West Cork in Ireland sits on the edge of Europe. 

It’s rugged and windy, cold in the winter, and beautiful in the summer. 

Since the 1960s, the district has been developed by what the people call ‘blow-ins’. People from around the world who somehow end up in West Cork, hoping to start their lives again. 

Often these people are artists or runaways, living in little cottages, desperate for a reset. Sometimes, they’re people running from something. A life they wanted to escape. 

Until 1996, nothing much happened in West Cork. It was quiet and peaceful, full of farmers and fishermen. 

And then, one night just before Christmas, it became the backdrop to one of Ireland’s most notorious murder cases. 

Locals were adamant they knew who did it. 

A man who had a “badness in him”. Who never quite fit in. Who rubbed people the wrong way. 

But was he responsible? 

Or was he just another blow-in?

CREDITS

Guest: Jennifer Forde, co-host of the West Cork podcast.

Host: Jessie Stephens

Producer: Gia Moylan

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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