On 14 September 2007, 14-year-old Andrew Gosden vanished after leaving his home in Balby, Doncaster, and travelling alone by train to King’s Cross Station in London. He bought a one-way ticket, left his family with no note or warning, and was last seen on CCTV walking out of King’s Cross—then seemingly disappearing without a trace. Andrew was described as quiet, intelligent, and not the type of teenager to run away, making his sudden disappearance even more disturbing. In the weeks and months that followed, police received multiple reported sightings across London and beyond, but none were ever confirmed. The investigation later faced serious criticism, including delays in securing vital CCTV footage, and claims that officers placed too much pressure on Andrew’s father, Kevin Gosden, during the early stages. Despite national media coverage, Crimewatch reconstructions, and countless theories online, there is still no clear explanation for what happened to Andrew. In December 2021, two m...

The murder of four-year-old Mason O’Connell-Conway is one of the most disturbing child abuse cases in modern Irish history. On 13 March 2021, emergency services were called to a home in Rathbane, County Limerick, after it was reported that Mason had fallen from a bunk bed and could not be woken. But what doctors discovered told a very different story. Mason had suffered catastrophic injuries — including severe head trauma and a lacerated liver — injuries that experts said were consistent with sustained abuse, not an accident. Just three days later, on 16 March 2021, Mason died in hospital. Investigations would reveal that in the weeks leading up to his death, Mason had been subjected to repeated physical punishment, isolation, and abuse inside the home where he was meant to be safe. In 2024, his father was sentenced to seven years in prison for neglect, child endangerment, and assisting an offender. In 2026, Tegan McGhee was sentenced to life imprisonment for his murder. This episode i...

Céline Cawley was a Dublin-based film producer whose death in Howth in December 2008 became one of Ireland’s most closely examined criminal cases. This Radio Espial Timeline documents the established sequence of events, placing key moments in chronological order and examining how the investigation unfolded. The timeline is victim-centred and includes personal insight from Céline’s daughter, Georgia, providing context on the impact of the events and their aftermath. This documentary-style timeline focuses on facts, location, and chronology rather than speculation, contributing to the wider record of Irish true crime and criminal justice history.  

In May 1980, 22-year-old art student Jessie Earl disappeared from her home in Eastbourne. When her remains were discovered nine years later near Beachy Head, the case should have changed everything. Instead, her death was met with an open verdict, lost evidence, and decades of unanswered questions. This Radio Espial episode examines the disappearance of Jessie Earl, the circumstances surrounding the discovery of her body, and the long campaign by her family to have her death formally recognised as murder. In 2022, more than forty years after Jessie vanished, a new inquest finally ruled that she was unlawfully killed by a third party.  No one has ever been charged with Jessie's murder.  

In the early hours of December 22nd, 1995, a 41-year-old woman stepped off a night bus just minutes from home. She had been laughing with friends only hours earlier, celebrating Christmas in the heart of Dublin. But in a dark shortcut through Tolka Valley Park, Marilyn Rynn’s journey ended in brutal violence. Her murder would shock Ireland—and quietly change criminal investigations forever, becoming the first case in the country to be solved by DNA. Radio Espial presents the first ever comprehensive timeline of her case.  

On the morning of Tuesday, December 20th, 2011, 39-year-old Monica Riordan left her workplace at Pobal on Holles Street in Dublin. By nightfall, she had vanished. Originally from Finglas and living in Navan, Co. Meath, Monica was seen several times throughout Dublin city centre that day. CCTV captured her movements as she appeared increasingly disoriented and distressed, making multiple emergency calls and walking alone through the Docklands in cold, wet conditions. Her mobile phone was later found near the Grand Canal, and weeks later her handbag was recovered from the River Liffey. Despite extensive searches, Garda appeals, and tireless efforts by her family and colleagues, Monica was never found. In this episode of Radio Espial - True Crime, we reconstruct Monica Riordan’s final known day through a detailed timeline — tracing confirmed sightings, public appeals, investigative efforts, and the inquest findings — while keeping the focus on facts, compassion, and the unanswered quest...