We are taking it way back in this episode, all the way back to 1761. The 300 year old madam, Dorcas "Darkey" Kelly was accused of sacrificing her infant child in a ritual killing by the man who fathered the child, and for centuries many thought she was executed for witchcraft. However, she was reportedly hiding other skeletons in her closet. Join us as we investigate the case of Darkey Kelly, Ireland's first serial killer.
Sources:
https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2018/02/15/darkey-kelly-brothel-keeper-of-dublin/
Nigel Cawthorne: Killer Women: Chilling, Dark and Gripping True Crime Stories of Women Who Kill, Hachette Press, London, 2018.
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Waylon Jordan: The Strange Case of Ireland’s Darkey Kelly. Published on Paranormal Investigating, 28th June 2017, accessed on the 25th October 2018. http://paranormalinvestigating.com/strange-case-irelands-darkey-kelly/
Alan O’Keeffe: Truth about Darkey Kelly, burned as a ‘witch’ 250 years ago… but who was really a serial killer, The Herald, 8th January 2011.
https://fringerebels.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/darkey-kelly-witch-killer-or-ghost/
https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/darkey-kelly-witch-serial-killer-or-wronged-woman
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