Nobody Heard Them Cry
This true crime podcast from The Irish Sun investigates the case of Frank McCann, a swim coach who attempted to kill his wife and child multiple times to hide a dark secret. In 1992, he murdered his wife Esther and their foster baby Jessica by burning them to death. The series explores the family's fight to keep the unrepentant killer behind bars, featuring interviews with relatives and gardaí.
Episodes
Better Justice | 4
Kathleen Chada is a member of a club nobody wants to be in.Angela Doyle Stuart is a member too.Her sister Lisa was murdered by her fiance Gerard O’Hara in their home in 2009, because he couldn’t resist the urge to strangle her.The two women share a bond unique to the family members of murder victims, and have used that bond to fight for better justice.They’re not alone, and this bonus episode exam
Never Let Go | 3
Just weeks after the murder of her sons, Kathleen learns of another horrific secret Sanjeev was keeping from her.Gardai go about building a case with many problematic elements to it, but will Chada accept his guilt?Kathleen and Edmond Kearney discuss the brutality of Eoghan's murder, and explain why they're going public now with the graphic detail.As she divorces her evil husband, she explain
The Horrible Truth | 2
Sanjeev Chada seems content to ride out the scandal which threatens to engulf him, and brings the boys bowling.But when they don't return, the longest night of Kathleen Chada's life begins.Kathleen, and now retired-Gardaí Martin Walker and Brian Kilkelly, describe the night and day of July 28th/29th 2013, from the first frantic moments, to finding Sanjeev, and being confronted with the most unbear
A Happy Family | 1
A car crash in a Co Mayo tourist hotspot very quickly turns out to be something more.But who is the man behind the wheel?Kathleen Murphy's desire to escape tiny Ballinkillen in Co Carlow is matched only by her desire - now married to Sanjeev with baby Eoghan - to return.Eoghan is later joined by younger brother Ruairi, little stars in a tight community where their dad is a local legend.But when hi
Trailer: Forever My Boys
In July 2013, the discovery of the bodies of two young boys in the back of their father's car sparked a wave of horror in Ireland and overseas.But in the Co Carlow town where the boys lived, the murders left residents questioning themselves, and the very fabric of their own community.The first-ever Child Rescue Ireland alert issued for missing children was less than two hours old when Sanjeev Chad
Nobody Heard Them Cry: Ordinary Evil | 3
As Frank McCann goes on trial twice for the murder of his wife and child, two families fear the worst.Has the jury heard enough to put him away?Hear how Esther’s mum Bridget O’Brien made history by taking half of McCann’s assets in the first civil case of its kind in Ireland.And how the disgraced former swim coach continues to haunt the families, more than three decades after the murders of Esther
Nobody Heard Them Cry: The Grieving Husband | 2
It is immediately clear that the brutal deaths of Esther and Jessica in a fire at their home was no accident.Frank McCann, the man with the reputation to uphold, quickly becomes the chief suspect.His behaviour in the aftermath veers from manic to creepy as he tries to keep on top of the garda investigation.He jets off to the US and UK on holidays, leaving his wife’s family to pick up the funeral t
Nobody Heard Them Cry: Happy Ever After | 1
In the summer of 1992, Esther McCann seems to be the victim of a series of bizarre, life-threatening events in her home.Is someone trying to kill her, and her 18-month-old daughter Jessica?Esther endures her share of grief before meeting a man few would place her with- respected swim coach and publican Frank McCann.But Frank, who begins pulling away from his wife as soon as they tied the knot in 1
Out now: Nobody Heard Them Cry
Frank McCann tried to kill his wife and child four times to keep a dark secret from coming out.The swim coach secretly fathered a child with a special needs teenager in 1987, just months after marrying Esther O’Brien.In September 1992, with Esther on the brink of discovering the truth and after repeated efforts to kill her, he burned her and their 18-month-old foster baby Jessica to death.And now,
Unravelling Amy: Here's Aimee | 3
Amy McAuley's deceptions ran deeper than anyone really thought.The schemer's lies, big and small, took over her life and the lives of people around her.And these were no harmless fantasies.A special bonus episode of Unravelling Amy finds the fraudster advertising for clients as a music therapist, and passing off her fake expertise as a psychologist.Jail stopped her in her tracks - but what can she
Unravelling Amy: Chasing Amy | 2
AMY McAuley’s almost unbelievable first “death” sets the tone for the rest to follow.As she continues with her lies, her new family bears the dreadful brunt of her deception.With her criminal past catching up fast, Amy resorts to desperate measures to keep them at bay.And episode 2 of Unravelling Amy hears that but for one crucial error, she may have gotten away with it.The employer who paid out m
Unravelling Amy: Who's Amy? | 1
Amy McAuley’s death in childbirth devastated her work colleagues, and her employer had no problem handing over €9,000 to pay for the surviving child’s operation.It didn’t take long however, for alarm bells to start ringing.Episode 1 of Unravelling Amy looks at the Dublin woman’s first steps into fraud, with thefts of hundreds of thousands of euro under her belt.No crime was too big or too small as
Out now: Unravelling Amy
AMY McAuley is a prolific fraudster, manipulator and thief.She faked her own death three times, stealing hundreds of thousands of euro from those who could afford it and those who couldn’t during a criminal career spanning a decade.But her offending was more than just the financial toll.She left a trail of emotional destruction in her wake, using unwitting family and friends in her schemes.And kee
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