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This week, we’re looking at the disappearance of 39-year-old Eva Brennan, who vanished from Terenure in July 1993, and why her case never received the attention it deserved.

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Links

Eva Brennan - Garda

'One of the forgotten': Family frustration over missing woman's case

https://archive.is/gJ28i

Serial killer theory gains ground

Eva Brennan | International Missing Persons Wiki | Fandom

Eva Brennan | Unsolved Ireland

Eva's family still grieve nine years later

Unanswered: Eva Brennan — UCC Express

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This week, we look at the 2003 disappearance of 36-year-old Claire Boylan, and how her case became one of the many in Ireland that seemed to vanish from public view almost as quickly as she did.

Links

Claire Boylan - Garda

Family appeal to missing woman

Family of missing woman urge her to make contact

The strange disappearance of Claire Boylan : r/UnresolvedMysteries

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Bentinho Massaro is a self-styled spiritual guru with a massive online following and a string of disturbing allegations trailing behind him; from utopian dreams in Sedona to cult accusations and a follower’s tragic death... is this the future of wellness, or just another rebrand of control?

Tech Bro Guru: Inside the Sedona Cult of Bentinho Massaro – Be Scofield

Ex-Cult Members Describe Abuse by ‘Monster’ Bentinho Massaro – Be Scofield

Be Scofield’s Articles on Cults and Spiritual Abuse

A Little Bit Culty Podcast – Bentinho Massaro Part 2

The Mirror Effect – Survivor Accounts and Advocacy

Spiritual Guru or Creepy Cult Leader? – Dazed

My Journey into the Dark, Hypnotic World of a Millennial Guru – Cult Education Institute

Massaro’s Organization Is a Cover to Give Him Everything He Craves – Cult Education Institute

Bentinho Massaro – Wikipedia

‘If you die in the process, it doesn’t matter’: the rise of Bentinho Massaro – The Guardian

Inside the World of Bentinho Massaro, Instagram’s Cult Leader for the Tech Set – Rolling Stone

The Controversial Guru Who Wants to 'Upgrade Civilization'

Levitating Spiritual Guru Wants to Enlighten the World | Bentinho Massaro Case Analysis

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Sherry Shriner was a YouTuber who claimed to fight reptilian overlords...until her online cult was linked to suicide, paranoia, and murder. This is the dark side of digital influence.

The Devil You Know S02E02 Orgone Warrior | Sherry Shriner True Crime Documentary

Tony Russo's Dragged Into the Light

TheWrap 

Grunge

cultfacts.com

https://www.thedailybeast.com/web/20170803081134/

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Emer O'Loughlin was a 23-year-old artist with a bright future—until her life was robbed on Friday, April 8th, 2005. What was first treated as a tragic accident soon unraveled into a violent murder, and a suspect who vanished without a trace after faking his own suicide.

Facebook Page: Justice for Emer O'Loughlin

Garda Information: Murder of Emer O’Loughlin - 8/4/05 - Garda

Sources

Marú inár Measc - Emer O'Loughlin | Player | TG4 | Irish Television Channel, Súil Eile

Can a distinctive tattoo help solve Emer O’Loughlin’s murder? – The Irish Times

Sister of murdered Emer O'Loughlin publishes last known image of chief suspect

Student's killer could have staged copycat fake suicide to escape arrest | Irish Independent

John Griffin: Ex-cold case detective says Emer O’Loughlin murder suspect is ‘out there to be got’ - SundayWorld.com

My sister was decapitated. The truth about her murder has to be made public’ – Emer O’Loughlin’s family tell how injuries only came to light 20 years after her death

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In 1978, 26-year-old Dutch woman Leidy Kaspersma vanished after stepping out of a car on a rural road near Kenmare, County Kerry. Decades later, her disappearance remains unsolved, but some believe all road lead to one suspect.

'Someone knows what happened to our Leidy' - final appeal from family of missing woman | Irish Independent

Zo’n vijftig Nederlanders per jaar raken vermist tijdens vakantie (longread) | Panorama

Missing.ie | Leidy Kaspersma Co Kerry 

Leidy Kaspersma | International Missing Persons Wiki

1085DFIRL - Aleida Maria Anderske Kaspersma

Without Trace, Irelands Missing by Barry Cummins

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In 1947, 16-year-old Jimmy O’Neill left for work in Waterford and was never seen again. Did he stow away to England, start a new life, or meet a darker fate? For decades, his disappearance remained a mystery—until now. A newly discovered letter and the power of forensic genealogy could finally reveal the truth.

Sources

‘I was always in fear of saying it, well now my family secret is out: We knew Jimmy ran away’

JIMMY O'NEILL: A 71-YEAR MYSTERY - The Munster Express

Jimmy O'Neill: Brother of Ireland's longest missing person appeals for closure | Newstalk

Ireland's longest missing person among those remembered on Missing Persons Day | Beat102103.com

Fresh hope for family of one of Ireland's oldest missing persons

A devastating mystery: 'Here I am, a man in my 70s, wondering what became of my brother'

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41363893

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Seventeen-year-old Raonaid Murray was walking home through the quiet streets of Glenageary, Dublin, when she was brutally attacked—just minutes from her front door. Despite thousands of interviews and decades of investigation, her killer has never been identified, and the motive remains a mystery. In this episode, we examine the crime scene, the prime suspects, and the unanswered questions that still haunt one of Ireland’s most chilling unsolved murders.

Raonaid Murray - Garda

Sources: 

Renewed appeal for information on Raonaid Murray murder

Female DNA found under Raonaid's nails | Irish Independent

https://web.archive.org/web/20160821122645/http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/just-like-a-normal-teenager-she-raved-about-george-michaels-music-kept-her-favourite-teddy-bear-on-her-bed-talked-of-seeing-the-world-and-was-frequently-five-minutes-late-turning-up-for-her-shift-at-the-shop-26138107.html

The mystery of south Dublin schoolgirl Raonaid Murray’s unsolved murder

Raonaid Murray – Chilling Crimes

Raonaid prime suspect - garda chief reveals who he believes killed schoolgirl | Irish Independent

​​Raonaid Murray: The multiple suspects and theories in the unsolved murder - Dublin Live

Detective who led Raonaid probe dies | Irish Independent

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In 1991, Conor and Sheila O’Dwyer vanished without a trace from their home in Fermoy, County Cork—an elderly couple with no reason to disappear, yet it took three weeks before anyone noticed. Their disappearance remains one of Ireland’s most baffling mysteries, made even stranger by the fact that another man went missing in his car just a year earlier, only for his remains to surface 22 years later. In this episode, we unravel the chilling details, explore possible theories, and ask: how can two people simply cease to exist?

Garda Information

Doe Network

Conor and Sheila Dwyer - Garda

The unsolved disappearance of Conor and Sheila Dwyer : r/UnresolvedMysteries

Thirty years on, Gardaí still baffled by missing Fermoy couple | Irish Independent

Ireland’s most baffling missing persons case - Couple vanish without trace

Conor & Sheila Dwyer: Marital Mystery

Documentary On One - Thin Air

Conor and Sheila Dwyer: How a ‘German connection’ could hold the key to the mystery of Co Cork couple who disappeared without trace in 1991

Mystery in Fermoy: The couple who vanished into thin air one day in 1991

690DFIRL - Sheila Dwyer

DNA tests on remains in submerged car

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In 1977, six-year-old Mary Boyle vanished without a trace from remote Donegal, making her Ireland’s longest-running missing child case. Decades later, her disappearance remains a mystery, with allegations of political interference, ignored leads, and a fight for justice led by her sister.

Justice for Mary Boyle Facebook Page

Gardaí Information

‘Time is running out’: call for inquest in case of Mary Boyle

Birmingham girl who vanished 39 years ago and known as 'Ireland's Madeleine McCann'

Mary Boyle - a stolen child

Ann Boyle receiving hate mail 40 years after daughter Mary's disappearance

Fianna Fail politician ‘interfered in murder case’

Answer to Mary Boyle mystery lies ‘in her family’, says sister | Irish Independent

Serial killer Robert Black identified as suspect in unsolved murder of seven-year-old girl in Northern Ireland

Paedophile and child serial killer Robert Black dies in jail

'Recluse' gets two years for 35 charges of indecent assault on young brothers

Robert Black main suspect as cold case cops probe mystery of missing Donegal girl Mary Boyle

Margo's search for missing Mary

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