Episode 178: The story of Darkey Kelly - Witch, devil worshipper or Ireland's first female serial killer?
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Episode 178: The story of Darkey Kelly - Witch, devil worshipper or Ireland's first female serial killer?

Witch, devil worshipper and Ireland’s first serial killer are just some of the titles that have been bestowed on Darkey Kelly over the years. Born in the 1700s as Dorcus, she ran a brothel on Fishamble Street in Dublin’s city centre.And while not much is known about her life, the story went that she was burned at the stake for witchcraft after she sacrificed her baby to the devil in 1746.But in 2011, researchers debunked the theory when they discovered that the sex worker was actually publicly executed in 1761 for the murder of shoemaker Patrick Dowling on March 17th the year previously.However, a new theory began to emerge that she was a serial killer after a newspaper report suggested that five bodies were found beneath the floorboards of her former broth In 2022, PHD researcher Shannon Hughes Spence, who has an interest in women, witches and murder, took it upon herself to investigate whether or not Darkey was in fact a serial killer.Crime World's Clodagh Meaney chats with Shannon to discuss the King of Hell, public executions and the truth about the infamous murderer.

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Episode 1126: Double Cross - Conspiracy

Episode 1126: Double Cross - Conspiracy

Police in Northern Ireland assemble a list of twenty people under investigation for the murder of Robbie Lawlor. While some of the names are very familiar, others are not.This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Elo 27min

Episode 1125: Cocaine Cowboys - The Deadly Rise of Ireland's Drug Lords (extract)

Episode 1125: Cocaine Cowboys - The Deadly Rise of Ireland's Drug Lords (extract)

How did the cocaine trade infiltrate Ireland and evolve into a billion-euro empire after the drug first washed ashore on Cork's rugged coast?From the country's first cocaine lord and his attempts to establish a direct route from Miami to Dublin to the modern-day violence that led to the brutal dismemberment of teenager Keane Mulready-Woods, this is an extract from my book, Cocaine Cowboys.Listen to the full story wherever you get your audiobooks or get your hands on a copy in all good bookstores. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Elo 58min

Episode 1124: Double Cross - Old Friends

Episode 1124: Double Cross - Old Friends

Robbie Lawlor's time in Belfast is short. In the aftermath of his death, who is in the frame for his murder?This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 Elo 20min

Episode 1123: Manhunt - The Night Stalker (extract)

Episode 1123: Manhunt - The Night Stalker (extract)

Delroy Grant was one of Britain’s most wanted men – a shocking sex predator known as the Night Stalker.He had been at large for a seventeen-year reign of terror, visiting his victims after dark before committing despicable sexual assaults in their homes.In Manhunt: The Night Stalker, detective Colin Sutton reveals how the Metropolitan Police brought one one of London’s most feared monsters to justice.The following is an audio extract from the book, published by Bonnier. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Elo 25min

Episode 1122: Double Cross - North of the Border

Episode 1122: Double Cross - North of the Border

After the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods, Robbie Lawlor heads to Belfast and a whole new world of trouble.This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in January 2025. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

4 Elo 20min

Episode 1121: The Yank - My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA (extract)

Episode 1121: The Yank - My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA (extract)

In April 1975, a young Irish-American from Long Island headed on a mission to enlist in an elite unit of the US Marine Corps. His goal: to receive the most intensive and rigorous military training possible, and then move to Ireland to join the IRA and fight to end British occupation of the north.John Crawley has lived an extraordinary life – working with notorious American mobster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger before working with the IRA in an attempt to knock out England’s power supply in a bomb plot gone wrong.Here’s an extract from his memoir The Yank: My Life as a Former US Marine in the IRA, published by Merrion Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Elo 42min

Episode 1120: Double Cross - Just A Kid

Episode 1120: Double Cross - Just A Kid

Robbie Lawlor's response to the taunting of the teenagers who stole his gym bag could not have been predicted — the murder of Keane Mulready-Woods shocked the world.This episode of Double Cross: The Murder of Robbie Lawlor was originally broadcast by Crime World Presents in December 2024. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Elo 21min

Episode 1119: Stakeknife's Dirty War (extract)

Episode 1119: Stakeknife's Dirty War (extract)

The Troubles’ most notorious and sinister figure Freddie Scappaticci was the ‘jewel in the crown’ of a British infiltration system designed to cause mayhem and chaos in the IRA’s military operations from the late 1970s through to his eventual exposure in 2003.Codenamed Stakeknife, he headed the IRA’s secretive Internal Security Unit – also known as the ‘Nutting Squad’.His former comrades reveal extraordinary details about Scappaticci, state-sanctioned murder, and the political scandal that brought him down in Stakeknife’s Dirty War.The following is an extract from the sensational book by Richard O’Rawe, published by Merrion Press. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

31 Heinä 21min

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