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Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

81 - A Voyage of Fiction: The Murder of Aoife Phelan

Mens Rea: A true crime podcast

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True Crime, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 6 December 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In October of 2012, 30 year old Aoife Phelan went missing without a trace. Aoife had simply left a friends house and vanished with no sign of what might become of her. A garda investigation began to find the woman who had told hr family she was 4 months pregnant.  It would be a long two weeks before police discovered what had become of her.  ************ Join me at CrimeCon UK on June 12-13th 2021. For more information and tickets visit crimecon.co.uk. Use the code MENSREA for 10% off. Purchase a ticket with the code and get in touch to get a free Mens Rea T-Shirt (limited to first 10 listeners who contact me) ************ Please check out the Shattered Window podcast ************ With thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Try the hidden-object mystery game JunesJourney today! Download for free by clicking here or find it on the Apple App Store or Google Play! 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Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ************ Sources: Jim Cusack, “Family fear for missing pregnant woman, 31” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-fear-for-missing-pregnant-woman-31-28824520.html (28 October 2012) Breda Heffernan, Cormac McQuinn and Eoghan McConnell, “Gardai fear for safety of missing pregnant woman” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-fear-for-safety-of-missing-pregnant-woman-28824802.html (29 October 2012) Eoghan MacConnell, “Trawl of missing woman's phone and bank records” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/trawl-of-missing-womans-phone-and-bank-records-28825028.html (30 October 2012) Eoghan MacConnell and Conor Lally, “Garda 'extremely concerned' for woman” in The Irish Times (31 October 2012) p. 3. Kevin Foy, “Gardai: 'Highly unlikely' missing Aoife was victim of foul play” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-highly-unlikely-missing-aoife-was-victim-of-foul-play-28825623.html (31 October 2012) Eoghan MacConnell and Conor Lally, “Gardai search lake in Laois for missing pregnant woman (30)” in The Irish Times (1 November 2012) p. 7. Cormac McQuinn, “Lake trawled in search for missing nanny, Aoife Phelan” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/lake-trawled-in-search-for-missing-nanny-aoife-phelan-28826017.html (1 November 2012) Eoghan MacConnell, “Family pleads for safe return of missing Aoife at candlelight vigil” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-pleads-for-safe-return-of-missing-aoife-at-candlelight-vigil-28826396.html (2 November 2012) Eoghan MacConnell, “Mother makes emotional plea for return of missing daughter” in The Irish Times (2 November 2012) p. 2. Eoghan MacConnell, “Gardai: No activity on missing Aoife's phone or bank accounts” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-no-activity-on-missing-aoifes-phone-or-bank-accounts-28826701.html (2 November 2012) “Man arrested over missing nanny” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/man-arrested-over-missing-nanny-28893440.html (5 November 2012) Fiona Gartland, “Garda search for missing woman Aoife Phelan focused on river” in The Irish Times (7 November 2012) p. 7. “Nanny's family hailed as body found” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/nannys-family-hailed-as-body-found-28893651.html (7 November 2012) Louise Hogan, “Neighbours shocked a family seeks privacy” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/neighbours-shocked-as-family-seeks-privacy-28893504.html (7 November 2012) Sarah Stack, “Gardai arrest man in his 20s after Aoife's body is found” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-arrest-man-in-his-20s-after-aoifes-body-is-found-28893650.html (7 November 2012) Tom Brady and Louise Hogan, “Gardai found missing in nanny's body after wild-goose chase” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/gardai-found-missing-nannys-body-after-wild-goose-chase-28893999.html (8 November 2012) Eoghan MacConnell, “Man rearrested after body found by gardai searching for missing woman” in The Irish Times (8 November 2012) p. 8 “Tributes paid to murdered nanny” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/breaking-news/irish-news/tributes-paid-to-murdered-nanny-28894104.html (8 November 2012) Ed Carty and Tom Brady, “Pregnant Aoife was beaten to death and buried in a barrel” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pregnant-aoife-was-beaten-to-death-and-buried-in-a-barrel-28894281.html (8 November 2012) Sarah Stack and Ed Carty, “Tributes paid to murdered nanny and her unborn child” in The Irish Independent https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/tributes-paid-to-murdered-nanny-and-her-unborn-child-28894097.html (8 November 2012) Joanne Hunt, “Community rallies around Phelan family” in The Irish Times (9 November 2012) p. 8. For a full list of sources, please see www.mensreapod.com

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0:16.4

After the year we've all had, we think some forward 2021 planning and the feeling of anticipation is just what is needed for this Christmas morning and CrimeCon have the perfect gift idea for the true crime

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enthusiast give an unforgettable weekend gift idea for the true crime enthusiast.

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Give an unforgettable weekend two whole days of true crime

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immersive experiences.

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The weekend will include 50 hours of true crime content where your loved one can see leading true crime experts,

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meet famous true crime authors, listen to their favorite true crime podcasters,

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and hear from victims' families and survivors.

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The CrimeCon Christmas Gift Box includes one or two tickets, plus two books from leading

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true crime publisher Bonier Books UK, which will keep your loved one entertained until we welcome

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them to CrimeCon in June.

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You can bring those books to the show and meet the authors in person to sign them. And there's more. I'll be there all weekend and if you quote mens rea you can

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claim 10% off this offer and the first 10 people who buy tickets with my coat mens rea will get the lovely bonus of a mens rea t-shirt

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All you have to do is contact me with proof of purchase.

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Listen, it has been a tough year, and I know it's hard to make plans and then get your hopes

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dashed over and over and over again like we have this year.

1:29.3

But honestly, looking forward to events like CrimeCon UK 2021 is what's keeping me going.

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I'm so excited to meet all the other podcasters and personalities from the true crime world

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and I'm absolutely dying to meet all of you. So head on

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down to the show notes, click those links, get your tickets and we'll see you in

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2021. See you're listening to the mens rea podcast and this is the story of Eifra Phelan. Oh, You're not going to be here. In October of 2012, Epha Phelan was 30 years old. She came from a large family and had 11 siblings, six sisters and five brothers.

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Eifa was the fifth eldest. The family home was in Kassel, Balirone, just south of the Midlands town of Port

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Leit, where Eifah's parents Mick, who was 58, and Betty, who was 57, lived with three of her

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