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Ireland's Vanishing Triangle
by Thomas Newton
Ireland's Vanishing Triangle refers to the unexplained disappearances of six young women throughout the 1990's in the Republic of Ireland. This podcast aims to explore these six cases and other similar cases. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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John Henry Blake Ambushed at Loughrea
During the summer of 1882 Ireland was in the midst of the Land Wars, a sometimes violent era that left behind many unsolved murders. One such murder involved the publicly hated land agent John Henry Blake. Blake became the face of a despised system, that allowed absentee landlords to hide in...
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The Macomb County Body Parts
On episode 63 of the show Ciaran speaks with regular contributor Robbie Da Silva about a case so bizarre that it is difficult to even determine what type of crime has been committed. In 2012 workers found what has been described as golf ball sized pieces of human flesh in the drainage system of...
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The Monster of Udine
This episode of the podcasts takes us to the Italian city of Udine. Throughout the 1980s a serial killer roamed the streets of this ancient city searching for the forgotten and vulnerable. A tactic that has allowed him to remain unidentified for over forty years. But this case has not been...
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The Disappearance of Warren Meyer with Detective Valentine Smith
In 2008 experienced hiker Robert Meyer set out on what should have been a short hike into the Australian Bush, but unfortunately he never returned. And despite the passing of almost two decades no trace of Warren has ever been found. Ten years after Warren disappeared retired Victorian Police...
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Kings, Chloroform and Corruption: The Story of the First World Cup
Special Episode Long before the superstar players, global television audiences and billion-dollar sponsorships, the World Cup was little more than an ambitious dream. In July of 1930, thirteen teams travelled to Uruguay for what truly was an adventure into the unknown. What followed was eighteen...
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Who Killed Eileen O'Shaughnessy?
On a November night in 1997, Galway based taxi driver Eileen Costello O'Shaughnessy left Galway city on what appeared to be just another fare. But when the ever reliable Eileen failed to meet her boss later that night, it was clear that something was not right. Over that night and into the…
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EP59: Murder in the Highlands: The Alistair Wilson Case
On a quiet Sunday night in November 2004, a man arrived at the home of Alistair Wilson in the peaceful Scottish town of Nairn. Minutes later, three gunshots rang out and the unidentified visitor vanished into the night. More than twenty years later, the murder remains one of Scotland’s most...
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EP58: D.B Cooper with Ned Dehan
This week on The Cliff’s Edge Podcast, I’m joined once again by Ned Dehan from Black Box Online Radio to discuss the unbelievable case of DB Cooper. From the infamous hijacking in 1971 to the many suspects and theories that have emerged over the decades, we take a deep dive into one of the…
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EP57: Vanished in Kildare. The Disappearance of Martin Doyle
On a quiet morning in 2004 Martin Doyle left his home in Suncroft, County Kildare. But he never returned home. There were no reports of a struggle no witnesses and there is still no clear explanation as to what happened to Martin Doyle. In this episode of The Cliff’s Edge Podcast, we examine the...
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EP56: Poison Pen The Circleville Letters
In the quiet town of Circleville, a series of anonymous letters were posted. The letters were full of accusations, threats, and information about secret relationships. What started as a disturbing act of harassment soon escalated into something far more sinister. That eventually destroyed the...
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EP55: And Time Will Tell the Murder of Agnes Wanjiru
In 2012, the body of Agnes Wanjiru was discovered in a septic tank at a hotel in Nanyuki, a town in central Kenya. What followed was a deeply troubling investigation; witnesses came forward and allegations were made yet certain authorities failed to act. In this episode of The Cliff's Edge…
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EP54: The Gorilla Man Strangler with Alvin Esau
As America lived through prohibition and the Roaring 20s, a transient killer known as the Gorilla Man Strangler moved across states and eventually international borders. Leaving behind a trail of brutal murders. Researcher and author Alvin Esau joins the show to cover the life and crimes of one…
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EP53: Why Janet Brown?
Today's episode covers the unsolved murder of Janet Brown. On a Spring evening in 1995 an unknown male broke into Janet Brown's family home, in the Buckinghamshire countryside, and savagely attacked the fifty one year old mother of three. Despite an extensive investigation by Thames Valley Police...
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EP52: The Great Train Robbery with Vinny McHale
Joining the show for this episode is Vinny McHale to cover one of Britain's most infamous crimes: The Great Train Robbery. Vinny talks us through how the robbery was planned, the robbery itself, the investigation and the many individuals that were involved in this daring heist. Vinny's Podcast…
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EP51: Without Justice: The Murder of Paiche Onyemaechi
Today's episode of the Cliff's Edge podcast covers the murder of Paiche Onyemaechi from 2004. The Waterford based mother of two, was discovered beneath a bridge in County Kilkenny. She had been brutally assaulted, and nearly twenty years later, her murder remains unsolved. This episode examines...
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EP50: No Way Back the Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers case.
Episode 50 of the Cliff's Edge Podcast explores one of the most haunting disappearances of modern times. In April 2014, Dutch students Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon set out on a hike along Panama’s Pianista Trail. But, they never returned. An extensive search followed, and a series of disturbing...
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Wrap Up.
Just a quick wrap up before the end of the year. Thanks for listening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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EP49: The Unsolved Murder of Henry Hurley
On a summer night in 1989, 32-year-old Limerick based taxi man Henry Hurley began what should have been an ordinary shift. Shockingly just hours later, he was found murdered in a remote area of County Clare. This episode looks at Henry’s final movements, the suspects and why this case has…
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EP48: Who Killed Richard Scott?
In the winter of 1980, 41-year-old real estate agent Richard Scott disappeared after meeting a client in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Hours later, he was found murdered. A brutal crime that has remained unsolved for over four decades. In this episode, Ciaran McConnell speaks with author R.M. Dudley…
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EP47: Murder on Merseyside
Ciaran delves into one of Britain’s most puzzling murder cases; the 1931 murder of Julia Wallace in the Anfield area of Liverpool. When insurance agent William Herbert Wallace reported finding his wife brutally murdered, the police uncovered a trail of strange clues including a mysterious phone...
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EP46: Dean Roche with special guest Nules
What happened to Dean Roche? Father of one Dean's last known location was the small townland of Ballyfoyle Co. Kilkenny. His reason for being in Ballyfoyle was to buy a car. After purchasing the car a bizarre and alleged sequence of events transpired. Due to the odd nature of what was reported...
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EP45: Hollywood Master of the Heist
In this episode, we uncover the story of a man who lived a double life. A charming, intelligent figure who chose a path few would dare follow. Known to law enforcement only by the name Hollywood he became one of the most elusive and fascinating outlaws of the 1990s. From a remote hideaway he...
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EP44: The Black Dahlia with Detective and Author Steve Hodel
Post-war Los Angeles; a city of glamour, ambition, dark secrets and the setting for one of the most notorious unsolved crimes in American history: the 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short, forever known as the “Black Dahlia.” Host Ciaran McConnell speaks with former LAPD homicide detective and...
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EP43: Murdered and Missing in Tasmania.
In this episode, we cover two haunting cases from Tasmania that remain unsolved to this day. First, we look at the tragic 1995 murder of 20-year-old Italian tourist Victoria Cafasso, whose body was discovered on a remote beach in Beaumaris. Despite one of the largest investigations in the state’s...
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EP42 Lost in Time: The Mary Boyle case with lecturer and solicitor Cormac Conaghan
Donegal native Cormac talks us through what is considered Ireland's longest running missing person case. In March 1977, six-year-old Mary Boyle vanished without a trace from her grandparents’ remote farm in Cashelard, near Ballyshannon, County Donegal. Despite one of the largest searches in Irish...
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EP41: The Little Rock Slasher
On today's episode Ciaran McConnell will cover a modern case of serial murder that took place in the early 2020s. Thankfully the term modern serial killer is not used so often these days. However, episode 41 will document a serial killer that was active in the early 2020s. The scene for these...
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EP40: The Butcher of Mons
Welcome to episode 40 of the Cliff's Edge Podcast: The Butcher of Mons with special guest Rion. On a Spring day in 1997 a Belgian cop got off his horse to investigate what he presumed to be another case of illegal dumping. However, what he discovered was something far more sinister; dismembered...
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EP39: A Final Voyage- The Palmyra Disappearances
On episode 39 Ciaran McConnell covers a case that has been described as more terrifying than fiction, and it is hard to argue with that. In the mid 1970s experienced sailors Elanor and Mac Graham, unbeknownst to them, took their final voyage to a remote paradise known as Palmyra in the vastness…
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EP38: The Disappearance of Claudia Lawrence with Guest Vinny McHale
Welcome to the Cliff's Edge podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. Claudia tragically vanished in early Spring of 2009 and no trace of her has ever been found. Leaving her loving family and friends heartbroken and without justice. Relentless work on behalf of Claudia from her family and friends...
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EP 37: Hiding in the Long Grass
In episode 37 of the Cliff's Edge Podcast Ciaran McConnell covers what is known in the public domain about the suspects in the murders of JoJo Dullard, Fiona Pender and Annie McCarrick. As of today none of these individuals have been charged in relation to these murders, but they remain suspects....
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EP36: The Zodiac Killer with Ned Dehan
Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge Podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. December 20th 1968 Lake Herman Road, David Farraday and Betty Lou Jensen are brutally shot and murdered by an unknown assailant who would become better known to the world as the Zodiac killer. To this day countless theories…
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EP35: The 60's Ripper with Author Robin Jarossi
Welcome to the Cliff's Edge podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. The Swinging sixties are well under way in London town, however as night falls a terrifying crime spree has begun with the murders of over half a dozen women and nobody has been apprehended. Today's episode covers the rather...
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EP34 Fiona Pender: Case Update and Upgrade
Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. **************************BREAKING NEWS******************************* Ciaran gives us the recent developments in the case of Fiona Pender who went missing from her flat at Church Street in Tullamore, Co. Offaly on the 23rd of…
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EP33: Emer O'Loughlin Justice Escapes
John Griffin is described as late 50's, 5'11, slim build to medium build, balding/bald, most likely wearing a beard and he has an eye of the Horus tattoo on his throat across the adams apple, the tattoo is pictured above. Although the tattoo may have been covered up or removed or hidden by a…
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EP32: Tanya Lee Glover Case Update
Welcome to the Cliff’s Podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. This episode marks the first in the history of our podcast. There has been an update in the case of Tnaya Lee Glover. A 61-year woman has been arrested in Brisbane called Vanessa Lee Turner. In this update Ciaran will review the case...
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EP 31: The Sumida John Does
This week on "The Cliff's Edge" podcast, we discuss the bizarre case of the Sumida John Does. The dismembered torsos of 2 men were found not far from each other in the same area of Sumida City Japan known as Kotobashi. Are the cases related, or pure coincidence? Were the killings done by the same...
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EP 30: No Justice in Mayo (Sandra Collins)
Sandra's brother Patrick Collins joins us to discuss his sister's case. Sandra was first reported missing back in December of the year 2000 and justice was yet to be served on her cowardly killer. Sandra's sister Mary Collins Dempsey like the aforementioned Patrick has campaigned relentlessly for...
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EP29: The Last of the American Outlaws; Claude Dallas with special guest Jim Cornelius.
Joining Ciaran McConnell for today's episode is writer and podcaster Jim Cornelius from Frontiers Partisans to cover a case from the Wilds of the American West. Jim gives an excellent insight into Claude Dallas, a self proclaimed outlaw, who became the 400th person to be added to the FBI's Ten…
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EP:28 The Munsterland Murders (Münsterlandmörder)
Link to Stephan's film Akte Munsterlandmorder The Munsterland Murders refers to a series of unsolved murders in West Germany in the 1970s. That remain unsolved to this day. Support Facebook Group Blog Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Vanishing Triangle Closing Episode
A discussion on suspects with Dr David A. Camp And some final thoughts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Case Reviews with Dr David A Camp
Time Stamps Antionette Smith: 00-20 minutes Patricia Doherty: 20-37 minutes Eva Brennan: 38-53 minutes Claire Boylan: 54 minutes to the end Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Claire Boylan: Sunday's Mysteries
Ireland's Vanishing Triangle Part 2 Episode 4 Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. 36-year-old bookstore manager Claire Boylan disappeared after she left her parents home in Tenure south Dublin on the 2nd of March 2003. She told her parents she was going to visit a...
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Interview with Shayne and Tom
Tom discusses the Philip Cairns and Eva Brennan cases with Shayne. Next week we release the Claire Boylan episode. Then on the following week we complete our series on Ireland's Vanishing Triangle with some interviews and a discussion with criminologist, author and researcher Dr David A Camp....
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Eva Brennan: A Coat Left Hanging
Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. All that remained of Eva Brennan was the coat she had been last seen wearing by her family on Sunday the 25th of July 1993, which was found in her apartment. Her handbag, purse and the pink tracksuit she had worn to the Sunday...
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Patricia Doherty: Christmas Unsolved
Episode two of Part 2 of our series on Ireland's Vanishing covers the unsolved murder of Patricia Doherty. Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge Podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. A man cutting turf on a remote bog outside Dublin city couldn’t believe his eyes when he discovered the body of woman...
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Antoinette Smith: Summer's Darkness
Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge Podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. July 1987 and the signs were there that Ireland was a changing place. Irish cyclist Stephen Roche was well on his way to winning the Tour de France and David Bowie, “The Thin White Duke" himself was paying us a visit by hosting…
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Ireland's Vanishing Triangle Intro to Part 2
A quick introduction to the four cases that we will be covering in part two of our series on Ireland's Vanishing Triangle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Summary Episode for Part 1
Music by Rory Gillanders In this episode we will have a general discussion with Cormac Conaghan about the cases covered so far, domestic violence and societies role in protecting people from it. We'll also cover geographical profiling and how it may apply to Ireland, the importance of reward…
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Deirdre Jacob: A Summer Unanswered
Ireland's Vanishing Triangle Part One Episode Seven Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge Podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. This episode will cover the final case in Part One of our series on Ireland's Vanishing Triangle. On the next episode we will have a special guest that will join Ciaran and...
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Fiona Sinnott: A Walk into the Night
Ireland's Vanishing Triangle Part 1 Episode 6. Welcome to the Cliff’s Edge Podcast with your host Ciaran McConnell. In a quiet corner of Wexford, someone holds the secret as to what happened to 19-year-old, mother of one, Fiona Sinnott. Fiona was last seen walking out the door of her local pub…
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Ireland's Vanishing Triangle refers to the unexplained disappearances of six young women throughout the 1990's in the Republic of Ireland. This podcast aims to explore these six cases and other similar cases.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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