Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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What's Mens Rea: A true crime podcast about?

Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, "guilty mind".

Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.

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104 - Brazen: The murder of...

01.17.2022

57 year old Rose Farrelly was found dead in her own home on the morning of the 15th February 1993. It appeared that the house had been broken into, and then the single woman had been beaten, sexually assaulted and ...

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01.17.2022 104 - Brazen: The murder of Rose Farrelly 57 year old Rose Farrelly was found dead in her own home on the morning of the 15th February 1993. It appeared that the house had been broken into, and then the single woman had been beaten, sexually assaulted and ...
01.04.2022 Introducing Families Who Kill: The Donut Shop Murders In the era of some of the most heinous serial killers of all time, one murderous family went curiously unnoticed: The McCrarys. Led by a psychopathic patriarch and his cunning son-in-law, this Texas clan roamed the country robbing, kidnapping, and ...
12.20.2021 Introducing Killer Psyche What causes people to become killers? KILLER PSYCHE is a true crime podcast from Wondery that covers high-profile cases that shocked the world. Host Candice Delong uses her experience as a clinical psychiatric nurse and FBI Criminal Profiler to dissect ...
12.16.2021 103 - A killing at Christmas: The murder of Maire Rankin On Christmas morning, 2008, 81 year old widow Maire Rankin was not answering the phone. Family members called around to her Newry home to check on her - not only had she been recently ill but it was totally out ...
11.30.2021 102 - The murder of Colleen Mulder In 2004, 41 year old mother of 6, Colleen Mulder was found dead in her bed. Quickly, her husband Anton was arrested. Was Anton being abused? Or was he suffering from a mental disorder? It would take 4 years of ...
11.22.2021 Wondery Presents: The Shrink Next Door Veteran journalist Joe Nocera’s neighbour in the Hamptons was a therapist named Ike. Ike counted celebrities and Manhattan elites as his patients. He’d host star-studded parties at his eccentric vacation house. But one summer, Joe discovered that Ike was gone ...
11.16.2021 101 - A Few Days in May In early May, 1996 - three women were killed violently in their own homes in separate incidents across Ireland. It all occurred in the space of three days. In fact, 1996 would go on to be the year with the ...
10.27.2021 Introducing: Shadow of Truth It’s one of the most haunting murder cases you’ll ever hear about, and it takes place in a small town in Israel. Tair Rada was only 13-years-old when her body was found inside a locked bathroom stall. She was viciously ...
10.24.2021 100 - Provocation & the Gay Panic defence There has been a lot of progress in relation to equal rights and protections for members of the LGBTQ+ in Ireland. However, despite decriminalisation in 1993, and the passage of Marriage Equality in 2015, there is still much to do. ...
10.17.2021 99 - Loose Threads: The murder of Deborah Robinson In 1980, 19 year old Deborah Robinson took a bus from her home in Belfast down to Dublin for the day. She never returned. Her body was found in ditch in rural Co. Kildare, and launched a huge murder investigation. ...
09.28.2021 Introducing: This Is Actually Happening What would you do if a singular moment changed your life forever? This is Actually Happening is a weekly podcast from Wondery that features extraordinary life changing stories told by the people who lived them. We’ve all had powerful moments ...
09.23.2021 98 - A Question of Disorder: The murders of Anne & Annie Gillespie In 1988, Anne Gillespie was 18 years old. She was looking forward to embarking on adult life. There was just one problem - her boyfriend of over three years had begun to behave horribly. She decided to end things. Her ...
09.10.2021 Bonus: The Killing of Fr Niall Molloy In the course of researching the assassination of Veronica Guerin, I came across the mention of files stolen from the offices of the Director of Public Prosecution by Martin Cahill (The General) and his gang. John Traynor told reporter Paul ...
08.23.2021 97 - Part Two: With Impunity 7 years apart, two young and vulnerable teenaged girls went missing - Arlene Arkinson in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1994 and Hannah Williams in London in 2001. The similarities in their cases were no coincidence, but would their murderer ...
08.17.2021 Introducing - Dr. Death Season 3: Miracle Man Paolo is a smart and handsome surgeon, renowned for his ability to perform surgeries that transform his patients’ lives. When television producer Benita covers him for a story, he’ll transform her life too, but not in the ways she expects. ...
08.16.2021 97 - Part One: With Impunity 7 years apart, two young and vulnerable teenaged girls went missing - Arlene Arkinson in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland in 1994 and Hannah Williams in London in 2001. The similarities in their cases were no coincidence, but would their murderer ...
07.26.2021 96 - Nicola Furlong: Murder in the Land of the Rising Sun In May of 2012, Nicola Furlong and her best friend Sarah were enjoying an exciting year on Erasmus in a university in Japan. On the night of the 23rd, the two Wexford girls hit the town to see a Nicki ...
06.28.2021 95 - Desecration: The murder of Patricia O'Connor In the summer of 2017, body parts were discovered strewn across the scenic landscape of the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. Gardai began a wide-scale search and a murder investigation. But only days later a man presented himself at a south ...
06.19.2021 94 - Bonus: Serial - Slawomir Gierlowski In May of 2016, a woman was attacked as she walked to work by a man wielding a knife. In the course of the investigation, the assault was linked to two other crimes - both sexually motivated. Gardai also linked ...
05.31.2021 93 - Never Forget: The murder of Marioara Rostas In January 2008, 18 year old Marioara got into a car on Lombard Street in Dublin City centre, where she and some of her family had been begging for change. She was never seen again. During the garda investigation it ...
05.18.2021 92 - No Excuse: The murder of Mary Doogue In October of 1995, Mary Doogue was beaten to death. She lay in her bed in her cold dark home for 12 hours before she got any medical attention, and died shortly after. Her partner 19 year old Stephen Davis ...
05.03.2021 91 - Pure Thuggery: The murders of Mariusz Szwajkos & Pawel Kalite In February of 2008, two Polish men living and working in Drimnagh, South Dublin were killed in a fight outside their home. Both had been stabbed in the head with a screwdriver. It quickly emerged that the fight had involved ...
04.21.2021 Bonus: CrimeConVersations with Mens Rea & Once Upon a Crime CrimeConVersations is a brand-new True Crime podcast brought to you by CrimeCon UK. In the lead up to CrimeCon UK in London, CrimeCon UK are bringing two favourite podcasts together to find out more about their fascination with True Crime. ...
04.20.2021 Wondery Presents: In God We Lust A woman named Becki is lounging by the pool at the Fontainebleau Hotel when she decides to proposition a strapping pool attendant. To go on a date with her...and her husband. What begins as an unconventional proposition will soon throw ...
04.20.2021 90 - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Siobhan McLoughlin On 28th February 2006, Siobhan McLoughlin was found dead in locked bedroom. At first glance, it looked as if she had tragically taken her own life. But within hours after her death, police and the McLoughlin family felt sure that ...
04.05.2021 89 - The Ordeal: Jennifer Guinness In April of 1986, three armed men burst into a lavish home in Howth. When they left, they brought with them Jennifer Guinness, mother of three and wife of the head of a merchant bank. A ransom was demanded for ...
03.22.2021 88 - Location Unknown: The murder of Meg Walsh In October of 2006, Meg Walsh went missing. She wasn't at her home, and she didn't turn up for work. The garda investigation that followed revealed that Meg had had some troubling experiences recently in her private life. Her body ...
03.08.2021 87 - The Murder of Manuela Riedo Three days after arriving in Galway in October of 2007, 17 year old Swiss girl Manuel Riedo was found dead on some marshy ground just outside the city. The investigation into her murder would reveal a series of crimes committed ...
02.22.2021 86 - Vengeance: The hunt for Raoul Moat Raoul Moat was released from a short stint in prison in 2010. In the days that followed he shot three people, including a Northumberland police officer and went on the run in the quiet town of Rothbury. Police scoured the ...
02.07.2021 85 - Monster in the Garage: Patricia Murphy In May of 1996, a woman's body was found behind a skip in Glasnevin, Dublin city. Late on the 27th, Patricia Murphy had been reported missing from her nearby home. In order for her family to find justice, however, three ...
01.24.2021 84 - Dark Saga: The murder of Philomena Gillane In May of 1994, Philomena Gillane was 7 months pregnant. On the morning of Wednesday the 11th, she left her home early to head to work. But she never arrived. She was found dead in the boot of her own ...
01.19.2021 Introducing: The Apology Line from Wondery If you could call a number and say you’re sorry, and no one would know...what would you apologize for? For fifteen years, you could call a number in Manhattan and do just that. This is the story of the line, ...
01.10.2021 83 - The Disappearance of Philip Cairns On Thursday the 26th of October 1986, Philip Cairns left his Ballyroan Road home after eating his lunch. He was headed back to school. But he never made it there. An intensive search followed, but there were no signs of ...
12.20.2020 82 - Frenzied: Redvers Bickley On Saturday, September 9th 2017, a group of women were celebrating a 25th birthday in a house in Rhyl, Wales. Tyler Denton was hosting the party for her new girlfriend Hayley Barnett. It was supposed to be a girls night ...
12.18.2020 Introducing Crime Weekly Hear an exclusive clip from the new true crime podcast, Crime Weekly. Crime Weekly is a co-production from Audioboom and Main Event Media. Join hosts Derrick Levasseur and Stephanie Harlowe every Friday as they discuss all the crime headlines of ...
12.08.2020 Wondery Presents: Death of a Starlet Nineteen eighty was going to be Dorothy Stratten’s year. Playboy’s Hugh Hefner thought it might even be her decade. She was just 20 years old, the girl next door with the shy smile and whispery voice who didn’t know her ...
12.06.2020 81 - A Voyage of Fiction: The Murder of Aoife Phelan In October of 2012, 30 year old Aoife Phelan went missing without a trace. Aoife had simply left a friends house and vanished with no sign of what might become of her. A garda investigation began to find the woman ...
11.22.2020 80 - Trauma: The murder of Wayne McQuillan In the early hours New Year's day, 2014 Wayne McQuillan stumbled out of a house in Rathmullen Park, Drogheda Co Louth. He was covered in blood. Paula Farrell, his partner would face trial for his murder three times. But did ...
11.09.2020 79 - Savage: The murder of James Healy In February of 1996, 16 year old James Healy was found brutally beaten in a field near his home in Tralee. It wouldn't be long before gardai zeroed in on their prime suspect - a 25 year old man diagnosed ...
10.25.2020 78 - The Field: The killing of Paddy Daly In January of 1996, 69 year old bachelor farmer Paddy Daly went missing from his home just outside Killarney in Co. Kerry. His family told the press and the police that they were baffled as to what had become of ...
10.13.2020 77 - The Murder of Georgina Eager In May of 2003, family members discovered the body of Georgina Eager in the bedroom of her flat. The knife used to kill her was still protruding from her neck. A man was arrested shortly after in London, who admitted ...
09.29.2020 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 ...
09.13.2020 75 - Pathological: The murders of Lesley Clarke & Trevor Buchanan In May of 1991, the bodies of Lesley Clarke and Trevor Buchanan were discovered in a fume filled car, parked in Lesley's deceased father's garage. The deaths were ruled a tragic double suicide - probably the result of the affair ...
08.17.2020 74 - Marilyn Rynn: The Shortcut In December of 1995, 41 year old Marilyn Rynn disappeared after attending her workplace Christmas party. Two weeks later her body was found hidden in bushes at a park near to her home. She had been attacked as she took ...
08.02.2020 73 - The Park: The killing of Rachel Kiely 22 year old Rachel Kiely left home in Ballincollig, Co. Cork with her two dogs on the afternoon of the 26th of October 2000. Her dogs returned to the house, but she didn't. A few hours later, her body was ...
07.19.2020 72 - The Missing Postman: Larry Griffin On Christmas Day, 1929, postman Larry Griffen went to work in the small village of Stradbally, Co Waterford. As he called into homes with the post, he was thanked with tips and a few drinks. That night, Larry never made ...
07.05.2020 71 - A Walk in the Dark: The murder of Rachel Moran In the early hours of New Years Day 2003, Rachel Moran decided leave her parents house and make the 20 minute walk to her own flat. Her worried mother tried to stop her, but Rachel said she would be fine: ...
06.22.2020 70 - Lives of Violence: Robert Mone In 1967, a teacher was shot in her classroom in Dundee. In 1976, two men escaped a mental hospital and killed three others in the process. In 1979, three women were found beaten and strangled in a flat in Dundee. ...
06.17.2020 Introducing: Murder in Hollywoodland It's February 2nd 1922, and all of Hollywood is about to wake up and learn that William Desmond Taylor, the most famous film director in town, was murdered in his home last night. The investigation will shine a light on ...
06.07.2020 69 - The Emergency: The IRA, spies and the murder of Michael Devereux In 1940, 24 year old Michael Devereux disappeared from his home in Co Wexford. A year later, his body would be discovered buried in an isolated part of Co Tipperary. A number of men who were known members of the ...

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