Unsolved Irish Mysteries.

And you'd wonder what "The Source" is;

"The source said it is “highly unlikely” that a prosecution can be brought without the discovery of Ms Clarke’s body.

A garda spokesperson said: “Do not assume that An Garda Síochána either knows that information and/or that it has limited value. Let the investigation team make that assessment.”

John Crearer, the killer of Phyllis Murphy, died in prison recently. Hes occasionally been put forward as a suspect in some of the vanishing triangle cases. While I reckon he can be ruled out in virtually all of these one case that has his hallmark written all over it was the murder of Kathleen Farrell in the Curragh in 1972.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41570284.html

Oh my god that poor young woman. It mentions the abuse of children in the house where Elizabeth last resided, and of a vulnerable adult. Elizabeth herself has been described in other reports as vulnerable also. There's a "Find Elizabeth Clarke" page and other relevant posts on Facebook.

The evil out there. What a world.

That the probible serial killer ìn the midlands wasn't convicted.

Always wondered if he’d jumped on the first bus that came along, into town or out to the airport as there are stops on both sides of the road near highfield, but presumably there’d be cctv on the buses.
There’s a few odd things, his partners passport went missing as they were to travel, he came alone on the Friday, she got a new passport, arrived at the hotel on Saturday morning and he left 30 minutes later. He left his wallet, passport and phone behind him in his hotel room but earlier on Saturday, had called his partner from an unknown number.

He had over 5k for the trip, he lost 2.5k but was also holding 2.5k for other players coming later for the tournament. He was the treasurer for a poker group.No report if the rest of the money was found or not.

It must be agonising for his family not knowing what happened. Did he plan to disappear and start a new life or was he mugged / robbed in that few minutes. If he was abducted, you’d think someone would have seen something happening on such a busy main road at 11am on a Saturday morning. It’s a very strange case.

That is dreadful.

Reminds me of Barbara Walsh: https://www.irelandcrimesandmysteries.ie/blog/barbara-walsh/

Although her remains have never been found.

If I remember correctly he brought €3000 buy in money for other players and left it at hotel reception when he arrived. He went on to lose all his own money and at some stage got the €3000 from reception and lost that too.

Murder investigation according to who? I'm not aware of it being officially upgraded.

Have you listened to the latest podcast, episode 6?

Apologies I listened back, it hasn't been officially upgraded to a murder case but is being treated as a criminal case more than a missing persons

Garda Sergeant Damian Beakey said that after the gardaí received these notes, their attitude towards the investigation shifted. He said their actions are more in line with that of a criminal investigation than a missing persons case.

https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0226/1499159-where-is-jon-episode-six-recapped-the-notes/

Ye the podcast made it sound like that alright, more than likely just for dramatic effect to add suspense as they knew that the passport was just left in the sister's car by mistake before they released any episodes.

It’s almost 2 years since a couple was arrested for the murder of the Kerry Baby. Still no progress on the investigation according to an article in the Irish Independent recently. I can’t see how justice can ever be done at this stage but surely there should be some sort of conclusion now that the parents (alleged) have been found, and still together years later. That poor baby and Joanne Hayes.

No file sent to the DPP yet, but investigation continues.

From last week;

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/kerry-baby-investigation-no-file-sent-to-dpp-on-couple-at-centre-of-baby-john-mystery/a191719884.html

"The investigations conducted in the past two years have been extensive. It remains to be seen whether those investigations have yielded any evidence that can be included, along with the DNA, in the file to the DPP…..The Garda Press Office said in a statement this weekend that the investigation into the murder of Baby John is continuing and a file will be prepared for the DPP in due course."

Strange how the only photos of him are relatively poor. Gardai haven't bothered to do a generated image of him and what he might look like today with and without a beard. Also no attempt at a biometric trace on his face and there seems to be no DNA of him anywhere.

Seems to have been some incompetence on the part of the Gardai here from the outset. Not surprised when you look at the wider circumstances.

https://www.anglocelt.ie/2021/11/18/director-believes-key-to-unidentified-man-lies-in-arrival/

The Peter Bergman case. Amazing that nobody has ever recognised him yet, but I suppose they should really have ran pieces on german and austrian TV at the time, it's not too late, they still could.

Bizarre case. How can he not have been found by now I don't understand.

This guy misses out on one thing: the Rav 4 belonged to Michael's wife, I believe his work vehicle was at the mechanics at the time so he borrowed hers.

It is an extremely odd disappearance. I think the gardai suspected foul play from the start. One of the first things they done was seize vehicles that were at the farm - very odd thing to do if they just thought he had an accident on the mountain or around the farm.

I wonder are the gardai just biding their time with this case. It does seem like they know what happened and who is responsible but can't find the body.

Anyway by all accounts he seemed a lovely man and I hope his wife and family find out what happened.