Horror On A Christmas Morning
The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast
The True Crime Enthusiast
4.7 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
For one tragic family in County Kilkenny, in Ireland, Christmas time indeed is their darkest of times - this one being the 15th in a row for them. This time around on The True Crime Enthusiast Podcast, I shall tell you exactly why.
The episode contains details and descriptions of crimes and events, involving descriptions of a sexual nature, and involving children, that some listeners may find disturbing and or distressing, so discretion is advised whilst listening.
Music used in this episode: "The Descent" by Kevin Macleod. All music used is sourced from https://filmmusic.io/ and used under an Attribution Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Playlist Tracks
- Pride And Glory - War Pigs (Black Sabbath Cover)
- Embrace - Come Back To What You Know
- Inside The Crime Podcast - Spotify
- Murder victim's heartbroken brother tells of fears evil killer could move to same street after prison release | The Irish Sun (thesun.ie)
- Brother of tragic mum murdered alongside her two kids speaks out as evil killer up for parole - Irish Mirror Online
- 'I didn't think about the kids .. I just worried about the murder' Sick killer only pleads guilty at last moment making family sit through hell. - Free Online Library (thefreelibrary.com)
- Parole Board meeting for Christmas Day killer Hennessy. Family of murdered mother and daughters slam process. - Free Online Library (thefreelibrary.com)
- BODIES OF EVIDENCE; EX-STATE PATHOLOGIST OPENS UP ON CHILLING CASES IN MEMOIR; Prof Cassidy reveals postmortem 'caught triple killer Hennessy'; Expert suspicious of beast O'Reilly after Late Late show 'grief'; EXCLUSIVE. - Free Online Library (thefreelibrary.com)
- Heartbroken dad of murdered Sharon Whelan details attempts to save family from Christmas morning fire - Irish Mirror Online
- Brother of Kilkenny mum murdered on Christmas day calls for tougher laws on violence against women - Irish Mirror Online
- Man who murdered mum and her two young kids on Christmas morning due for parole early next year - Irish Mirror Online
- Family's disgust as Sharon Whelan's killer could walk free after just eight years - Irish Mirror Online
- Brother who lost sister and nieces hails stricter laws on sentencing (irishexaminer.com)
- ‘She just wanted to be a good mum’ – Heartbroken brother of murdered Sharon Whelan reveals last words she spoke to him | Independent.ie
- Inside the Crime: How Kilkenny detectives identified a murder suspect | Newstalk
- 'My sister and her girls never woke up on Christmas morning' | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
- Murderer of Sharon Whelan and her daughters refused parole - Tipperary Live
- Young man who went out with evil in his heart | Independent.ie
- Family of woman murdered alongside two children welcome new parole bill - SundayWorld.com
- Jailed: postman who killed mum and girls on Xmas day | BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
- PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions
- Advertiser.ie - Mystery man who visited cottage key to triple Windgap killing
- What do you think were the most shocking murder cases in Ireland and why do you think - Page 2 — boards.ie - Now Ye're Talkin'
- Families of Kilkenny murder victims demand changes to sentencing and the ending of day release for convicted killers - Kilkenny Live (kilkennypeople.ie)
- PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions
- Murderer denies he killed mother and her children to cover up rape – The Irish Times
- Mum | Evening Herald (Dublin) | Monday 29 December 2008 | British Newspaper Archive
- Crime In 2008 Year Of | Evening Herald (Dublin) | Wednesday 31 December 2008 | British Newspaper Archive
Transcript
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