76 - House of Horrors: Cork's Missing Men

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Just before Christmas 1994, Patch O'Driscoll went missing from his bedsit in Cork City. When the garda investigation began into his missing persons case, it was discovered two other men had also disappeared from the very same house on Wellington Terrace. Though there was no evidence of a crime scene inside the large dilapidated building, the cause was certainly within.  But there would be few answers and no justice in the case. ********* Join me at CrimeCon UK on June 12-13th 2021. For more information and tickets visit crimecon.co.uk. Use the code MENSREA for 10% off. Purchase a ticket with the code and get in touch to get a free Mens Rea T-Shirt (limited to first 10 listeners who contact me) ********* With thanks to our sponsors for this episode: Get $5 off an evening of crime solving in your own home with unsolvedcasefiles.com using the code MENS Sign up for professional online counselling at betterhelp.com/mensrea and get 10% off your first month! Try the casual mobile puzzle game Best Fiends today! Find it on the Apple App store and Google Play!  ********* Find us on Facebook or Twitter!With thanks to our supporters on Patreon!  Donate today to get access to bonus and ad-free episodes! Check out the Mens Rea Merch Store!  ********* Our featured podcast this week is True Crime Deadline - find them here ********* Theme Music: Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Additional Music:   Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ********* Sources:  Dick Cross, “Concern grows over missing trio mystery” in The Irish Independent (14 February 1995) p. 4.  “Fear for safety of missing 3 men” in The Evening Herald (14 February 1995) p. 1  Stephen Rae and Dick Cross, “Mystery deepens as flats trio disappear” in The Evening Herald (14 February 1995) p. 4  “Missing men baffle gardai” in The Evening Herald (15 February 1995) p. 4.  Dick Cross, “Gardai draw a total blank in search for missing trio” in The Irish Independent (15 February 1995) p. 3.  Dick Cross and Michael Quinn, “Sighting reports in missing men mystery” in The Irish Independent (16 February 1995) p. 6.  Anne Marie O'Connor, “I'm sure he's still alive, says father” in The Wexford People (16 February 1995) p.p. 1,3.  Dick Cross, “Missing man left prize unclaimed” in The Irish Independent (17 February 1995) p. 3.  "The waiting game” in The Irish Independent (18 February 1995) p. 6.  “Evidence points to macabre findings” in The Irish Independent (18 February 1995) 6.  “Occult link now thought unlikely” in The Irish Independent (18 February 1995) p. 6.  Feargal Keane, “Missing Cork three feared dead” in The Sunday Tribune (19 February 1995) p. 4.  Ann Cahill, “Gardai believe missing Cork trio are dead' in The Sunday Independent (19 February 1995) p. 3.  Stephen Rae and Dick Cross, “Missing men 'killed'” in The Evening Herald (20 February 1995) p. 13.  Dick Cross, “Gardai draw a blank in hunt for trio” in The Irish Independent (21 February 1990) p. 7.  “Search goes ahead” in The Irish Independent (23 February 1995) p. 6.  “Gardai intensify hunt for three missing men” in The Irish Independent (25 February 1995) p. 3.  Mark Smith, “Dark secrets of the house on the hill” in The Sunday Independent (12 March 1995) p. 4.  “Missing men's house combed” in The Irish Independent (17 March 1995) p. 10  Dee O'Sullivan, “Missing 3: house sealed off” in The Sunday Tribune (19 March 1995) p. 2.  “Sister of missing man is threatened” in The Irish Independent (11 April 1995) p. 6.  Paul Williams, “Missing men 'executed' by drugs family” in The Sunday World (16 April 1995) p. 4.  Dick Cross, “Search continues for missing man” in The Irish Independent (24 April 1995) p. 4.  “Garden dig for missing trio” in The Evening Herald (15 May 1995) p. 4.  Dick Cross, “Gardai search team start digging” in The Irish Independent (16 May 1995) p. 14.  Dick Cross, “Gardai dig up garden in hunt for missing men” in The Irish Independent (16 May 1995)  Dick Cross, “Cork dig: two suspected” in The Evening Herald (16 May 1995) p. 2.  For a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com