While the story of a young boy turned gangster, turned states witness is not a new one, there are two things that makes O'Callaghans story unique. Firstly his young age, he was only nineteen when he entered the witness protection programme, barely out of a childhood which was warped by Kenny's hellish controll. Secondly that he admits to being raped by another man.
Tag: Irish Crime
The Vanishing Triangle: A True Crime Book
McGowan, feels like the right person to have written this book. It is true as a fiction writer she doesn't have the investigative experience of a journalist or former detective, nor the sharp academic skill of a criminologist or sociologist, but what makes her perfect is that she herself grew up in the triangle and was a young woman at the time of the dissaperances and murders.
True Crime Podcast Review: West Cork
West Cork comes from the Audible Original stable, which of course, is owned by the behemoth which is Amazon. You can tell immediately the two journalists involved Sam Bunge and Jennifer Forde had a good budget to make this podcast. It shows everywhere from the layered and evocative soundscape, to the three years they spent …