Episode 547: The mysterious disappearance of Marion Barter
19 April 2024 - 41 minsWhen news editor Alison Sandy began investigating the sinister disappearance of Marion Barter for a podcast series she did not know where the story would take her.
The mother of two sold her home, quit her job and made plans to move to Europe, but when her family stopped hearing from her it was soon discovered that she had changed her name.
Working with the missing woman’s daughter Sally Leydon and journalist Bryan Seymour, the hit Australian podcast ‘The Lady Vanishes’ led to the mysterious case unravelling in real-time, as a listener found a key piece of information that would blow the case right open.
Clodagh Meaney speaks to Alison Sandy about the podcast and how the team managed to h...
IRA thug Nathan Kinsella threatened to ‘fold’ ex-socialite Marcus Sweeney over CAB raid
Real IRA hardman Nathan Kinsella named socialite Marcus Sweeney and accused him of informing on him when Criminal Assets Bureau officers came to search his plush Blackrock home. A proceeds of crime case heard that Kinsella threatened to ‘fold’ Sweeney after three high value cars were discovered in an underground car park by officers. Nicola speaks with Eamon Dillon about Kinsella and the CAB case against him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 mins
30 April Finished
Spanish cops seize over 100 torture photos at flat used by Kinahan-linked Lyons gang members
Spanish detectives have seized more than 100 photos showing torture and beatings at a Costa del Sol apartment used by suspected members of the Scots gang allied with the Kinahans. The gruesome pictures were discovered at the flat in Fuengirola during one of the 18 raids targeting the Lyons gang carried out by cops late last month. Nicola speaks to Niall Donald about what the gory findings will mean for the Lyons gang and the Kinahan cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
17 mins
29 April Finished
Sex, lies and video tape: Julie McGinley and the murder of husband Gerry McGinley
On a spring morning in June 2001, an eight-year-old girl gathers moss for her grandmother’s hanging baskets in a forest near Ballinamore in Co Leitrim. The child lets out a scream, she had discovered a body. The remains belonged to Enniskillen businessman Gerry McGinley and it was clear that he been murdered. He had been killed by his own wife Julie and her lover - in fact, they were already in custody over it. But it wasn’t a simple tale of adultery. It involved hotel sex with strangers, lies, blackmail and videotape – and included many prominent people in Fermanagh. Andrew Madden researched this sordid story for the Belfast Telegraph. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
24 mins
29 April Finished
Sean McGovern sentencing: the fall of Daniel Kinahan's second-in-command (Part 2)
Sean McGovern was on a mission to kill as a senior lieutenant in the Kinahan Cartel when he organised to use tracker devices in the plan to murder Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan. Later as he and his cell targeted James ‘Mago’ Gately they had no idea they were under surveillance and that their murder plot would lead to their downfall. Yesterday McGovern was confronted by a victim impact statement from the children of Kirwan, Donna and Christopher, who told him they would never get over their Dad’s death. Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about the sensational evidence that give us a window into the blood lust of the Kinahan Cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
32 mins
28 April Finished
Sean McGovern sentencing: the fall of Daniel Kinahan's second-in-command (Part 1)
Sean McGovern was on a mission to kill as a senior lieutenant in the Kinahan Cartel when he organised to use tracker devices in the plan to murder Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan. Later as he and his cell targeted James ‘Mago’ Gately they had no idea they were under surveillance and that their murder plot would lead to their downfall. Yesterday McGovern was confronted by a victim impact statement from the children of Kirwan, Donna and Christopher, who told him they would never get over their Dad’s death. Nicola talks to Eamon Dillon about the sensational evidence that give us a window into the blood lust of the Kinahan Cartel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
32 mins
28 April Finished
The murder of Tina Satchwell and a journalist's encounters with her killer husband (Part 2)
After he murdered his wife Tina in March 2017 and in the six-year period before her remains were found under the stairs of their Cork home, Richard Satchwell spun a web of lies about what happened to his wife and conducted interviews appealing for her return. Several of these interviews were done with journalist and author Barry Cummins who was invited into the couple's home and unknowingly sat just metres from where tragic Tina lay buried. Eimear Rabbitt speaks with Barry about his new book Buried Secrets and his bizarre encounters with a manipulative wife killer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
39 mins
27 April Finished