamous serial killers in history, but they weren’t typical murderers. In 1828, Edinburgh, they killed at least 16 people and sold their bodies to medical schools in a booming underground body trade. This episode explores the real story behind the murders, the anatomy trade, and how they were finally caught.
This episode was written & hosted by me, Jenny Claffey. Researched by Karl O’Reilly.
Links
Fever & Famine 1817-18 – In The News | Co. Tyrone People From The Past.
21 May 1947 - GRIM MURDER PARTNERSHIP HELPED MAKE EDINBURGH'S MEDICAL FAME - Trove
The Burke and Hare murders
Life in Ulster in the 1800s
The Perpetrators, Burke and Hare
The Story of Burke and Hare - Edinburgh.
The William Burke Museum | The Cadies & Witchery Tours
Bodies and bureaucracy: The demise of the body snatchers in 19th century Britain - Philp - 2022 - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library
Burke and Hare: The body snatchers - BBC Bitesize
Procuring Corpses: The English Anatomy Inspectorate, 1842 to 1858 - PMC
The gruesome true story of the bodysnatchers who robbed graves and resorted to murder in 18th-century Britain
The untold story of serial killer William Burke's wife and her mysterious disappearance from Glasgow
Pull factors affecting immigrants - Immigration to Scotland 1830s-1939 - National 5 History Revision - BBC Bitesize
Irish immigration to Scotland
An immigrant Irish contingent in the crowd at the execution of William Burke in Edinburgh in 1829 - Ken Donaldson, Christopher Henry, 2025
Who were Burke & Hare? Edinburgh’s Infamous “Body Snatchers"
Burke and Hare: Two Edinburgh Murderers - geriwalton.com
Body Snatchers | The London Dungeon
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An Irish Fenian bombing in Victorian London led to mass panic, a controversial trial, and the execution of Michael Barrett., who would become the last man hanged in Britain.
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Further Reading / Sources"The Irish invasion": how the Irish Famine changed Scotland
Irish immigration to Scotland
t18680406-412 | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
https://www.theirishstory.com/category/history/irish-history/
https://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/features/michael-barrett/
Executed men remembered in London | An Phoblacht
Michael Barrett (1841-1868) - The forgotten Fenian from Fermanagh: By Fr Joe McVeigh | An Phoblacht
Irish Republicanism in Scotland, 1858–1916: Fenians in exile – History Ireland
Michael Barrett: a Fenian remembered
Barrett, Michael | Dictionary of Irish Biography
On This Day: The Clerkenwell Outrage, 13th December, 1867 – Turbulent Isles
150 years ago today, a Fenian became the last person to be publicly executed in England
Burke, Ricard O'Sullivan | Dictionary of Irish Biography
The Times Report of the Last Public Hanging in England
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Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! To celebrate, I thought I'd rerelease an episode from 2024 when we did a series on Haunted Ireland.
This episode covers some spooky, dark and haunting True Crime Cases from Ireland's Victorian era.
Enjoy!
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On Christmas Day 1929, postman Larry Griffin rode into the village of Stradbally to deliver the mail and vanished. His bike was found abandoned the next morning, but his body was never recovered. Nearly a century later, the disappearance of Ireland’s “missing postman” remains unsolved.
Sources
Mystery still surrounds 1929 disappearance of Co Waterford postman
The strange case of the country postman who vanished one Christmas Day
CSÍ The Missing Postman Part One
The missing postman | Irish Independent
Remembering The Missing Postman - The Munster Express
The Case Of The Missing Postman | Liveline - RTÉ Radio 1
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Kyran Durnin was reported missing in 2024, but investigators later discovered he had not been seen since 2022, despite prior contact with child protection services. How does a child known to the system disappear for over two years without detection?
Links
Kyran: The Lost Boy
Drogheda Mum pleads with her missing daughter to get in touch
Man questioned in Kyran Durnin murder case found dead
Drogheda boy may have been killed over two years ago - gardaí
Kyran Durnin: Search ends in 'extraordinary' missing child case
| School ‘was told missing pupil Kyran Durnin was in hospital with Covid-19’
How the trail on missing Kyran Durnin ran cold after May 2022
Woman questioned by gardai over disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin returns to Ireland - Irish Mirror
https://archive.is/ME6pS#selection-4972.2-5061.91
Tusla chief says no referrals of concern made about Kryan Durnin from 2022-24 | BreakingNews
Exclusive: Stories of two key witnesses in Kyran Durnin case at odds
Daniel Aruebose gardai hone in on injury 'before death' in new probe revelations after 2 suspects quizzed on bruising
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Alpho O'Reilly helped shape Irish television from day one, designing iconic RTÉ productions — and then, in 1996, he vanished without a trace. Decades later, his name resurfaced in probate records tied to a €500,000 estate, raising unsettling questions about why his disappearance was met with such silence.
Links
Former RTE man missing
A fresh twist in the mysterious tale of Alpho O'Reilly
1553DMIRL - Alpho O'Reilly
Alpho O’Reilly (Dublin)
Disappearance of Alpho O’Reilly | Ireland’s Unsolved Mystery (E77)
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In this bonus episode, we investigate the renewed forensic search on the Kildare-Wicklow border, exploring whether "credible new information" can finally solve the decades-old murders of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo Dullard.
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This is a re-release from an episode originally published in April 2024. Since this episode originally aired, there have been no significant updates to Trevor Deely's case, despite a new appeal made by the Deelys & Gardaí on the 25th Anniversary of his disappearance last December.
Missing Person Trevor Deely
Trevor Deely Age Progression
Missing Persons Helpline Donations
National Missing Persons Helpline
Missing Persons Unit Garda
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Lisa Dorrian vanished from County Down over twenty years ago, and what followed has been described by police and her family as a “wall of silence,” with paramilitary allegations complicating the search for answers ever since.
Sources:
PSNI official missing person profile (psni.police.uk)
Lisa Dorrian: Police release unseen CCTV footage 20 years on from disappearance
Renewed appeal issued on 20th anniversary of Lisa Dorrian's murder | Newstalk
Graffiti identifies suspect in Dorrian murder case
'I know where Lisa's body is buried,'
Man arrested on suspicion of murder is released
'We just want our daughter's body back'
https://archive.is/unjBV#selection-3767.17-3771.82
Lisa Dorrian CCTV
EXCLUSIVE: FORMER BOYFRIEND OF LISA DORRIAN
Drugs, guns and the rule of pure fear | Irish Independent
https://archive.is/JtUr3#selection-3159.0-3163.197
THE LOST WEEKEND
CCTV footage of Lisa Dorrian released on 20th anniversary
Graffiti identifies suspect in Dorrian murder case?
Timeline: The disappearance of Lisa Dorrian - BBC News
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A thirteen-year-old boy vanishes on a ten-minute walk to school, and nearly forty years later, Philip Cairns’ disappearance remains one of Ireland’s most unsettling missing persons cases.
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Links
29 years on: The unsolved mystery of 13-year-old Philip Cairns
Gardaí: Paedophile may have killed Philip Cairns
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30409915.html
https://archive.is/4ER8z
https://archive.is/fHR0e
Never found: Schoolboy Philip Cairns went missing 30 years ago today
March marks 30 years since Philip Cairns disappeared
Interview with Emma McMemamy with Nicola Tallant October 2021
https://archive.is/UJgba
Gardaí: Paedophile may have killed Philip Cairns
https://archive.is/2TlBN
DJ put away for 10 years over abuse of girls in home | Irish Independent
RTEs Solved and Unsolved
Convicted Paedophile Eamon Cooke Knew Jimmy Savile | Hotpress.
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An investigation into the 2017 disappearance of Tina Satchwell and the six-year deception by her husband, Richard, that ended with a shocking discovery under the stairs of their family home.
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Links:
Tina Satchwell case: A timeline of the investigation into her disappearance – The Irish Times.
Senior officer can't answer why invasive search was not carried out of Richard Satchwell's house
Garda describes searching 'untidy' Satchwell home as jury shown photos inside Youghal house | Cork Beo
The Disturbing Case of Tina Satchwell [True Crime Documentary]
The Trial of Richard Satchwell | Original Documentary
Richard Satchwell trial hears gardaí in Youghal became increasingly suspicious during search for Tina Satchwell.
Tina Satchwell: ‘Funny, bubbly and independent. She was kind and considerate’.
Truck driver Richard Satchwell jailed for murdering wife Tina after her remains were found under stairs | UK News.
The Tina Dingivan Story - A Tragic Case That Shook Ireland
The Murder of Tina Satchwell: Timeline, Trial & Richard's Media Interviews
Tina Satchwell case: Man (50s) rearrested as remains found at Cork house after Garda search
Tina Satchwell: Major breakthrough in search for missing woman as Gardaí find human remains at her home - Irish Mirror
Tina Satchwell mystery: How does a wife and sister vanish into thin air? - Extra.ie
Family 'confused' at husband's claims about wife now missing four months | Irish Independent
Tina Satchwell: Husband Richard, key events & everything we know after she vanished four years ago | RSVP Live
Comment: Disappearance of Tina Satchwell shouldn't be turned into a game | Irish Independent
Prison sentence and fine for a Fermoy window fitter | Irish Independent
Richard Satchwell found guilty of murdering wife Tina in 2017
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A 19-year-old single mother vanishes after a night out in rural Wexford — and nearly three decades later, Fiona Sinnott’s disappearance remains one of Ireland’s most disturbing and unresolved murder investigations.
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Investigation into the Disappearance and Murder of Fiona Sinnott in February 1998 - Garda
Links
Fiona Sinnott search: Family’s hope turns to disappointment as gardaí conclude excavation – The Irish Times
The disappearance of Fiona Sinnott : r/UnresolvedMysteries
Murder case update as Gardai probing mystery 1998 disappearance of Irish mum, 19, launch new open ground search
Murder case update as Gardai probing mystery 1998 disappearance of Irish mum, 19, launch new open ground search
Fiona Sinnott's family: ‘We know who murdered Fiona’
Fiona Sinnott documentary indicates she was victim of abuse up to six months into pregnancy
Ex-boyfriend of missing Fiona sentenced to three months in prison Carroll jailed for threatening cousin | Irish Independent
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