Ireland

The Secret Life of Ms. Carroll

The episode covers Eimear Carroll, an Irish primary school teacher and mother whose secret double life came to light.

A Deadly American Marriage

A Deadly American Marriage is a Netflix documentary about the 2015 fatal assault of Irish businessman Jason Corbett by his wife Molly Martens Corbett and her father, former FBI agent Thomas Martens.

Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe uses the 1972 abduction and murder of Belfast widow Jean McConville to illuminate the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Through IRA members and victims' families, the book explores violence, memory and the unresolved reckoning of a long conflict.

A Thread of Violence

Mark O'Connell examines Malcolm Macarthur, the genteel, well-educated Dubliner whose brutal 1982 double murder scandalized Ireland and brought down a government minister. Through extensive interviews with the killer himself, the book probes self-deception, class privilege and the deeply unsettling ordinariness of a man capable of sudden, catastrophic violence.

New Podcast Reopens Ireland's Sandra Collins Mystery

A new nine-part podcast, Ghost: The Disappearance of Sandra Collins, examines the unsolved case of the 28-year-old woman who vanished from Killala, County Mayo, on 4 December 2000. Hosted by Nicola Tallant with journalist Jenny Friel, the series revisits a case that was upgraded to murder in 2010 but remains unresolved.

New Podcast Reopens Mysterious Irish Disappearance from 1976

Pushkin Industries and the acclaimed Bad Women brand have released a new podcast series about an unsolved disappearance in Ireland in September 1976 — and the investigation has already made contact with around a dozen witnesses who have never previously come forward.

Dublin's True Crime Walking Tour Covers Gangland and Historic Heists

From the 1907 Crown Jewels theft to the 1996 murder of journalist Veronica Guerin, Dublin's streets hold more dark history than most cities dare admit.

Stolen Sister: The 49-Year Fight for Justice

In late August 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett vanished from Brittas Bay in County Wicklow, Ireland. Her body was discovered weeks later—raped, strangled, and bound to a lawnmower. Nearly 50 years later, her sisters are demanding justice for a crime that was never prosecuted.

Ireland's First Serial Killers: The Stolen Sister Case

In August and September 1976, English serial killers Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw abducted, raped, and murdered two young Irish women in what became known as Ireland's first serial killing case. Despite confessing to both murders, neither man was ever convicted of the crimes.

Houdini Hinds: The Man Who Escaped Justice Three Times

Alfred George Hinds, born in London in 1917, became one of Britain's most notorious escapees after his conviction for the 1953 Maple Jewelry Store robbery. Claiming innocence, he engineered three audacious prison escapes and ultimately won a libel case that vindicated his claims.