119: Missing Mary

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Mary Boyle disappeared from a swampy field next her grandparents home in an isolated part of Donegal in 1977. She disappeared without a trace, and her case has become the longest running missing child case in Ireland. In forty years, the case has seen only one arrest and also has been linked with notorious Scottish child-killer Robert Black, and has drawn the attention of controversial media figures. But, through all that, Mary is still missing, and her mother still prays daily to know what happened to her. ******** Find us on Facebook or Twitter! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! Check out the Mens Rea Merch Store! ********* Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music: Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ******** Music: Kevin McLeod, Quinns Song : The Dance Begins. (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ********* Sources: Barry Cummins, Missing: The unsolved cases of Ireland's vanished women and children (Dublin: Gill Books, 2019) ch. 9. Mary Boyle: The Untold Story. Written and Directed by Gemma O'Doherty. Brighid McLaughlin, “ Mary Boyle – a stolen child” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mary-boyle-a-stolen-child-26259379.html (16 May 1999) Anita Guidera, “Gardai probe 26-year missing child link to UK killer” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-probe-26year-missing-child-link-to-uk-killer-25922663.html (18 November 2003) Anita Gudera and Martha Kerns, “Missing girl's father one of three tragic drownings in five hours” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/missing-girls-father-one-of-three-tragic-drownings-in-five-hours-25976360.html (20 July 2005) Anita Guidera, “Mum still searches for her girl, 30 years on” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/mum-still-searches-for-her-girl-30-years-on-26270736.html (15 March 2007) Anita Guidera, “34- year search for girl resumes” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/34year-search-for-girl-resumes-26612529.html (10 January 2011) Mark Hilliard, Greg Harkin and David Young, “Paedophile faces questions in missing teen's cold case” in the Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/paedophile-faces-questions-in-missing-teens-cold-case-26786394.html (28 October 2011) Anita Guidera, “Search to resume for body of girl missing since 1977” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/search-to-resume-for-body-of-girl-missing-since-1977-30681599.html (19 March 2012) Greg Harkin, “Cold case report on missing Mary (6) due shortly” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/cold-case-report-on-missing-mary-6-due-shortly-30681588.html (21 March 2012) For a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com

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0:00.0	Happy New Year's, folks! I hope everyone has had a lovely and peaceful holiday, and the
0:05.2	January blues aren't hitting too hard. A little update before the episode today. You'll have
0:10.4	noticed that the feed continues to be sporadic. Basically, I am still firmly on the struggle bus
0:16.8	when it comes to organization and focus, and the show is the worst affected by this, as I'm sure
0:21.8	you can imagine. I'm also still in the process of house buying, ash, attempt, and house number three
0:27.2	at this stage. Hopefully that'll all go smoothly and be behind us in a couple of months,
0:32.1	but it is a distraction. In terms of the show, the plan is to get some additional help in to try
0:38.0	and get things back on track without running the risk of burn out and so on, and once I am back
0:43.2	on track, I hope you'll be glad to hear that there are plans afush for new and exciting menswear
0:48.8	content. It's all a bit hush at the moment, but as soon as I can give more details, I will.
0:53.5	You're about to hear a bonus episode that aired over on Patreon in December of 2019,
0:58.4	and it is one of the most prominent historical cases in Ireland, the disappearance of six-year-old Mary
1:04.0	Boyle. You'll have some brand new content in about two weeks time fingers crossed. Again, happy
1:10.3	new years to you all, and a big thank you for sticking with me and continuing to listen to the show,
1:15.3	especially since things have gotten a little less structured. Knowing that you all are out there
1:20.2	and patiently waiting for new stories is a huge motivation, and I appreciate every single one of you.
1:26.7	I can't emphasize that enough, so thank you, really. And now on to the episode.
1:35.5	You're listening to the menswear podcast, and this is the story of Mary Boyle.
1:50.2	You're listening to the story of Mary Boyle, and this is the story of Mary Boyle.
1:54.2	You're listening to the story of Mary Boyle.
1:56.2	You're listening to the story of Mary Boyle.
1:58.2	You're listening to the story of Mary Boyle.
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