Shadows of Éire | An Irish True Crime Podcast

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  24. The Green Tureen: The Horrific Demise of Hazel Mullen 15.08.2026 33хв

  In 1963 a young girl, Hazel Mullen, was murdered and dismembered in The Green Tureen restaurant in Dublin. Her 22 year old boyfriend Shan Mohangi is a student in the Royal College of Surgeons and quickly becomes the main suspect. But will her mother get the justice she deserves for the murder of her 16 year old daughter? Dive into this episode of Shadows of Éire to find out. --------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  23. A Clear and Present Danger: The Story of Barbie Kardashian 11.08.2026 23хв

  In this episode Shadows of Éire unravels the harrowing case of Barbie Kardashian. From an unprovoked violent assault on a care worker to explicit threats against her own family, this case forced Ireland’s legal, judicial, and correctional systems into uncharted territory. We examine the garda investigation, the Limerick Circuit Court trials under Judge Tom O’Donnell, the fierce public debate surrounding prison placement, and the chilling post-release statements that left a community on edge.Listener discretion is strongly advised due to graphic descriptions of violent threats and assault.--------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  Beyond the Call of Duty | The Scott Medal Series 09.08.2026 11хв

  At quarter past three on a freezing December morning, a call comes over the radio: people are in the River Liffey, swept away by a fast, dark current. Among the responding officers on patrol is Colm Finnerty—a 23-year-old student garda whose only official job that night is to watch and learn.When the situation at the quay wall rapidly deteriorates, Finnerty is forced to make a split-second decision that tests the absolute limits of human endurance. What begins as a routine placement shift turns into a harrowing struggle against cold, panic, and time itself.In this episode of Shadows of Éire we cover the story of a young trainee who went far beyond the call of duty before his career had even officially begun—and the rare honor that marked his place in Irish policing history.--------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  22. The Great Mountjoy Escape: The Hijack, The Helicopter and The Manhunt 08.08.2026 33хв

  On Halloween 1973, the IRA pulled off one of the most audacious prison breaks in history, landing a hijacked helicopter inside the tiny exercise yard of Dublin’s Mountjoy Prison.In this episode, we dive deep into the real story behind the "Up and Away" escape. We separate myth from reality as we explore the mysterious "Mr. Leonard"—the man in the white suit who chartered the flight at gunpoint—and trace the dramatic actions of pilot Captain Thompson Boyes under pressure. Plus, we uncover the wild aftermath inside the prison walls, the explosive Portlaoise breakout, and the dramatic 1975 arrest that brought down IRA figure Kevin Mallon.--------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  21. The Invisible Empire: Chinese Triads on Irish Soil 06.08.2026 29хв

  When Dublin detectives raided a secure flat in Rathmines following a public street execution, they expected a routine gang hideout. Instead, they uncovered a shadow fortress of hostage rooms, extortion ledgers, and ancient blood oaths. This week, Shadows of Éire investigates the terrifying machinery of the Wo Shing Wo and 14K syndicates in Ireland, and the unique legal battle the state fought to break through a cultural wall of absolute secrecy.Special thanks to Laura Raythorn for her help in the reviewing and editing of this episode. --------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  The First Medal | The Scott Medal Series 05.08.2026 14хв

  Broadford, County Clare, 1923. A guard barely a year into the job is stopped on a lonely road by two armed men. Robbery turns to attempted murder — marched toward a laneway, a gun pressed to his chest, given five minutes to live. What he does next earns him a place in history: the first-ever recipient of the garda’s highest bravery honour, the Scott Medal. Part of our Scott Medal Series. --------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  20. The Dollymount Arm: The chilling story of James Nolan 03.08.2026 31хв

  In February 2011, the quiet sands of Dollymount Strand in Dublin returned a horrific secret: a human arm, cleanly severed, with its identifying tattoos deliberately sliced away. Through international DNA tracking, the limb was identified as belonging to James Nolan, a notorious convicted predator from Finglas who had vanished shortly after his release from prison.  For six agonizing years, the case remained frozen in time. Investigators chased whispers through Dublin's criminal underworld, tracking theories of gangland executions, drug debts, and vigilante justice—but every lead hit a wall of silence.  Then, in November 2016, a sudden tragedy in County Monaghan blew the case wide open!
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  19. Slaughter on the Sea: The Story of Captain Stewart and The Mary Russell 01.08.2026 34хв

  What happens when the one person legally sworn to protect you on the open sea becomes your greatest threat? This week, Shadows of Éire unpacks the horrifying 1828 tragedy of the Mary Russell. Driven mad by sleep deprivation and religious monomania, Captain William Stewart became convinced his loyal Irish crew was plotting a mutiny. Using his absolute authority, he trapped, bound, and slaughtered seven of his men. We dive deep into the harrowing eyewitness accounts of the surviving cabin boys, the gruesome forensic discovery in Cobh, and the Sensational Cork courtroom battle that redefined the legal boundary between cold-blooded murder and absolute madness.
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  The Gallant Rescue at Castletownbere | The Scott Medal Series 27.07.2026 15хв

  Armed only with a tiny wooden punt and a small outboard motor, two West Cork officers ventured into pitch-black, tempestuous waters to save five trapped neighbors from a splintering ship. Explore the dramatic narrative of two rural officers who risked everything against the raw, terrifying power of nature
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  18. Four Winters in the Earth: The Kidnapping of Mariora Rostas 27.07.2026 31хв

  In January 2008, 18-year-old Marioara Rostas vanished from a rain-slicked Dublin city center street corner in broad daylight. For four agonizing winters, her family was met with structural apathy and a wall of gangland silence, completely unaware that her body lay hidden in a shallow grave high up in the frozen peaks of the Wicklow mountains.Keywords: True Crime Ireland, Marioara Rostas, Alan Wilson, Dublin Gangland, Wicklow Mountains Murder, Irish Justice System, Witness Protection Programme, Cold Case Investigations.
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  The Loughglynn Shootout | The Scott Medal Series 25.07.2026 18хв

  On July 7, 1980, an armed bank heist in Ballaghaderreen ended in a fatal collision and gun battle at Shannon's Cross. Explore the tragedy of Detective Garda John Morley and Garda Henry Byrne, the Gold Scott Medals awarded for their ultimate sacrifice, and the massive manhunt that followed.--------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  17. The 1%: Lifting the Veil on Irelands Biker Gangs 20.07.2026 39хв

  To society, they are a spectacle of leather and roaring engines. To the state, they are a highly disciplined network bound by an iron code of silence. The 1% Archives explores the rise, infiltration, and legal takedowns of outlaw motorcycle clubs across Ireland. From the rural parishes of Munster to the high-stakes financial seizures of the capital, host Tim Warburton details the moments where internal omertà cracked under the pressure of homicide investigations and state asset raids. This is true crime built on absolute public record. --------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.Road Tramps, Hells Angels, Chosen Few, Caballeros, Bandidos
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  16. Blueprints of a Would-Be Serial Killer: The chilling story of “Stephanie Smith” 13.07.2026 23хв

  In 2017, an ordinary afternoon in Dublin’s Santry turned into a waking nightmare when a teenager attempted to pull a toddler into the undergrowth. When police searched her Ballymun bedroom, they didn't just find a troubled adolescent—they uncovered a chillingly meticulous, step-by-step operational manual for murder. Host Tim Warburton details the case of Stephanie Smith, a highly intelligent chameleonic predator whose capacity for manipulation turned a multi-million euro high-security facility into a playground for further crime.--------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.Santry Demain, Ballymun Dublin, Stephanie Smith True Crime, Ireland True Crime, Irish Court Cases, Limerick Prison, Tusla Secure Care, Cybercrime Grooming, Blueprints for Murder, Dublin Crime History
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  15. A Most Dangerous Outlaw: A Criminal Profile of Trevor Byrne 03.07.2026 29хв

  When an armed raid at a Swords bookmakers ends in a terrifying high-speed hijacking, detectives are left with an underworld campaign of fear and zero cooperative witnesses. But a single instinctual glance at a security camera and a burner phone dropped in the pitch-black of a getaway car would trigger a fifteen-year legal war.
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  14. Ten Dozen Roses: The Tragedy of Rosemarie Toole Gilhooley 02.07.2026 39хв

  Walking down a street in Amsterdam in the winter of 2002, two American men smiled as a stranger brushed past them carrying a massive bouquet of roses. They genuinely believed it was a supernatural thank-you note from a woman they had left dead on a floor in Dublin just days before.This is the story of Rosemary Toole Gilhooley, a deeply sensitive woman who lost her invisible battle with severe clinical depression, and George Exoo, the unvetted American operator who commodified her despair.
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  13. From the Liberties to the Abyss: The Radicalisation of Terence Kelly 28.06.2026 39хв

  How does a Roman Catholic altar boy from working-class Dublin, trained to save lives as an intensive care nurse, become a suicide bomber for ISIS? In this episode, we trace the bizarre, dark, and highly public trajectory of Terence Kelly (aka "Taliban Terry"). From a Saudi bootlegging ring to a rural cottage in Longford, we explore the domestic isolation and digital radicalization that led a brilliant man to volunteer for the Islamic State’s formalized "martyrdom register"—and examine the military reality of his final moments in the apocalyptic Battle of Mosul.
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  12. The Open Door: Ireland vs The KGB 22.06.2026 35хв

  For decades, Ireland told itself a comfortable lie: that neutrality was a shield, and the shadows of global espionage would simply pass the island by. But from the aisles of a suburban Dublin shopping center to the historic quadrangles of Trinity College, the Kremlin saw something else entirely—an open door. Tonight, we trace forty years of cold-war stings, deep-cover "Illegals," and the modern political warfare that shattered the illusion of Irish isolation.--------------------------------------------------🔒 EXCLUSIVE LISTENER OFFER:Protect your digital privacy and support the show!Get an exclusive NordVPN deal + extra bonus months risk-free:👉 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id=15&aff_id=154687&url_id=902(Includes a 30-day money-back guarantee)--------------------------------------------------DISCLOSURE:Some links in these show notes are affiliate links. If you make a purchase or sign up through these links, Shadows of Éire may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you.
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  11. The Cold Geography of a Hitman: The life of Imre Arakas (Aka The Butcher) 19.06.2026 36хв

  In April 2017, armed Gardaí smashed through the door of a quiet safehouse in West Dublin. Sitting on a couch inside was an elderly, bearded man who looked like an eccentric geography teacher. In reality, he was Imre "The Butcher" Arakas—one of Europe’s most elusive and lethal contract killers, flown into Ireland by the Kinahan Cartel to execute a high-profile target with a single, silenced shot to the head.In this episode, Tim Warburton traces the extraordinary, chilling forty-year journey of a man who began his life as an idealistic, anti-Soviet rebel leaping out of courthouse windows in 1970s Estonia, only to be corrupted by the brutality of the gulags and the chaos of the post-communist Baltic mafia wars. We lift the veil on the international machine behind Dublin’s gangland feud, exploring how a local Irish turf war became entangled with a global mercenary network, and how a joint intelligence operation finally brought down a ghost.
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  10. The Longford Feud and The Brutality of Family Pride 15.06.2026 34хв

  For generations, unwritten laws and "fair play" governed conflicts within the Irish Traveller community. But when an old-school family dispute collided with modern smartphone culture and digital algorithms, the rules evaporated. In this episode of Shadows of Èire, we dissect the terrifying escalation of the McGinley and Hannifin conflict—a multi-jurisdictional blood feud fought not just with blades, guns, and chemical weapons, but via viral "call-out" videos that pushed the state's justice system to its absolute limits.
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  9. Bloodlines & Bulletproof Feuds: The Kinahans and The Kirwan Family Executions 11.06.2026 34хв

  December 2016: 62-year-old grandfather Noel "Duck Egg" Kirwan is assassinated in his Dublin driveway. His only crime? Attending the funeral of a childhood friend.December 2017: His 24-year-old son, Kane McCormack, survives an assassination attempt and an intense underworld threat, only to be lured into a fatal trap by someone he trusted completely.In this episode of Shadows of Èire, host Tim Warburton unpacks a devastating father-and-son tragedy born from Ireland's deadliest gangland war. We explore the cold-blooded psychological grooming used by cartel proxies, the chilling security measures taken in Irish courts, and the historic 2026 landmark reckoning that brought a senior Kinahan lieutenant to justice.