A handsome young couple go to an island off the coast of Ireland to paint, bathe and...murder? In episode 20 of Yesterday's Chip Paper, Jim tells the story of the Ireland's Eye Murder, also known as the Kirwan Case. This true crime story has every element of a classic Victorian scandal: the untimely death of a - repeatedly described in every newspaper as - beautiful young woman, lies, deceit, more lies, lies about those lies and for some unrelated reason a surprise skeleton. 

Also in this episode, is window ham genuine? 

Yesterday's Chip Paper is a fortnighly(ish) history podcast that looks at true crime, bizarre stories, and curious characters from historic newspaper archives. Your hosts, Jim and Violet, are two amateur researchers based on opposite sides of the Atlantic - Jim in New York and Violet in London - who come together twice a month to tell each other about the bonkers tales they've found in historic newspaper archives from across the world.

Archives used in this episode: British Newspaper Archive www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/

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