Red Room: A True Crime Podcast

An Irish Fenian bombing in Victorian London led to mass panic, a controversial trial, and the execution of Michael Barrett., who would become the last man hanged in Britain.

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"The Irish invasion": how the Irish Famine changed Scotland

Irish immigration to Scotland

t18680406-412 | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

https://www.theirishstory.com/category/history/irish-history/

https://www.irishdemocrat.co.uk/features/michael-barrett/

Executed men remembered in London | An Phoblacht

Michael Barrett (1841-1868) - The forgotten Fenian from Fermanagh: By Fr Joe McVeigh | An Phoblacht

Irish Republicanism in Scotland, 1858–1916: Fenians in exile – History Ireland

Michael Barrett: a Fenian remembered

Barrett, Michael | Dictionary of Irish Biography

On This Day: The Clerkenwell Outrage, 13th December, 1867 – Turbulent Isles

150 years ago today, a Fenian became the last person to be publicly executed in England

Burke, Ricard O'Sullivan | Dictionary of Irish Biography

The Times Report of the Last Public Hanging in England

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Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! To celebrate, I thought I'd rerelease an episode from 2024 when we did a series on Haunted Ireland.

This episode covers some spooky, dark and haunting True Crime Cases from Ireland's Victorian era.

Enjoy!

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On Christmas Day 1929, postman Larry Griffin rode into the village of Stradbally to deliver the mail and vanished. His bike was found abandoned the next morning, but his body was never recovered. Nearly a century later, the disappearance of Ireland’s “missing postman” remains unsolved.

Sources 

Mystery still surrounds 1929 disappearance of Co Waterford postman

The strange case of the country postman who vanished one Christmas Day

CSÍ The Missing Postman Part One

The missing postman | Irish Independent

Remembering The Missing Postman - The Munster Express

The Case Of The Missing Postman | Liveline - RTÉ Radio 1

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Kyran Durnin was reported missing in 2024, but investigators later discovered he had not been seen since 2022, despite prior contact with child protection services. How does a child known to the system disappear for over two years without detection?

Links

Kyran: The Lost Boy

Drogheda Mum pleads with her missing daughter to get in touch

Man questioned in Kyran Durnin murder case found dead

Drogheda boy may have been killed over two years ago - gardaí

Kyran Durnin: Search ends in 'extraordinary' missing child case

| School ‘was told missing pupil Kyran Durnin was in hospital with Covid-19’

How the trail on missing Kyran Durnin ran cold after May 2022

Woman questioned by gardai over disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin returns to Ireland - Irish Mirror

https://archive.is/ME6pS#selection-4972.2-5061.91

Tusla chief says no referrals of concern made about Kryan Durnin from 2022-24 | BreakingNews

Exclusive: Stories of two key witnesses in Kyran Durnin case at odds

Daniel Aruebose gardai hone in on injury 'before death' in new probe revelations after 2 suspects quizzed on bruising

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Alpho O'Reilly helped shape Irish television from day one, designing iconic RTÉ productions — and then, in 1996, he vanished without a trace. Decades later, his name resurfaced in probate records tied to a €500,000 estate, raising unsettling questions about why his disappearance was met with such silence.

Links

Former RTE man missing

A fresh twist in the mysterious tale of Alpho O'Reilly

1553DMIRL - Alpho O'Reilly 

Alpho O’Reilly (Dublin)

Disappearance of Alpho O’Reilly | Ireland’s Unsolved Mystery (E77)

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In this bonus episode, we investigate the renewed forensic search on the Kildare-Wicklow border, exploring whether "credible new information" can finally solve the decades-old murders of Deirdre Jacob and Jo Jo Dullard.

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This is a re-release from an episode originally published in April 2024. Since this episode originally aired, there have been no significant updates to Trevor Deely's case, despite a new appeal made by the Deelys & Gardaí on the 25th Anniversary of his disappearance last December.

Missing Person Trevor Deely

Trevor Deely Age Progression

Missing Persons Helpline Donations

National Missing Persons Helpline

Missing Persons Unit Garda

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Lisa Dorrian vanished from County Down over twenty years ago, and what followed has been described by police and her family as a “wall of silence,” with paramilitary allegations complicating the search for answers ever since.

Sources:

PSNI official missing person profile (psni.police.uk)

Lisa Dorrian: Police release unseen CCTV footage 20 years on from disappearance

Renewed appeal issued on 20th anniversary of Lisa Dorrian's murder | Newstalk

Graffiti identifies suspect in Dorrian murder case

'I know where Lisa's body is buried,' 

Man arrested on suspicion of murder is released

'We just want our daughter's body back'

https://archive.is/unjBV#selection-3767.17-3771.82

Lisa Dorrian CCTV

EXCLUSIVE: FORMER BOYFRIEND OF LISA DORRIAN

Drugs, guns and the rule of pure fear | Irish Independent

https://archive.is/JtUr3#selection-3159.0-3163.197

THE LOST WEEKEND

CCTV footage of Lisa Dorrian released on 20th anniversary 

Graffiti identifies suspect in Dorrian murder case?

Timeline: The disappearance of Lisa Dorrian - BBC News

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A thirteen-year-old boy vanishes on a ten-minute walk to school, and nearly forty years later, Philip Cairns’ disappearance remains one of Ireland’s most unsettling missing persons cases.

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Links

29 years on: The unsolved mystery of 13-year-old Philip Cairns

Gardaí: Paedophile may have killed Philip Cairns

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30409915.html

https://archive.is/4ER8z

https://archive.is/fHR0e

Never found: Schoolboy Philip Cairns went missing 30 years ago today

March marks 30 years since Philip Cairns disappeared

Interview with Emma McMemamy with Nicola Tallant October 2021

https://archive.is/UJgba

Gardaí: Paedophile may have killed Philip Cairns

https://archive.is/2TlBN

DJ put away for 10 years over abuse of girls in home | Irish Independent

RTEs Solved and Unsolved 

Convicted Paedophile Eamon Cooke Knew Jimmy Savile | Hotpress.

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An investigation into the 2017 disappearance of Tina Satchwell and the six-year deception by her husband, Richard, that ended with a shocking discovery under the stairs of their family home.

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Links:

Tina Satchwell case: A timeline of the investigation into her disappearance – The Irish Times.

Senior officer can't answer why invasive search was not carried out of Richard Satchwell's house

Garda describes searching 'untidy' Satchwell home as jury shown photos inside Youghal house | Cork Beo

The Disturbing Case of Tina Satchwell [True Crime Documentary]

The Trial of Richard Satchwell | Original Documentary

Richard Satchwell trial hears gardaí in Youghal became increasingly suspicious during search for Tina Satchwell.

Tina Satchwell: ‘Funny, bubbly and independent. She was kind and considerate’.

Truck driver Richard Satchwell jailed for murdering wife Tina after her remains were found under stairs | UK News.

The Tina Dingivan Story - A Tragic Case That Shook Ireland

The Murder of Tina Satchwell: Timeline, Trial & Richard's Media Interviews

Tina Satchwell case: Man (50s) rearrested as remains found at Cork house after Garda search

Tina Satchwell: Major breakthrough in search for missing woman as Gardaí find human remains at her home - Irish Mirror

Tina Satchwell mystery: How does a wife and sister vanish into thin air? - Extra.ie

Family 'confused' at husband's claims about wife now missing four months | Irish Independent

Tina Satchwell: Husband Richard, key events & everything we know after she vanished four years ago | RSVP Live

Comment: Disappearance of Tina Satchwell shouldn't be turned into a game | Irish Independent

Prison sentence and fine for a Fermoy window fitter | Irish Independent

Richard Satchwell found guilty of murdering wife Tina in 2017

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