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Where is Jón? Episode Four recapped: Narrowing the focus

The old adage goes, never judge a book by its cover, but what happens when hundreds of thousands of people refuse to heed this warning?

Podcasts • 13 Feb

Runaway Joe Episode 05, recapped - the search for Joe continues

Journalist Pavel Barter was convinced Joe Maloney had two children. That is what everyone told him... But then he did a little digging on ancestry.com, which is where he found Karen.

Podcasts • 13 Feb 24

Runaway Joe - inside Documentary On One's new true crime podcast

An investigation into one of the oldest unsolved cases on the FBI's books spanning six decades...

Documentary On One • 19 Jan 24

A Thread of Violence by Mark O'Connell - read an extract

Read an extract from the award-winning book.

Books • 28 Nov 23

Convicted killer Malcolm Macarthur is the subject of two new books

David McCullagh on the murders that shocked Ireland, 40 years on

David McCullagh reviews a pair of new books exploring a notorious chapter in Irish history.

Books • 22 Jul 23

Beyond the Vanishing Triangle - catching a killer

It's 1995 and more women such as Jo Jo Dullard, Deirdre Jacob and Fiona Pender go missing.

Documentaries • 15 May 23

The search for #JusticeForNoor - Documentary on One

Documentary On One • 16 Sep 22

The Zodiac killer's Irish alibi - Documentary On One

Documentary On One • 05 Aug 22

5 True Crime Podcasts to die for

True crime • 13 Apr 22

5 Reasons To Start Your Own True Crime Podcast

True crime • 11 Apr 22

Filmmaker William Desmond Taylor, whose murder remains a mystery

Who shot William Desmond Taylor? The Irishman who shook Hollywood

Film • 26 Jan 22

An Unholy Trinity - Documentary on One

Documentary On One • 20 Jan 22

Sunday Miscellany: Photographing Veronica, by Brian Farrell

Sunday Miscellany • 29 Jun 21

Sophie Toscan du Plantier and her son, Pierre-Louis

Murder at Roaringwater - David McCullagh on a shocking true tale

Books • 17 Jan 23

Murder at the Cottage - Arena on Jim Sheridan's true crime tale

RTÉ Arena • 22 Jun 21

RedHanded: Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala

RedHanded: What is it about women and true crime?

Hannah Maguire and Suruthi Bala, co-hosts of the RedHanded podcast, sit down to discuss the popularity of true crime and the science behind serial killers.

Podcasts • 05 May 21

The Nobody Zone - award-winning true crime podcast returns

Cold cases are the lifeblood of the true crime fanatic. They make for a loyal following of sleep deprived, overly-caffeinated patrons of ancestry.com eager to find that long-lost relative with a gruesome past.

Podcasts • 24 Nov 20

The Nobody Zone: The podcast makers answer your questions

Rob Mulhern and Liam O'Brien answer some of the many questions that have arisen from the critically acclaimed podcast, The Nobody Zone.

Podcasts • 08 Oct 24

The Nobody Zone - everything we learned from the final episode

The final episode of RTÉ's essential True Crime podcast has just gone live, and here is what Anna Joyce learned. Please prepare yourself for spoilers...

Podcasts • 08 Oct 24

The Nobody Zone: Bringing It All Back Home - the final episode

What truths lay buried in Kieran Kelly's home town of Rathdowney? Can they help us make sense of him, or his crimes?

Podcasts • 25 Mar 20

The Nobody Zone - everything we learned from Episode 5

Episode five of RTÉ's essential new True Crime podcast has just gone live, and here is what Anna Joyce learned. Please prepare yourself for spoilers...

Podcasts • 08 Oct 24

The Nobody Zone: Another Side - listen to the latest episode

As Kieran Kelly descended into a life of murder and violence, he displayed a number of sides to his character. But what were they, and what do they tell us about him?

Podcasts • 17 Mar 20

The Nobody Zone - everything we learned from Episode 4

The moment has finally come - this is the week you will hear the full confession tape of Irish serial killer Kieren Patrick Kelly. The questions you've lost sleep, hair and likely sanity over the last few weeks will finally be answered, right?

Podcasts • 08 Oct 24

The Nobody Zone: True Confessions - listen to the latest episode

The moment has finally come - this is the week you will hear the full confession tape of Irish serial killer Kieren Patrick Kelly.

Podcasts • 11 Mar 20

The Nobody Zone - everything we learned from Episode 3

RTÉ's Documentary On One, in association with Third Ear Productions, have constructed an audio labyrinth, which is so fraught with twists, turns and mistruths you would need a homemade evidence board to keep up...

Podcasts • 08 Oct 24