76 - House of Horrors: Cork's Missing Men

Just before Christmas 1994, Patch O'Driscoll went missing from his bedsit in Cork City. When the garda investigation began into his missing persons case, it was discovered two other men had also disappeared from the very same house on Wellington Terrace. Though there was no evidence of a crime scene inside the large dilapidated building, the cause was certainly within. 

But there would be few answers and no justice in the case.

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Sources: 

Dick Cross, “Concern grows over missing trio mystery” in The Irish Independent (14 February 1995) p. 4. 

“Fear for safety of missing 3 men” in The Evening Herald (14 February 1995) p. 1 

Stephen Rae and Dick Cross, “Mystery deepens as flats trio disappear” in The Evening Herald (14 February 1995) p. 4 

“Missing men baffle gardai” in The Evening Herald (15 February 1995) p. 4. 

Dick Cross, “Gardai draw a total blank in search for missing trio” in The Irish Independent (15 February 1995) p. 3. 

Dick Cross and Michael Quinn, “Sighting reports in missing men mystery” in The Irish Independent (16 February 1995) p. 6. 

Anne Marie O'Connor, “I'm sure he's still alive, says father” in The Wexford People (16 February 1995) p.p. 1,3. 

Dick Cross, “Missing man left prize unclaimed” in The Irish Independent (17 February 1995) p. 3. 

"The waiting game” in The Irish Independent (18 February 1995) p. 6. 

“Evidence points to macabre findings” in The Irish Independent (18 February 1995) 6. 

“Occult link now thought unlikely” in The Irish Independent (18 February 1995) p. 6. 

Feargal Keane, “Missing Cork three feared dead” in The Sunday Tribune (19 February 1995) p. 4. 

Ann Cahill, “Gardai believe missing Cork trio are dead' in The Sunday Independent (19 February 1995) p. 3. 

Stephen Rae and Dick Cross, “Missing men 'killed'” in The Evening Herald (20 February 1995) p. 13. 

Dick Cross, “Gardai draw a blank in hunt for trio” in The Irish Independent (21 February 1990) p. 7. 

“Search goes ahead” in The Irish Independent (23 February 1995) p. 6. 

“Gardai intensify hunt for three missing men” in The Irish Independent (25 February 1995) p. 3. 

Mark Smith, “Dark secrets of the house on the hill” in The Sunday Independent (12 March 1995) p. 4. 

“Missing men's house combed” in The Irish Independent (17 March 1995) p. 10 

Dee O'Sullivan, “Missing 3: house sealed off” in The Sunday Tribune (19 March 1995) p. 2. 

“Sister of missing man is threatened” in The Irish Independent (11 April 1995) p. 6. 

Paul Williams, “Missing men 'executed' by drugs family” in The Sunday World (16 April 1995) p. 4. 

Dick Cross, “Search continues for missing man” in The Irish Independent (24 April 1995) p. 4. 

“Garden dig for missing trio” in The Evening Herald (15 May 1995) p. 4. 

Dick Cross, “Gardai search team start digging” in The Irish Independent (16 May 1995) p. 14. 

Dick Cross, “Gardai dig up garden in hunt for missing men” in The Irish Independent (16 May 1995) 

Dick Cross, “Cork dig: two suspected” in The Evening Herald (16 May 1995) p. 2. 

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