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Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast

Episode 501: The Murder of Rachel O’Reilly

Inhuman: A True Crime Podcast

Inhuman Podcast

True Crime

4.62.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Rachel O’Reilly was a 30‑year‑old mother of two when she was murdered in her home in Naul, Ireland, in 2004. The crime scene was staged to resemble a break‑in, with overturned furniture and scattered items, but investigators quickly noticed inconsistencies. Detectives soon uncovered the truth about what was happening in Rachel’s marriage to Joe O’Reilly, and as their suspicions grew, so did their case against him. Click here to join our Patreon.  Click here to get your own Inhuman merch.  Connect with us on Instagram and join our Facebook group.  To submit listener stories or case suggestions, and to see all sources for this episode: https://www.inhumanpodcast.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's up you guys?

0:01.8

I'm Andrea.

0:03.0

And I'm Healy.

0:04.7

And you're listening to Inhuman, a true crime podcast.

0:28.1

Thank you. Welcome back, everybody. Today's case is a requested case, and it is a case out of Ireland.

0:36.7

Oh.

0:37.4

Like, it's been a while since we've covered an Irish case.

0:42.3

And like I said, this case was suggested.

0:46.5

And it is a gut-wrenching tale.

0:50.5

And luckily it has resolution, but it is just so heartbreaking that obviously justice does not feel

0:57.8

like even a smidge enough for what happened to this family but at least there is some conclusion

1:07.6

and there is some resolution there is some justice it just it's just so unfair and so awful and sad. But this is the murder of Rachel O'Reilly.

1:19.8

Wait, isn't there the name of the, isn't that? Oh, no, it's just Rachel Riley. I was like the the big brother.

1:28.2

Yeah. I was thinking that's true. I kept thinking like I kept like kind of saying that name.

1:33.6

But yeah, it's O. Riley because. Oh, Riley. Okay. Yeah. But it's yeah, it's very similar.

1:39.1

But I had the same thought too.

1:42.5

30 year old Rachel O'Reilly was outgoing, friendly, and intelligent.

1:47.7

She worked in marketing and public relations at the Bank of Ireland, one of the country's

1:52.7

major banks, and she excelled at her job.

1:57.4

Her coworkers described her as competent and hardworking, and not only that, but Rachel was a great friend.

2:05.5

Anyone that knew her described her as being outgoing, super friendly, and she was known for being easy to talk to and well-liked in her community.

2:18.0

Most importantly,

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