Hi friends, how are you today? I hope you're having a wonderful day so far. My name is Bailey Sarian,

and I like to welcome you to my podcast, Murder, Mystery, and Makeup. Now you might follow me over

on YouTube where you can actually watch these episodes, but today we have an audio exclusive.

That's right, you're only going to hear it here. So don't forget to subscribe for these

little exclusives I do. But now let's get into today's story. Listen, it's August 2013

in County Wicklow, Ireland. The water levels at Vartree Reservoir had dropped way low, and a couple

of fishermen wandering across the bridge started noticing things in the shallows that weren't

normally visible. Now, first, they figured it was just junk, you know, random debris. But when they

pulled it out, no, not junk. What they found was a collection

of restraints, handcuffs, leg irons, a gag, a blindfold, and even a knife. I mean, imagine you're

out by the water expecting maybe to find like an old boot or some

trash, you know, and instead you're holding shackles and a knife. These aren't the kind of things

that just happened to end up in a lake. These are tools of control, tools of violence, into investigators.

They weren't just creepy odds and ends.

They were the very first clue in unraveling the tragic disappearance of a woman named Elaine O'Hara

and exposing the dark double life of the man who murdered her.

Listen, today's episode contains discussions of mental health struggles, suicide, sexual violence, and murder. So listener discretion is advised.

Elaine O'Hara was 36 years old, living in Kaliney, Dublin, a coastal suburb known for its beaches and rolling green hills. From the outside, you know, Elaine's life seemed pretty normal.

She worked as a child care assistant,

picked up shifts at a news agent,

and was even taking night classes hoping to move into Montessori teaching.

But listen, behind the scenes, Elaine definitely had her struggles.

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