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Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

Mens Rea is the legal principle of intent that must be proved in a number of crimes, such as murder.

Episodes

Total: 166

The year 1998 was a particularly difficult one for the small town of Omagh, in Northern Ireland. The

Veronica Guerin took on Ireland's booming gangland criminals in 1994, who were flooding the country

In the 1990's, Ireland saw a boom in organised crime and the importation of drugs that it had not ex

Between the early 1920s and the 1950s, Ireland was a newly established developing country. The state

This week, we take another trip back in time and have a look at three vintage murders. First, we cra

In honour of Pride month, and with the Dublin Pride Parade only a week away, this episode discusses

Thomas Hamilton was a loner. He decided to dedicate his life to running boys' clubs to keep kids off

Living in an isolated area is never easy. Its even more frightening when you're and elderly farmer l

In the second and final episode of the story of Harold Shipman, we find out how the police went abou

Harold Frederick Shipman was born near Nottingham in 1946. While attending the prestigious grammar s

Dublin: 1997. Three women occupy number 1 Orchard View, an assisted living facility for former patie

Shan Mohangi arrived in Dublin in 1962 from South Africa. He was 21 years old and had left his home

As spring changed to summer in London 1993, a man stalked his prey at the Coleherne Pub in Earls Cou

Tia Sharp was 12 years old in the summer of 2012, and the Olympics had come to her city, London. She

In the second and final instalment of the Black Widow story, the Gardai ramp up their investigation

The weekend of St Patrick's Day, 1996, Tom Nevin was found lying dead from a gunshot wound to the ch

Farah Swaleh Noor was an apparent Somalian refugee to Ireland and disappeared on the 20th March 2005

Brendan O'Donnell was a troubled and clingy child. After the death of his mother, he displayed viole

In the final episode of the Beast of Birkenshaw series, Peter Manuel takes over his own defence. He

In the second part of our series covering Peter Manuel, the Beast of Birkenshaw, his trial begins. T