Interview #9 | Claire McGowan (Writer and Lecturer)

British Murders with Stuart Blues

Stuart Blues

True Crime

4.7 • 699 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

I welcome Northern Irish writer and lecturer Claire McGowan to the show in this interview episode to discuss Ireland's mysterious Vanishing Triangle cases.

In 1990s Ireland, eight women were abducted and presumed murdered. They vanished without a trace, and no one was ever charged.

Bestselling crime author Claire McGowan was determined to find out why. In her book on the case, Claire delivers a righteous polemic against the culture of secrecy, victim-blaming and shame that left those women's bodies unfound, their fates unknown, and their assailants unpunished.

Claire grew up in a small village in Northern Ireland and now lives in London. She writes crime fiction as Claire McGowan and contemporary women's fiction as Eva Woods.

Her latest book 'The Vanishing Triangle: The Murdered Women Ireland Forgot', released on May 1, 2022, is available to purchase here:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Vanishing-Triangle-Murdered-Ireland-Forgot/dp/1542035295/

You can find and support Claire McGowan here:

https://www.ink-stains.co.uk/

For all things British Murders, please visit my website:

https://www.britishmurders.com/

Intro music:

David John Brady - 'Throw Down the Gauntlet'

https://linktr.ee/davidjohnbradymusic

My recording equipment:

Shure SM7B Vocal Microphone

Cloud Microphone Cloudlifter CL1

Focusrite Scarlett Solo USB Audio Interface

Rode PSA-1 Professional Studio Boom Arm

Recorded using:

Zencastr

Edited in:

Hindenberg PRO

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0:32.5	Music Hello everyone and welcome to British murders, the podcast that focuses exclusively on British murder cases with an occasional glimpse at horror movies.
0:54.7	I'm your host, Stuart Blues, and this week I have a very special guest on the show.
0:59.5	After growing up in a small village in Northern Ireland, my guest now lives in London and
1:04.2	writes crime fiction under her real name, as well as contemporary women's fiction under the name
1:09.4	Eva Woods.
1:10.7	Please welcome to the show, Claire McGowan.
1:13.4	How are you, Claire?
1:14.7	Hi, I'm good, thank you.
1:16.1	It's a pleasure to have you on.
1:17.3	Now, we are here, first and foremost, to discuss your latest book.
1:21.5	Now, am I right in thinking this is your first venture into the nonfiction category?
1:26.5	Because you're mainly fiction writer, aren't you?
1:28.5	Yeah, that's right. Yeah, so mostly about fiction and I've done a few radio plays,
1:32.2	although those are mostly all drama as well. So first time writing anything that's true to life.
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