56 - Predator: The deaths of Patricia McGauley & Mary Cummins

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🗓️ 8 December 2019

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1990 was a decade of missing women. We remember the names of the unfound - Annie McCarrick, Eva Brennan, Jo Jo Dollard, Deirdre Jacob. The names Patricia McGauley and Mary Cummins were once on that list. These two women disappeared from Dublin in the space of a year, and it wasn't until a large scale review of cases of missing women from Dublin that a startling link was discovered between the two women. Both of them had unknowingly spent time with a predator: Michael Bambrick. ******** With thanks to today's sponsor thebouqs.com. Go to thebouqs.com/mensand enter code MENS at checkout for 25% off your order of farm fresh flowers! Don't forget to check out our sponsors Best Fiends, the 5* rated puzzle game. Find it on the Apple App store and Google Play! ******** Find us on Facebook or Twitter! With thanks to our supporters on Patreon! Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! Our featured podcast this week is from our good friends over at Murderific! 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0:00.0	You're listening to the mens rea podcast.
0:04.0	And this is the story of Patricia McGoly and Mary Cummins. The Oh, Patricia McGulli was born in Dublin in September of 1948. She had two sisters and a brother and grew up just off Capel Street in Dublin's Market District.
0:55.6	Patricia attended George's Hill Convent School in Dublin's North Inner City until 1963.
1:03.0	After that, she worked a number of jobs, mainly in factories which were a by far more common occurrence in Dublin at that time.
1:12.0	Patricia had met and married John Magali while working in one of those
1:17.3	factories in 1976, but the marriage was not a happy one and it dissolved after only two years.
1:25.4	Her first husband had been abusive, both of them drank too much and argued often.
1:31.5	Patricia eventually moved back in with her mother, Julia, with whom she was very close.
1:37.8	In 1982, Patricia met another man, one who would feature in her life for much longer than her husband had.
1:45.7	His name was Michael Bambric. He'd also been married before.
1:50.1	Quickly, the two began living together in Michael's flat in St. Theresa's gardens.
1:55.8	In 1984, they had their first child, Adrianne.
2:00.3	With the birth of their daughter, Dublin Corporation allocated them a larger house and so they moved to St Ronans Park in Ronan's Town in 1986.
2:11.2	In 1990 Patricia had another child with Michael, another little girl whom they called Louise.
2:18.4	Friends recalled that with the arrival of the two little girls Patricia had cut back on her drinking and had focused more on parenting
2:25.7	the children.
2:27.8	The same could not be said for her partner Michael.
2:31.8	Michael Bambric was born in England to Irish parents in 1952. He was one of six children in his family. He had three half sisters who he never met and two older brothers. He moved to
2:44.3	moved to Ireland with his family five years after his birth.
2:47.1	Michael was different from his brothers, both of whom worked hard and found their
2:52.0	way in life.
2:53.4	Michael was unruly and subject to foul tempers.
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