RTE show about murders

How Soon Is Now

Been thinking about this a few times over last couple of years. I remember back some stage around the 90s there being a tv show on RTE about famous murderers or murders in Ireland.

Can never remember the name of it or how long it even ran for but would be curious to try and dig up some kinda info on it.

Anyone any memorys of this??

Chocolate

Was it Thou Shalt Not Kill, a documentary series by Cathal O' Shannon?

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Chocolate wrote: »

Was it Thou Shalt Not Kill, a documentary series by Cathal O' Shannon?

THAT'S IT! nice one couldn't remember it at all :-). ha that was sorted alot quicker than I taught!

KKkitty

I loved that show. Cathal O Shannon was an excellent host.

Skid X

KKkitty wrote: »

I loved that show. Cathal O Shannon was an excellent host.

I agree, he always came across as a very engaging presenter. He passed away in 2011.

I always found it funny that he was presenting 'Thou Shalt not Kill' at the same time as he was on a travel programme called 'Bon Voyage'. He was equally capable at both, switching effortlessly between serious and light hearted shows.

KKkitty

Skid X wrote: »

I agree, he always came across as a very engaging presenter. He passed away in 2011.

I always found it funny that he was presenting 'Thou Shalt not Kill' at the same time as he was on a travel programme called 'Bon Voyage'. He was equally capable at both, switching effortlessly between serious and light hearted shows.

They sure don't make presenters like that anymore. Wasn't Thou Shalt Not Kill on Thursday nights?

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Anyone any ideas if any episodes are available online or by other means ??

Was looking there for ages but just mentions of books. Fecking RTE are notoriously ****e when it comes to footage of there shows ffs.

mikemac1

Nothing online

Tipp forum have a thread of one of the notorious murders. A man who many believe was innocent was hanged for murder.

Contacted RTÉ about 2 years ago looking for them to put this show on again but nobody got any replies

TG4 have a similar show Marú which is very good also, different murders in Ireland.
Some of them are on the TG4 website last time I checked, not sure if they are still there

Some are on youttube, here's one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP3ArdsD7f0

D-FENS

Kevin O'Connor wrote the accompanying book to that RTE series, it was called Thou Shalt Not Kill: True-Life Stories of Irish Murders
I had it years ago but not sure of its availability now though..

ozzy jr

Would love to see this on again.

My Granny was on it. She was the star witness in one of the cases, The murder in Shankill of Mrs Ball by her son.

RTE made the programme and never contacted her. I got in contact with them when I heard about it and they couldn't believe she was still alive. They sent Cathal O Shannon around to her house to interview her and hastily reedited the programme.

Judgement Day

The Ball murder was a story that my granny used to tell me when I was growing up, and she would never go down Corbawn Lane in Shankill after the murder as she was afraid that the missing body of Mrs.Ball would pop up on the beach.

Mrs.Ball was supposed to be a bit of a nutter herself, if I recall, and she used to hang about outside her husband's dental practice and tell people he was a quack. There's a good book that covers the trial in some detail "Memorable Irish Trials" by Kenneth E.L.Deale