19 Best Irish True Crime Podcasts

1. Crime World

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Hit podcast about criminals, drugs and the sins of the underworld - now with further in-depth investigations and exclusive insights at our new website crimeworld.com. An Unlikely Statesman: How Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch Almost Got Elected is OUT NOW - https://www.crimeworld.com/podcast-series/an-unlikely-statesman/ Creative Commons License Attribution (CC BY): Music by ketsa.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.more Host Nicola Tallant
Producer/Network Sunday World
Email ****@sundayworld.com
Location Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Ken Foy, Jenny Friel +17 more
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 2KFacebook 677.6KTwitter 40.5K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. West Cork

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In West Cork, it's simply known as 'the murder'. In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is found dead near her holiday home. There are no witnesses and no known motive. The police suspect one man in this community but they can't make a charge stick and he refuses to leave, becoming the embodiment of everyone's unsettled nerves. Reported and hosted by Jennifer Forde and Sam Bungey. West Cork has been named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.more Hosts Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
Producer/Network yarn fm
Email ****@yarn.fm
Estimated Monthly Listeners 250k-1M
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 4.2K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

3. Lines of Enquiry

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Former Garda detective John Sweetman presents Lines of Enquiry, a GoLoud Original true-crime podcast examining some of Ireland's most compelling crimes, uncovering how evidence, chance, and persistence can bring answers, and sometimes only more questions.Follow the podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linesofenquirypodcast/Contact: ****@goloudnow.commore Host John Sweetman
Producer/Network GoLoud
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.5KInstagram 7.7K Avg Length 48 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Ireland Crimes and Mysteries

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With an avid interest in true crime I want to share the stories from my home country of Ireland with you. Let's visit the darker side of the Emerald Isle together. '>https://facebook.com/irelandcrimesandmysteries '>https://www.instagram.com/irelandcrimesandmysteries '>https://twitter.com/IrelandCrimes '>https://www.tiktok.com/@nuleseiremore Host Nules Eire
Producer/Network Nules, The Radcast Network
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Ireland
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Ciaran McConnell
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 585Twitter 23Instagram 11K Avg Length 42 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

5. Kinahans Downfall

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*** Following the sentencing of Cartel lieutenant Sean McGovern to 24 years in jail, the family of Noel Kirwan speak exclusively to the Kinahans Downfall podcast. Two brand new episodes are released on June 9th and June 11th *** In February 2016, a hit-team of 6 men burst through the doors of a boxing weigh-in at Dublin's Regency Hotel. There, a Kinahan Cartel lieutenant named David Byrne, was shot point blank in the head. The attack took place in front of a room packed full of sportspeople, media and civilians including young children...more Producer/Network The Irish Sun
Email ****@the-sun.ie
Location Dublin, Ireland
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Michael Carroll, Robert Cullen
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 366.9KTwitter 22.8K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Cover

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A message from Mark Horgan on a new investigative series launching next week from the production team behind 'Where Is George Gibney?'.This new series will focus on another figure who lived a double life and was eventually forced to live under cover. And it's a story, like the George Gibney one, that many would prefer was never told.So, from this point on, this feed will be renamed 'Cover.' Series 1 one of which was 'Where Is George Gibney?' and series 2 is coming next week, first thing on Tuesday the 12th of November.You can continue to contact our production team about either series via our new email ****@b..more Host Mark Horgan
Producer/Network BBC Radio 5 Live
Email ****@bbc.co.uk
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Angela Donnelly, Patrick Radden Keefe
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 2.5KFacebook 62MTwitter 41.8MInstagram 30.8M Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2020 Get Email Contact

7. Shattered Lives

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Shattered Lives is Ireland's premier crime podcast. It's hosted by Paul Healy and Michael O'Toole, two of Ireland's leading crime reporters. It examines gangland feuds, murder investigations, major trials, and the biggest crime stories in Ireland.more Hosts Paul Healy, Mick OToole
Producer/Network Reach Ireland Podcasts
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Barry Cummins, Justin Kelly
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 237Twitter 516 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Crime World Presents: Groomed

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Groomed Control, coercion and the cold-hearted killing of showjumper Katie Simpson is a new, nine-part investigative podcast series from Crime World. Groomed unveils the brutal truth behind the death of 21-year-old showjumper Katie Simpson, initially staged as a suicide but later revealed to be rape and murder at the hands of Jonathan Creswell, a 36-year-old with a history of controlling and abusing women...more Host Nicola Tallant
Producer/Network Sunday World
Email ****@sundayworld.com
Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Red Room

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Let's go down a rabbit hole. Weekly True Crime & Unsolved Mysteries, hosted & produced by Jenny Claffey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Host Jenny Claffey
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guest Barry Cummins
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 551Instagram 9.3K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

10. Unsolved

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Some crimes don't get solved. Some families never get justice. Unsolved, hosted by award-winning crime journalist Barry Cummins and RTÉ presenter Katja Mia, is a true crime podcast made in the hope that someone listening knows something. In each episode, we investigate Irish cold cases with the victim firmly at the centre of the story, focusing on the lives behind the headlines, what we know about the crime that took them from their loved ones and the lasting impact it had. Get in touch at ****@rte.ie   more Producer/Network RTÉ
Email ****@rte.ie
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 84 Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder. It means literally, 'guilty mind'. Mens Rea Podcast explores the most notorious crimes from Ireland and the UK and the court cases that followed. Join your host, Sinead, every fortnight when a new case is discussed.more Host Sinead
Producer/Network GoLoud
Email ****@gmail.com
Location Carlow, Carlow, Ireland
Estimated Monthly Listeners 50k-250k
Recent Guests Tina Cahill, Dolores McCrea
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 2.7KFacebook 2KTwitter 5.5KInstagram 2.8K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Since Jun 2017 Get Email Contact

12. Murder Most Irish

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True Crime podcast based around cases from the little island of Ireland with feminism and some utter nonsense thrown in for good measure.
Hosts Sarah Jane, Emma McCormack
Producer/Network Murder Most Irish
Email ****@goloudnow.com
Location Ireland
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Recent Guests Emma, Colin +2 more
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 539Twitter 1.2KInstagram 7.5K Avg Length 67 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

13. The Making Of A Detective

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What exactly happens on the hunt for a killer? The Making Of A Detective tells the story of 5 of Ireland's most notorious murder cases, told through the lens of the man who once solved them.In over three decades working in An Garda Síochána, Pat Marry has seen it all. Each episode features a step-by-step account of how justice was ultimately served, with interviews from victims' friends and family, Pat's former colleagues in the force, and The Irish Sun's Stephen Breen to help tell these stories one by one. Pat's Story begins with the tragic death of Rachel Callaly by her husband Joe O'Re..more Producer/Network The Irish Sun
Email ****@urbanmedia.ie
Estimated Monthly Listeners 10k-50k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 457 Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Inside the Crime

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The third season of Inside the Crime follows the story of Una Lynskey's murder in 1971. She disappeared just a few hundred metres from her home after stepping off the bus near Porterstown Lane, Co Meath on October 12th. What followed would shatter not only the lives of Una's loved ones, but many other families in the small rural community.more Host Frank Greaney
Producer/Network Newstalk
Location Ireland
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 120Facebook 333.8KTwitter 309.5KInstagram 218.4K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. Forever My Boys

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In July 2013, the discovery of the bodies of two young boys in the back of their father's car sparked a wave of horror in Ireland and overseas.But in the Co Carlow town where the boys lived, the murders left residents questioning themselves, and the very fabric of their own community.The first-ever Child Rescue Ireland alert issued for missing children was less than two hours old when Sanjeev Chada drove a car containing the bodies of his sons Eoghan and Ruairi into a wall in rural Co Mayo.Hundreds of miles away, his wife Kathleen was still expecting the man she loved and the boys she adored to walk through the door at any minute.Sanjeev Chada survived the impact of the crash to tell a tale which has never fu..more Producer/Network The Irish Sun
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 54 Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. This is Robert

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Robert Delany was 27 when in 2008 he was shot in the head on the orders of a brutal dissident Republican.The innocent dad's 'crime' was to break up a pub fight involving the wrong man.Shot in front of his young daughter in their Dublin home, Bob suffered catastrophic brain damage.For 17 years he has been neither living nor dead.But his family is refusing to give up hope that the man who orchestrated the attack will be caught.This is Robert is an Irish Sun podcast narrated by Damien Lane, brought to you by the producers of the Kinahans and the Stardust Tragedy.This is his story...more Producer/Network The Irish Sun
Estimated Monthly Listeners 1k-10k
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 37 Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. Stolen Sister

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The story of Elizabeth Plunkett a 23 year old woman from Dublin who was murdered by Ireland's first serial killers. On the last weekend of summer in 1976 Elizabeth Plunkett went on a night away with friends, to Brittas Bay in county Wicklow before she was abducted by John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans. Now, almost 50 years later, Elizabeth's family are finally trying to get their sister some justice. Previous series include Where is Jón?, The Real Carrie Jade, Runaway Joe, Finding Samantha, First Consignment, GunPlot, Tiger Roll and The Nobody Zone.more Producer/Network RTÉ Documentary on One
Email ****@rte.ie
Location Ireland
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 10 Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. First Conviction

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An investigation into the case of a couple imprisoned for a crime against their child - that they say never happened… Previous series include Stolen Sister, Where is Jón?, The Real Carrie Jade, Runaway Joe, Finding Samantha, First Consignment, GunPlot, Tiger Roll and The Nobody Zone.more Producer/Network RTÉ Documentary on One
Email ****@rte.ie
Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. Shadows of Éire | An Irish True Crime Podcast

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-Weekly Episodes-___________________________________Shadows of Éire is an independently produced serious investigation into Ireland's most consequential crimes — from the Kinahan-Hutch feud to centuries-old mysteries lost to history. This podcast cuts through tabloid noise and folklore to deliver the facts, the context, and the human cost behind each case in weekly episodes. ___________________________________Bonus series also intertwined chronicling the brave recipients of the Garda Scott Medal for valour.more Producer/Network Tracepoint Media | Irish True Crime Network
Email ****@tracepoint.ie
Estimated Monthly Listeners 100-1k
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 5 Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact