Ireland Crimes and Mysteries

On 21 June 2020, 14-year-old Noah Donohoe left home in Belfast on his bike to meet friends. He never arrived.
Six days later, his body was found in a storm drain in north Belfast.
In this episode, I go through the evidence heard at the inquest into Noah’s death, including the CCTV footage, the search for Noah, and what the court heard about his final movements.
And six years on, the question at the heart of it is still the same: how did Noah come to be there?
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In this week's episode Nules looks into the case of Ciara Glennon, a young woman whose disappearance in 1997 still resonates decades later. On a seemingly ordinary night, Ciara left her friends in Perth after a night out to walk the short distance to a taxi rank, only to vanish without a trace, setting off a search and investigation that would span more than twenty years. Her story uncovers a tangled web of crime, forensic breakthroughs, and relentless hope, culminating in a conviction that finally brings her Irish born parents, family and friends some answers. You'll discover how decades old evidence, modern DNA analysis, and a determined family kept the case alive through the darkest years and how this case became one of Australia's most significant criminal cases.
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If you are attending the All Together Now festival over the bank holiday weekend, make sure you come down and see us all at the GoLoud Stage
I'll be there at 5pm on Sunday 2nd August chatting about the podcast and all things true crime, So come down and say hello !!

In this week’s episode, Nules looks into the case of John O’Grady, a farmer in Ireland whose violent actions sparked a legal battle that questioned the very nature of sanity and justice. In a time when Ireland was ravaged by famine and desperation, O’Grady’s murders of his wife and servant girl raised darker questions about what it means to be sane when the mind is clouded by paranoia.
You’ll discover how a man’s twisted beliefs about the women in his household led to a brutal double murder, and how the legal system struggled to decide if his mind was genuinely sick or simply pretending. We break down the clues in his confusing confessions, the medical debates that followed in a case, and the impact of Ireland’s harsh social climate on the case.
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In this week's episode Nules looks into the case of Philomena Gillane, a woman whose life was torn apart in rural Ireland and whose murder has haunted her family for over three decades. On a quiet morning in 1994, Philomena disappeared, only for her body to be found weeks later in her own car, shot and stabbed in a manner that left so many questions unanswered. Her husband was convicted of soliciting her death, but no one has ever been charged with actually killing her. Nules unravels the story of a secret affair, threatening encounters, and talk of unidentified men near her home that day, revealing how a woman’s brutal murder remains a mystery even years later. You'll discover how justice was elusive in a rural community weighed down the devastating impact of this crime.
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Most Irish women in the 1950s faced impossible choices: a criminalized abortion, the judgment of a society that refused to accept their reality, and a legal system that turned tragedy into murder. But behind the headlines and courtrooms lies a heartbreaking story of a desperate mother, Helen O'Reilly, who trusted the wrong person and paid the ultimate price. Her death wasn't just an accident; it was a reckless act driven by a system that left her with nowhere to turn. Join Nules as we navigate this tragic story.
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