Shattered Lives
Tragedy, Murder, and Justice We speak to victims of crime, some solved, some unsolved and some unresolved, and how their lives are forever changed and their continued search for justice.
Episodes
Notorious mob boss ‘Mr Big’ arrested
Mick and Paul discuss the arrest of one of Ireland’s most dangerous criminals - gang boss ‘Mr Big.’ They also discuss two murder investigations, the jailing of DJ Carey and more Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adc…
Irish firefighter Terrence Crosbie jailed for 7+ years for rape
Mick and Paul are joined by reporter Danny De Vaal to discuss the trial and conviction of Terrence Crosbie and his revealing tweets. They also discuss the week’s crime stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch…
Citywest riots fallout
Mick and Paul discuss the Citywest protests, the jailing of Puska family members and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Teenage Asylum Seeker Killed in Dublin, Live from Lebanon & Jonathan Dowdall Freed
Mick dials in from Lebanon where he’s with Irish UNIFIL troops, Paul discusses the murder of a teenage Ukrainian asylum seeker in Dublin and the release of failed State witness Jonathan Dowdall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca…
Mother of Kyran Durnin dodges questions, Puska wife faces jail
Paul and Mick discuss another packed week of crime stories, from Jozef Puska’s wife facing jail, the mother of missing child Kyran Durnin returning home, to no gun murders this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.co…
Week of tragedy, Barbie Kardashian release
Paul and Mick discuss the tragic triple murder investigation in Louth, the murder suicide in Finglas, harassment of former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the release of dangerous transgender prisoner Barbie Kardashian. Learn more about your ad cho…
10 years since Gary Hutch murder, Daniel Aruebose’s remains found in Donabate latest
Paul and Mick discuss 10 years since the murder that sparked the Kinahan Hutch feud, the latest on the investigation into the death of three year old child Daniel Aruebose and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com…
Gardai find body in search for missing child Daniel Aruebose
Paul reports to Mick from the scene in Donabate as gardai find skeletal remains in the grim search for a missing 2 year old boy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Seizing the MV Matthew put Ireland on the world map
Mick continues his chat with former Garda detective inspector Noel Browne. They talk about Noel’s time as the Garda liaison officer in South America and how he helped take on drugs cartels like those behind the 2023 plot to smuggle €157 mil…
Top Garda Who Foiled Kinahan Massacre On Hutch Gang Reveals All
Mick has a fascinating in-depth interview with Noel Browne, who spent 41 years as a Garda anti-gang investigator. He tells us the deadly Hutch attack on the Regency Airport Hotel was actually a failure - and the Kinahans’ thirst for revenge…
Tourist attacked in Temple Bar, ‘Influencer’ Electric Picnic scam
The pod is back after a couple of weeks off. Mick and Paul discuss the loss of their friend and colleague Mick O’Neill, and some of this week’s biggest crime stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Inside an Irish Prison and the CCJ’s holding cells
We gain unprecedented access to the mini prison that sits beneath the country’s largest court building, and get a tour of Cloverhill prison in an exclusive podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Exclusive interview with Ryan Casey, Boyfriend of Murder Victim Ashling Murphy
Silenced and censored for 3 years, Ryan Casey is finally free to tell his story. He spoke exclusively to us about being labelled ‘far right,’ the horrific murder and loss of Ashling, and how he feels the justice system let him down. Learn m…
Boyfriend of Ashling Murphy resolves case against BBC, McGregor latest
Paul discusses the resolution of a defamation case Ryan Casey, the boyfriend of Ashling Murphy took against the BBC, over criticism of his victim impact statement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Inside the courtroom: Conor McGregor appeal
Paul reports from the High Court where UFC fighter Conor McGregor has appealed a decision by a jury that he assaulted Nikita Hand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
‘Handyman’ murdered in Dublin, Annie McCarrick ‘suspect’ speaks
Paul speaks about interviewing a brother of the suspect in the Annie McCarrick case who says he too is a suspect, the death of Marcea Rostas, murder of ‘handyman’ Jake Bereney, and 2 attacks on gardai. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis…
Are Gardai about to solve Annie McCarrick murder?
Paul and Mick discuss the massive development of a search in Clondalkin for the body of long missing Annie McCarrick, and why gardai moved to arrest a man who was known to her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch…
Sean McGovern brought home to face justice
Mick talks through last week’s hush hush operation to fly Kinahan boss Sean McGovern back from Dubai to face murder and other charges in Dublin. And he discusses what this means for the Kinahan men themselves. Learn more about your ad choic…
Richard Satchwell GUILTY of murder
Paul and Mick break down the case after Richard Satchwell was found guilty of the murder of his wife Tina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Hear Michael Gaine murder suspect deny his involvement
Listen to audio of Michael Gaine murder suspect Michael Kelley as Paul and Mick break down what he had to say, and the state of the investigation to date. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trial of Richard Satchwell Week 3
Paul reports on all of the evidence from the third week of the murder trial of Richard Satchwell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trial of Richard Satchwell Week 2
Paul reports to Mick from the second week of the trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies the March 2017 murder of his wife Tina at their home in Youghal, Co Cork. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Trial Of Richard Satchwell So Far
Paul reports to Mick from the murder trial of Richard Satchwell, who denies murdering his wife Tina at the home they shared in Youghal, Co Cork in March 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Taking down a murderer: the garda who nailed Graham Dwyer breaks his silence
Recently retired Detective Sergeant Peter Woods, who was central to the investigation into infamous murderer Graham Dwyer reveals all about the case in an exclusive interview with Mick and Paul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca…
No leads in Michael Gaine case, Fatal stabbing in Cork, ‘Citizen journalists’
Paul and Mick discuss the latest homicide investigations in Donegal and Cork, ‘citizen journalists’, and latest in the baffling disappearance of Michael Gaine - 4 weeks on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice…
The Week In Crime And Where Is Michael Gaine?
Paul and Mick discuss the ongoing case of missing farmer Michael Gaine as it enters its third week, how gardai and prison bosses are fighting back against mob using drones, the outgoing Garda commissioner and more. Learn more about your ad …
No Charges For McGregor, Crowded Prisons, The Family Gang Dismantled
Paul and Mick discuss the DPP’s decision not to charge Conor McGregor over his tweets around the Dublin riots, the overcrowding crisis in our prisons, the latest on the investigation into ‘The Family’ gang, road deaths, the army search for …
Leaders of ‘The Family’ gang arrested, missing Kerry farmer mystery
Paul goes on a solo run to inform you of the week’s crime stories. Gardai have arrested the leaders of Ireland’s biggest mob "The Family," while the mystery of a missing man in Kerry deepens. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc…
Convicted killer Dave Mahon acquitted of assaulting pensioner
Paul and Mick discuss convicted killer Dave Mahon’s acquittal of the assault of his pensioner neighbour, his claims about what really happened, the disappearance of Amy Fitzpatrick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com…
The Threat In Our Skies
Following the announcement by Tánaiste Simon Harris that he believes the Air Corps needs fighter jets, Mick talks to experts Kevin Phipps and Declan Daly. The pilots, who both served in the Air Corps, tell him what threats Ireland’s airspac…
Irish woman who accuses Madeleine McCann suspect of rape tells her story
Warning: This episode contains content about sexual assault. In a wide ranging interview, brave Irish woman Hazel Behan tells of taking Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner to court, what she says she went through at his hands, her …
Ferry death, search for Kyran
Paul and Mick discuss the death of a woman on board a Stena Line ferry that led to armed gardai being called, a new search for missing child Kyran Durnin and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Murdered asylum seeker was accused rapist
Paul and Mick discuss the latest on the murder investigation into asylum seeker Quaham Babatunde on South Anne Street, guilty pleas in the MV Matthew case, and the men found guilty of the gangland killing of gunman Tristan Sherry. Learn mo…
Stoneybatter stabbings, tackling misinformation, Justice for Joe Drennan
Mick and Paul meet in Stoneybatter, at the site of a stabbing incident earlier this week. They also meet to discuss the battle against misinformation and the week’s crime stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a…
Garda search for missing Elizabeth Clarke, Davy Fitzgerald son in court
In another busy week of crime Paul and Mick discuss a homicide in Clonee, parents wearing body armour to drop kids to school, the case of missing woman Elizabeth Clarke upgraded to murder, a son of Davy Fitzgerald in court, and much more. L…
New Justice Minister vows to extradite Kinahans, Hutch could face fresh charge
Mick and Paul discuss another busy week of crime, with new Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan taking the reins, the possibility of the Kinahans being extradited this year, and an advancing probe into Gerry Hutch and alleged corrupt cops. Lear…
‘No justice for our son’ - Hit and run victim Joe Drennan’s family speak out
In a special episode of Shattered Lives, Paul speaks to the devastated mother, father and sister of Joe Drennan who are outraged after criminal Kieran Fogarty was given a concurrent sentence over the hit and run that claimed his life. Learn…
Freddie Thompson son and Gareth Hutch killer jailed
Paul and Mick discuss another busy week in crime - with Kinahan gunman Thomas ‘Nicky’ McConnell becoming the 4th person jailed over Gareth Hutch’s murder, and the son of ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson being jailed for shooting up a car. Learn more …
A month of crime: House of Horrors, McGregor in court, Liam Byrne released
Shattered Lives is back for 2025. In this episode Paul and Mick discuss a busy month of crime - from three murder investigations to Kinahan crime boss Liam Byrne being released and a major Garda probe into a ‘house of horrors’ in Leinster a…
A year of crime (pt 3)
Paul and Mick discuss the year in crime. In part 3 they talk about Graham Dwyer’s failed appeal, murder of Josephine Ray, John Gilligan’s cancer denial and a massive seizure of crystal meth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastch…