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In March of 1895, in a quiet corner of rural Tipperary, a young woman named Bridget Cleary vanished from the world of the living and stepped—at least in the minds of her neighbours—into something far stranger. Her death would become one of Ireland’s most haunting and contested stories, a collision of folklore, fear, and a society caught between old beliefs and a modernising world.
This episode unravels the final days of Bridget Cleary, the so‑called “last witch burned in Ireland,” and asks what really happened in that small cottage near Ballyvadlea. It’s a story of superstition and control, of a community under pressure, and of a woman whose life—and death—still echoes through Irish history.

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In the summer of 1861, the quiet Sligo market town of Ballymote was shaken by a series of strange and unsettling attacks that left locals gripped by fear. This episode unravels the rumours, the newspaper reports, and the social tensions of the time, tracing how a rural community confronted a threat it barely understood. Was it the work of a lone assailant, a case of mass panic, or something more complex beneath the surface of Victorian Ireland? Step back into the shadows of 19th‑century Ballymote as we examine a mystery that has lingered for more than 160 years.

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In the spring of 1848, as Ireland staggered under the weight of famine and fear, a young woman named Margaret Maher was found brutally murdered on the outskirts of Mullingar. Her death shocked a community already pushed to the edge, and the investigation that followed exposed simmering tensions, whispered scandals, and the fragile line between justice and survival in a desperate time.
This episode unravels the known facts, the rumours that refused to die, and the legacy of a crime that still lingers in Westmeath’s collective memory.