Waterford has an established history involving body snatchers in Waterford... not what you might expect to be hearing on air midweek!

Cian Manning joined Ollie and Dymphna for his weekly slot, this time taking a distinctly spookier tone on the approach to Halloween.

For this chat, we went back to 1833 when the remains of the recently deceased Johanna Walsh from Hennessy's Road were found inhumanely placed in a sack.

It's believed she was recently disinterred from his resting place at Killoteran by a pair of body snatchers, people who often illicitly and illegally obtained bodies for medical examination.

The gruesome incident saw the local Waterford Mayor involved as well as a well-known business figure implicated in the case... for context, her body was found in a house actually owned by the Mayor!

Shocking story, made more so by the concrete truth behind it.

Listen back or send on to someone who you think might be interested in a darker tale from Waterford.



Keep up to date on all the latest from The Big Breakfast Blaa with Ollie and Dymphna from 6am until 10am daily.

Waterford has an established history involving body snatchers in Waterford... not what you might expect to be hearing on air midweek!
Cian Manning joined Ollie and Dymphna for his weekly slot, this time taking a distinctly spookier tone on the approach to Halloween.
For this chat, we went back to 1833 when the remains of the recently deceased Johanna Walsh from Hennessy's Road were found inhumanely placed in a sack.
It's believed she was recently disinterred from his resting place at Killoteran by a pair of body snatchers, people who often illicitly and illegally obtained bodies for medical examination.
The gruesome incident saw the local Waterford Mayor involved as well as a well-known business figure implicated in the case... for context, her body was found in a house actually owned by the Mayor!
Shocking story, made more so by the concrete truth behind it.
Listen back or send on to someone who you think might be interested in a darker tale from Waterford.

<a href="https://wlrfm.com/podcasts/the-big-breakfast-blaa">Keep up to date on all the latest from The Big Breakfast Blaa with Ollie and Dymphna from 6am until 10am daily.</a>

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