Weekly True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries, hosted & produced by Jenny Claffey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 5, 2026 · 29:49
On March 31st, 1973, 18-year-old Marian Beattie was found partially clothed at the bottom of Hadden’s Quarry near Aughnacloy, hours after leaving a charity dance with an…
Sep 28, 2026 · 34:54
In April 1988, eighteen-year-old German student Inga Maria Hauser boarded a ferry from Scotland to Northern Ireland during a solo InterRail trip. Fourteen days later, her body…
Sep 14, 2026 · 51:48
This episode was first published on Patreon on February 2025. In 1985 a local and beloved priest was found dead in the bedroom of a high-society couple in Offaly. These were no…
Sep 7, 2026 · 28:48
In January 2005, 36-year-old Shaun Duffy returned to his home in Meenacross, Donegal, after celebrating his younger brother’s birthday. Hours later, he was found dead in his…
Aug 31, 2026 · 26:30
In May 1998, 83-year-old shopkeeper Eddie Fitzmaurice was attacked and left bound in the bedroom above his drapery shop in Bellaghy, where he remained undiscovered for five days.…
Aug 24, 2026 · 34:00
In the early hours of 11 February 1984, 23-year-old Patrick Nugent was found fatally injured after managing an anniversary party at Bunratty Folk Park. With two damaged cars,…
Aug 18, 2026 · 35:22
On 30 November 1997, Galway taxi driver Eileen Costello O’Shaughnessy disappeared after accepting one final fare. Her bloodstained taxi, 17 unexplained miles and a series of…
Jul 28, 2026 · 42:03
This week we’re discussing the 1971 disappearance, and presumed murder, of 19-year-old Una Lynskey. We'll examine the deeply flawed Garda investigation that followed, and the…
Jul 20, 2026 · 31:56
In May 1988, 25-year-old Priscilla Clarke disappeared after reportedly setting out on horseback near the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. This episode examines the official…
Jul 13, 2026 · 29:35
This week, we’re discussing the disappearance and suspected murders of William Maughan and his pregnant girlfriend, Anastasija “Anna” Varslavane. In April 2015, the couple were…
Jul 6, 2026 · 30:27
21-year-old Paul Quinn was lured to a farm shed on the Monaghan-Armagh border in October 2007 and beaten to death in one of the most shocking killings in modern Irish history.…
Jun 29, 2026 · 34:42
In 2019, 15-year-old French-Irish teenager Nóra Quoirin disappeared from a rainforest resort in Malaysia while on holiday with her family. What followed was a devastating search,…
Jun 22, 2026 · 36:52
In 1973, seven-year-old John Horgan was murdered by his teenage neighbour in one of the most disturbing crimes in Irish history. This episode looks at the killing, the occult and…
Jun 15, 2026 · 39:47
In 1992, Grace Livingstone was murdered inside her home in Malahide, Dublin, but the investigation soon became almost as controversial as the crime itself. With a husband under…
May 13, 2026 · 1:05:25
In this episode, I’m joined by bestselling author and crime journalist Barry Cummins to discuss his new book, Buried Secrets , the definitive account of the murder of Tina…
May 11, 2026 · 33:41
In 1940, Mary “Moll” McCarthy was found shot dead in a field in rural Tipperary. Within months, Harry Gleeson, the farm labourer who reported her body to Gardaí, was convicted…
May 4, 2026 · 32:27
Anne Devlin was a woman long remembered as a loyal housekeeper to an infamous revolutionary, when she was really a courier, conspirator and trusted rebel operative. In this…
Apr 27, 2026 · 35:29
25-year-old Honour Bright was found shot and killed in Ticknock in June 1925. Despite multiple eyewitnesses placing her in a car with a Doctor and a Garda Superintendent, the two…
Apr 20, 2026 · 29:11
Today we’re looking at the case of Annie Walsh, the last woman ever executed in Ireland. Convicted of murdering her husband in 1925, her story is often reduced to a scandalous…
Apr 13, 2026 · 33:25
Burke and Hare are two of the most infamous serial killers in history, but they weren’t typical murderers. In 1828, Edinburgh, they killed at least 16 people and sold their…
Apr 7, 2026 · 30:00
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. Join…
Mar 17, 2026 · 32:29
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…
Mar 9, 2026 · 32:36
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…
Mar 3, 2026 · 38:10
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…
Feb 23, 2026 · 32:55
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…
Feb 20, 2026 · 20:03
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…
Feb 16, 2026 · 32:54
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,…
Feb 9, 2026 · 36:11
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…
Feb 2, 2026 · 32:00
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…
Jan 26, 2026 · 35:32
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…
Jan 19, 2026 · 30:39
A 19-year-old single mother vanishes after a night out in rural Wexford — and nearly three decades later, Fiona Sinnott’s disappearance remains one of Ireland’s most disturbing…
Oct 6, 2025 · 32:05
In July 1998, 18-year-old Deirdre Jacob vanished without a trace on her short walk home in Newbridge, County Kildare — a disappearance that remains one of Ireland’s most baffling…
Sep 29, 2025 · 32:46
On January 3rd, 1993, Imelda Keenan would leave her small apartment to collect her social welfare. The walk was a short one, only 7 minutes according to Google Maps. Before she…
Sep 15, 2025 · 29:40
This week we look at the disappearance of 17-year-old Ciara Breen, who vanished from her Dundalk home in 1997 in a case that remains unsolved to this day. Vote for Red Room In…
Sep 8, 2025 · 27:44
This week, we look at the disappearance of 33-year-old mother of seven Barbara Walsh, who vanished without trace from her home in the remote Connemara Gaeltacht after a…
Sep 1, 2025 · 27:34
This week, we look at the disappearance of 25-year-old Fiona Pender from Tullamore, a young woman seven months pregnant who vanished without a trace in 1996. Vote for Red Room In…
Aug 25, 2025 · 34:55
This week, we’re looking at the disappearance of Sandra Collins, a 28-year-old woman from Killala, Co Mayo, whose 2000 case was later upgraded to murder but remains unsolved.…
Aug 18, 2025 · 30:32
This week, we’re looking at the disappearance of 39-year-old Eva Brennan, who vanished from Terenure in July 1993, and why her case never received the attention it deserved.…
Aug 11, 2025 · 25:10
This week, we look at the 2003 disappearance of 36-year-old Claire Boylan, and how her case became one of the many in Ireland that seemed to vanish from public view almost as…
Aug 5, 2025 · 30:06
JoJo Dullard, a 21-year-old woman from County Kilkenny, vanished without a trace in 1995 while hitchhiking home, sparking decades of unanswered questions, conspiracy theories,…
Jul 28, 2025 · 30:06
How did 37-year-old Esra Uyrun vanish in the early morning of February 2011, on a run for bread and milk, never to be seen again? Her car was found hours later at Bray Head,…
Jul 21, 2025 · 32:22
It’s been over 30 years since Annie McCarrick vanished from her new home in Dublin. After decades of dead ends and misdirection, Gardaí finally arrested a man in connection with…
Jul 1, 2025 · 50:01
A deep dive into the scandal-stacked career of influencer Brittany Dawn, from fitness fraud to faith-based grifts, and how she’s managed to stay afloat through lawsuits,…
Jun 23, 2025 · 1:02:53
An in-depth look at YouTuber, Teal Swan’s rise, from a troubled past to a controversial spiritual leader, and the dark claims that surround her growing empire. This episode was…
Jun 16, 2025 · 45:16
This week, we explore how YouTuber Freelee the Banana Girl weaponised veganism to build a harmful cult-like following, spreading dangerous health misinformation and leaving real…
Jun 9, 2025 · 30:08
Jay Mazini rose to fame online by handing out cash and preaching generosity, but behind the scenes, he was running elaborate scams that defrauded his own followers out of…
Jun 4, 2025 · 16:08
This is an excerpt of a 2025 episode of Red Room called The Zizians: From Rationalism to Radicalism that is hosted over on Patreon. It discusses a 2025 tech-cult known as The…
Jun 2, 2025 · 46:08
Bentinho Massaro is a self-styled spiritual guru with a massive online following and a string of disturbing allegations trailing behind him; from utopian dreams in Sedona to cult…
May 26, 2025 · 42:09
Sherry Shriner was a YouTuber who claimed to fight reptilian overlords...until her online cult was linked to suicide, paranoia, and murder. This is the dark side of digital…
Apr 14, 2025 · 30:17
Emer O'Loughlin was a 23-year-old artist with a bright future—until her life was robbed on Friday, April 8th, 2005. What was first treated as a tragic accident soon unraveled…
Apr 7, 2025 · 31:58
In 1978, 26-year-old Dutch woman Leidy Kaspersma vanished after stepping out of a car on a rural road near Kenmare, County Kerry. Decades later, her disappearance remains…
Mar 31, 2025 · 26:28
In 1947, 16-year-old Jimmy O’Neill left for work in Waterford and was never seen again. Did he stow away to England, start a new life, or meet a darker fate? For decades, his…
Mar 24, 2025 · 28:53
Seventeen-year-old Raonaid Murray was walking home through the quiet streets of Glenageary, Dublin, when she was brutally attacked—just minutes from her front door. Despite…
Mar 18, 2025 · 30:15
In 1991, Conor and Sheila O’Dwyer vanished without a trace from their home in Fermoy, County Cork—an elderly couple with no reason to disappear, yet it took three weeks before…
Mar 10, 2025 · 34:26
In 1977, six-year-old Mary Boyle vanished without a trace from remote Donegal, making her Ireland’s longest-running missing child case. Decades later, her disappearance remains a…
Mar 3, 2025 · 41:54
In February 2019, Jón Jónsson, a 41-year-old Icelandic man, walked out of his Dublin hotel in broad daylight—and was never seen again. No phone, no wallet, no known reason for…
Feb 24, 2025 · 40:11
In December 1991, Patricia Doherty left her home in Tallaght to go Christmas shopping—she was never seen alive again. Her body was discovered months later in the Wicklow…
Feb 12, 2025 · 12:04
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Jan 7, 2025 · 46:22
In honour of Robert Egger's long-awaited Nosferatu, I wanted to release this episode initially published back in October for Spooky Month, on Patreon. While there are hundreds of…
Dec 18, 2024 · 15:05
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Nov 20, 2024 · 15:53
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Oct 28, 2024 · 26:26
This week, in our season finale, we explore Ireland's infamous witch trials, uncovering the dark tales of Dame Alice Kyteler, Florence Newton, and the Islandmagee witches. From…
Oct 21, 2024 · 32:29
Step back into Victorian-era Ireland, where three gruesome murders left a trail of fear and mystery. This week, we delve into the burning of a witch, the cannibalism of a sailor…
Oct 14, 2024 · 25:35
Join us this week in exploring the stories associated with some of Ireland's most haunted houses, castles and abbeys. From the haunted tapestry room in Loftus Hall to how a nun…
Oct 7, 2024 · 21:39
The Dullahan is a sinister, headless rider from Irish folklore, who rides atop a black horse, carrying his severed head under one arm. With glowing eyes and a grin that stretches…
Sep 23, 2024 · 37:12
This week we investigate the rise and controversy surrounding Christina Gallagher's House of Prayer on Achill Island, uncovering the mystery behind its alleged miracles,…
Sep 16, 2024 · 47:04
content warning: this episode mentions instances of childhood sexual abuse What does a suburban Pacific Northwest housewife, a former Irish priest and Q Anon members have in…
Sep 9, 2024 · 1:09:17
QAnon is many things; a conspiracy theory, a digital phenomenon and according to many, a cult that has taken over the minds of their loved ones. This week we are deep-diving on…
Sep 2, 2024 · 36:23
Today we're exploring the life of Tony Quinn, the Irish spiritual leader who built a global following with his Educo program, which has been accused of being a cult. We'll…
Aug 26, 2024 · 38:59
In this episode, we explore the rise and fall of Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult behind Japan's deadliest act of domestic terrorism. We’ll uncover how a seemingly spiritual…
Aug 19, 2024 · 32:30
Cults are not always whacky organised communities that live in a commune... in fact, many modern-day cults exist right under our noses. New-age spiritual gurus have gentrified…
Aug 12, 2024 · 33:12
Turns out there was not just one, but two cults that lived in that big 8-bedroom house in Donegal. In 1982, the house changed hands to a group called The Silver Sisterhood, but…
Aug 12, 2024 · 32:09
On the North West Coast of Ireland is a small fishing village called Burtonport. On the surface, it is similar to many of Ireland's more rural villages however scratch the…
Jul 17, 2024 · 10:10
This is a clip from a recent 90 minute deep dive hosted exclusively in its entirety over on Patreon. WWW.PATREON.COM/REDROOMPOD To access bonus weekly episodes of Red Room join…
May 20, 2024 · 29:39
Amy Fitzpatrick was just 15 years old when she vanished without a trace on New Year's Day 2008 in Mijas, Spain. Amy was last seen walking home from a friend's house, but she…
May 13, 2024 · 31:18
Celine Cawley knew what she wanted from life. She began modelling as a teen, and by her early 20s she had landed a bit part in a 007 movie with Rodger Moore. However, she was not…
May 6, 2024 · 30:12
On January 3rd, 1993, Imelda Keenan would leave her small apartment to collect her social welfare. The walk was a short one, only 7 minutes according to Google Maps. Before she…
Apr 28, 2024 · 28:25
If the rumours about Countess Elizabeth Bathóry are true, she would be one of history's most violent serial killers. Known as The Blood Countess, living high in her castle in…
Apr 22, 2024 · 33:06
25-year-old Honour Bright was found shot and killed in Ticknock in June 1925. Despite multiple eyewitnesses placing her in a car with a Doctor and a Garda Superintendent, the two…
Apr 15, 2024 · 33:28
Trevor Deely would disappear without a trace, after attending his work Christmas party in December 2000, in Dublin Ireland. He has been described as having reddish blonde hair,…
Apr 8, 2024 · 42:33
In the middle of the night, on March 6th 1997, an intruder broke into number 1 Orchard View, Grangegorman and brutally killed two women in their sixties. This attack terrified…
Apr 1, 2024 · 44:17
Playboy Magazine is much more than a publication; it's a lifestyle. The women who have graced it's glossy pages become consumed in their life as Playboy Bunnies, and have done so…
Mar 29, 2024 · 1:18:59
CW: sexual abuse, domestic violence, grooming Sean Combs, also known as Puff, Puff Daddy, P Diddy and ‘Love’ has been one of the most prominent figures in hip hop for over 30…
Mar 25, 2024 · 36:46
Mary Gough was married for 6 months to her childhood sweetheart Colin Whelan. They were planning a family and renovating their home. Everything looked perfect, but behind closed…
Mar 18, 2024 · 33:08
When teenager Bianca Devins asked her online friend to bring her to a concert of her favourite musician, she did so because she trusted him. Bianca had grown a following on…
Mar 11, 2024 · 29:21
This week we discuss the harrowing true story of the Scissor Sisters murders that shocked Ireland and captured international attention in 2005. Charlotte and Linda Mulhall,…
Mar 4, 2024 · 48:43
This week we're exploring a cold case that has fascinated True Crime fans for decades: the mystery of the Black Dahlia. Elizabeth Short was murdered in 1947. Her death was…
Jan 15, 2024 · 1:24:53
In light of the recently unsealed Epstein documents, this week myself and Shannon from Fluently Forward took a look at some od the allegations not spoken about too often in the…
Jan 4, 2024 · 36:23
On Wednesday a 900-page document pertaining to notorious paedophile and sex trafficker, Jeffrey Epstein, was released under the order of US Judge Loretta Preska. This week I'm…
Oct 16, 2023 · 25:43
Did you know one of the world's most famous Exorcists was Irish? Father Malachi Martin was a fascinating man, who lived quite an incredible life. As well as studying The Dead Sea…
Oct 3, 2023 · 1:07:08
This week we are looking at the original Cancel Culture… The Witch Trial! For 300 years our go-to allegation against someone we didn’t like or trust was of course, that they must…
Sep 19, 2023 · 58:43
Content Warning: In this episode of Red Room we discuss the details of Danny's Masterson's recent trial, where he was accused and convicted of two accounts of rape. In 2020,…
Sep 5, 2023 · 26:41
Ross Ulbricht dreamt of a world where people could buy, sell and consume whatever they wanted, without Government intervention, and he happened to create the world's biggest…
Jul 24, 2023 · 27:06
Hello everyone! A little bonus episode for you all for the week that is in it. This week we're going to do a brief overview of J.R Oppenheimer, who he was, what he stood for and…
May 1, 2023 · 33:42
Today we're exploring the chilling mystery of Ireland's Vanishing Triangle , where a string of women have disappeared without a trace, leaving behind devastated families and a…
Apr 24, 2023 · 24:51
Abby Choi seemed to have it all; she beautiful, rich and working as a successful model & influencer, being flown across the world to fashion week by some of the biggest brands in…
Apr 17, 2023 · 29:28
In this episode, we delve into the fascinating history of Old Hollywood's Silent Era, exploring the legendary stars, groundbreaking films, and scandalous stories that defined the…
Apr 10, 2023 · 24:24
Imagine a city, rich with culture and technology, that existed thousands of years ago but now lies hidden beneath the depths of the ocean....This is the Lost City of Atlantis, a…
Apr 3, 2023 · 29:56
This week we are exploring the world of Secret Societies. From Bohemian Grove to the Freemasons, these private boys clubs are often said to hold the world in the palm of their…
Mar 27, 2023 · 21:51
Have you ever heard the rumours that some of the biggest names in rock music made deals with the devil to achieve fame and fortune? From Robert Johnson's legendary crossroads…
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