Rachel O'Reilly: The Botched Burglary

About this episode

This episode covers the murder of Rachel O'Reilly and the subsequent police investigation.

On the 4th of October 2004, Rachel O'Reilly, a 30-year-old mother-of two was found dead in her north county Dublin home. She had been murdered. Her mother, Rose Callaly, found Rachel's lifeless body in a pool of blood. It all pointed to a botched burglary and gardai began a hunt for her hiller. What followed was a rigorous investigation on matters closer to Rachel's home. In this episode John Sweetman takes listeners through a complex garda investigation that involved dogged policework, technical wizardry, and even the Late Late Show. Presented by John Sweetman Created by Darren Cleary Episode Written by John Sweetman Script Edited by Siobhan Walsh & Eoin Brennan Produced by Siobhan Walsh Produced by Siobhan Maguire Executive Produced by Eoin Brennan Executive Produced by Ruth Fitzsimons Sound Design and Editing by Neil Kavanagh Audio Editing Support by Ed Smith Marketing Support by Laura Bracken and Róisín Reilly Social Support by Mark Hayes and Robyn Ree Artwork and Graphics by Eric Rowntree

People in this episode

Host: John Sweetman

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• true crime
• police work
• burglary
• Dublin

Keywords

• Rachel O'Reilly
• murder
• burglary
• Dublin
• investigation
• true crime
• police

Mentioned in this episode

Places: north county Dublin

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