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Mens Rea podcast....pretty good !

  • 17-03-2018 6:24pm
    #1
    runningbuddy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭


    Discovered this last night. Mens Rea. True crime podcast. Covers a lot of Irish cases, scissor sisters, Catherine Nevin, etc...well worth a listen


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  • #2
    Owryan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,024 ✭✭✭Owryan


    Thanks for recommending this. Have listened to a couple of episodes and it is very good.


  • #3
    Kingp35
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 12,294 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kingp35


    Never heard of this. I've been hoping there would be a podcast that would cover Irish cases. Thanks for the recommendation.


  • #4
    runningbuddy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭runningbuddy


    Welcome guys. :o. It's a good one. Well worth a listen. The scissor scissors one is particularly good.


  • #5
    Moyglish
    Registered Users Posts: 747 ✭✭✭Moyglish


    Just started listening to one of the first episodes of this now. One thing that's bugging me though, is the host Sinead Irish or American? I can't quite place her accent and it's taking from the story I'm listening to. Not a big deal either way, just curious, as I'm spending more time trying to figure out the accent than the story!


  • #6
    Gentleman Off The Pitch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Gentleman Off The Pitch


    I asked the same on here previously and got this reply:

    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=107199599&postcount=27
    Kingp35 wrote: »
    She's definitely Irish but it is an odd accent alright. My wife thought that the host wasn't Irish at the start.

    Some info about the host:
    https://mensreapod.com/about/

    I was a little surprised to learn the host was Irish, not only due to the accent but the Americanised vocabulary used


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  • #7
    Moyglish
    Registered Users Posts: 747 ✭✭✭Moyglish


    Yes exactly, I noticed that too, a lot of Americanised phrases, was listening to one episode earlier today and noted she was saying "Stellar".

    Just really curious as to her accent as I can't place if it's Irish or American or some hybrid of both


  • #8
    GingerLily
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,767 ✭✭✭GingerLily


    The latest podcast - Sylvia Fleming is a bit gruesome!

    Really enjoyed the Veronica Guerin two parter


  • #9
    dball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,865 ✭✭✭dball


    not impressed, really sounds like someone reading from a script or a book (only listened to the first few - hope she improves)


  • #10
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    Moyglish wrote: »
    Just started listening to one of the first episodes of this now. One thing that's bugging me though, is the host Sinead Irish or American? I can't quite place her accent and it's taking from the story I'm listening to. Not a big deal either way, just curious, as I'm spending more time trying to figure out the accent than the story!

    Sounds like she's irish but moved to America a few years ago.


  • #11
    Conservative
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Conservative


    Cienciano wrote: »
    Moyglish wrote: »
    Just started listening to one of the first episodes of this now. One thing that's bugging me though, is the host Sinead Irish or American? I can't quite place her accent and it's taking from the story I'm listening to. Not a big deal either way, just curious, as I'm spending more time trying to figure out the accent than the story!

    Sounds like she's irish but moved to America a few years ago.

    Sounds like she's American and spent a couple of years in Ireland! Absolutely ridiculous accent if she spent the majority of her life here (based on her understanding of Irish place names, words I'm guessing the latter is the case). Makes it unlistenable to me.


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  • #12
    Gentleman Off The Pitch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 603 ✭✭✭Gentleman Off The Pitch


    The accent and use of phrases like "boosting cars" etc. used to irritate me I'll admit, maybe that's my issue not the presenters but I have to say I find the podcast to be very good and I appreciate the amount of time and effort that goes into it. The Veronica Guerin two-parter in particular was very interesting.

    One thing about the podcast I've noticed is the ads for other true crime podcasts, they without exception sound ****e! I know I should listen to them before making a judgement but the ads don't exactly sell them. This is not a reflection on Mens Rea at all, just something I noticed


  • #13
    mensreapod
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭mensreapod


    Hey all! Sinead from the podcast here. I was born in Dublin (the rotunda to be exact - northside for life) and moved to the US when I was 2. I lived my whole childhood there and moved back here for secondary school. My grasp of Irish is piss poor and frankly spent many years in denial over the fact I no longer lived in the states, so my accent is much improved given how long I held onto it for. My 3 sisters all still live there, and if I'm nervous or whatever, it gets stronger. I lived in MA and OK if anyone's interested.

    I choose the words for my script carefully. About 75% of my listeners are in the US, so using too much Irish/UK slang would be off putting, and sometimes I pick words/phrases that Oirish things up a bit for them too.

    I'm glad to hear many of you are enjoying the show, I love making it and spend basically all of my free time researching. Sorry to hear that some dislike it//me/my voice, but sure I can't please everyone.

    Thanks again guys.

    Sinead


  • #14
    All My Stars Aligned
    Registered Users Posts: 528 ✭✭✭All My Stars Aligned


    mensreapod wrote: »
    Hey all! Sinead from the podcast here. I was born in Dublin (the rotunda to be exact - northside for life) and moved to the US when I was 2. I lived my whole childhood there and moved back here for secondary school. My grasp of Irish is piss poor and frankly spent many years in denial over the fact I no longer lived in the states, so my accent is much improved given how long I held onto it for. My 3 sisters all still live there, and if I'm nervous or whatever, it gets stronger. I lived in MA and OK if anyone's interested.

    I choose the words for my script carefully. About 75% of my listeners are in the US, so using too much Irish/UK slang would be off putting, and sometimes I pick words/phrases that Oirish things up a bit for them too.

    I'm glad to hear many of you are enjoying the show, I love making it and spend basically all of my free time researching. Sorry to hear that some dislike it//me/my voice, but sure I can't please everyone.

    Thanks again guys.

    Sinead

    Hi Sinead, thanks for dropping by! Well done on your podcast, really enjoying the different cases your covering. We can never please everyone so don't take it to heart.

    Keep up the good work,
    AMSA


  • #15
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,638 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    Hi Sinead,

    Thanks for posting. It's cool to get feedback from the people who make these shows.

    Think the podcast is great - detailed and involving. And you don't milk the horror or the sympathy factor for the crimes, which is really appreciated. So many other true crime pods are unlistenable for me because they either (a) think they're comedians or (b) love lingering on the salacious or horrifying aspects of the crimes.

    Love to know what you listen to yourself!

    Keep up the good work.


  • #16
    mensreapod
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭mensreapod


    All My Stars Aligned wrote: »
    Hi Sinead, thanks for dropping by! Well done on your podcast, really enjoying the different cases your covering. We can never please everyone so don't take it to heart.

    Keep up the good work,
    AMSA

    Thanks so much AMSA. I love making it, so I'll be doing it whether people listen or not!

    Arghus wrote: »

    Think the podcast is great - detailed and involving. And you don't milk the horror or the sympathy factor for the crimes, which is really appreciated. So many other true crime pods are unlistenable for me because they either (a) think they're comedians or (b) love lingering on the salacious or horrifying aspects of the crimes.

    Well, from a purely practical perspective in relation to (a) it's really really hard to approach being funny when you're on your own, and I'm painfully un-funny, so that was never an option for me.

    And as for (b), yeah I tend to be careful about graphic details. I give the facts, but try not to be overly gratuitous. We're a small country and relatives could end up listening, and also I'd hate to be accused of sensationalising awful crimes for my own benefit. It's bad enough that I like spending time on terrible subjects, so I figure dealing with them sensitively is the least I can do.
    Arghus wrote: »
    Love to know what you listen to yourself!

    I listen to A LOT of podcasts. For true crime, I usually like the big obvious ones (Serial, In the Dark, Generation Why, Disgraceland, Casefile, Insight, They Walk Among Us, Court Junkie), as well as some smaller up and coming/newer ones (Redhanded, Criminology, Nothing Rhymes with Murder, Swindled, Getting Off podcast, Murder Mile, Southern Fried True Crime, Moms and Murder, True Crime Fan Club.... soooo many). I also like the comedy + murder thing (so My Fav Murder, Last Podcast on the Left and Wine and Crime).

    I also love conspiracy and mysteries so Astonishing Legends, Thinking Sideways, Oh No Ross and Carrie. And culty things like Uncover: Escaping NXIVM, Transmissions from Jonestown, Heaven's Gate, Dear Franklin Jones and so on..

    Audio dramas like The Black Tapes/Tanis/Rabbits, Homecoming, The Karen and Ellen Letters, The Message, Limetown. Currently waiting for all of Who Killed Julie? to drop so I can binge it. I'm hoping its good!

    I also love a good political history podcast - Cover - Up, The RFK tapes, The Dollop (although thats not necessarily political and is more comedy).

    So. LOTS. is the answer. Too many to actually get through.


  • #17
    GingerLily
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,767 ✭✭✭GingerLily


    mensreapod wrote: »
    Hey all! Sinead from the podcast here. I was born in Dublin (the rotunda to be exact - northside for life) and moved to the US when I was 2. I lived my whole childhood there and moved back here for secondary school. My grasp of Irish is piss poor and frankly spent many years in denial over the fact I no longer lived in the states, so my accent is much improved given how long I held onto it for. My 3 sisters all still live there, and if I'm nervous or whatever, it gets stronger. I lived in MA and OK if anyone's interested.

    I choose the words for my script carefully. About 75% of my listeners are in the US, so using too much Irish/UK slang would be off putting, and sometimes I pick words/phrases that Oirish things up a bit for them too.

    I'm glad to hear many of you are enjoying the show, I love making it and spend basically all of my free time researching. Sorry to hear that some dislike it//me/my voice, but sure I can't please everyone.

    Thanks again guys.

    Sinead


    Hi!! Love your podcast, the cases are very interesting. Keep it up :)

    EDIT: I love your recommendations


  • #18
    IvyTheTerrific
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭IvyTheTerrific


    Thanks for popping in. Love the podcast, it's well researched and never gratuitous (I can't listen to comedic true crime podcasts, it doesn't sit well with me).
    Keep it up!


  • #19
    runningbuddy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭runningbuddy


    Hi Sinead....Loved your Scissor Sisters episode. Btw, would you ever consider the Robert Houlihan case??


  • #20
    Conservative
    Registered Users Posts: 596 ✭✭✭Conservative


    mensreapod wrote: »

    I'm glad to hear many of you are enjoying the show, I love making it and spend basically all of my free time researching. Sorry to hear that some dislike it//me/my accent.
    Thanks again guys.

    Sinead

    Hi. Just wanted to say sorry about my previous comment. It all makes perfect sense now.


  • #21
    doughef
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 737 ✭✭✭doughef


    I think Mens rea is excellent.
    I've listened to some stories I thought I knew well, but the level of detail is excellent.

    I wonder how many Subscribers / listeners Sinead has?

    Interesting seeing some photos online of her recording space - fairly basic!!

    Cant wait for the next instalment


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  • #22
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    Heard this podcast reviewed on with Matt Cooper the other day. I've always enjoyed it from time to time and I think it's well done.

    Thought it very unfair of the reviewer to refer to it as sensationalist! that is completely the opposite of what I would have described it as. If I had any criticism it would be that the show is understated, certainly not sensationalist!


  • #23
    Arghus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,638 ✭✭✭✭Arghus


    generalgerry wrote: »
    Heard this podcast reviewed on with Matt Cooper the other day. I've always enjoyed it from time to time and I think it's well done.

    Thought it very unfair of the reviewer to refer to it as sensationalist! that is completely the opposite of what I would have described it as. If I had any criticism it would be that the show is understated, certainly not sensationalist!

    Wha? Very understated and matter of fact podcast; that's what makes it one of the best.

    Love to know what contributer said that. I find the last word to be badly afflicted with clueless windbags they get on to "review" things.


  • #24
    Steviewinger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭Steviewinger


    Yeah I listened last night very good


  • #25
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Only recently started with this. Have picked a few out of the first 10-15 episodes that I would have a passing knowledge of from the news etc to get in to it first.

    Couple of things that grated slightly was in the James Bulger episode the swapping back and forward between calling him James and Jamie (Jamie was a press thing, the family didnt call him that) . Just felt odd to be using both. I hadnt heard Robert Thompson being called Bobby anywhere before, felt odd.

    Only thing I find when you hear inconsistencies with cases you are familiar with , is then wondering if anything you're listening to in cases you know nothing about , is wrong. Obviously that isnt something unique to mens rea.


  • #26
    richie1313
    Registered Users Posts: 13 ✭richie1313


    Fairly interesting stories but needs to tighten up some details here and there.
    Just listened to the John Carty / Abbeylara one and once again the Gardaí got a raw deal and only the negative view of them was mentioned. Also it’s Commissioner Noel Conroy (not Conway).


  • #27
    Slideways
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,030 ✭✭✭Slideways


    Guy:Incognito wrote: »
    Only recently started with this. Have picked a few out of the first 10-15 episodes that I would have a passing knowledge of from the news etc to get in to it first.

    Couple of things that grated slightly was in the James Bulger episode the swapping back and forward between calling him James and Jamie (Jamie was a press thing, the family didnt call him that) . Just felt odd to be using both. I hadnt heard Robert Thompson being called Bobby anywhere before, felt odd.

    Only thing I find when you hear inconsistencies with cases you are familiar with , is then wondering if anything you're listening to in cases you know nothing about , is wrong. Obviously that isnt something unique to mens rea.


    I’ve been really enjoying the back catalogue. A few things that grate are her pronunciation of inquiry and when she talks about suspects she switches between calling them by their first and last name a bit. Makes it seem like 2 different people at times. Nit picking really.
    Second only to TWAU in terms of my pick of crime podcasts


  • #28
    Utopia Parkway
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,372 ✭✭✭✭Utopia Parkway


    Slideways wrote: »
    I’ve been really enjoying the back catalogue. A few things that grate are her pronunciation of inquiry and when she talks about suspects she switches between calling them by their first and last name a bit. Makes it seem like 2 different people at times. Nit picking really.
    Second only to TWAU in terms of my pick of crime podcasts

    What's TWAU?


  • #29
    RichT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭RichT


    Utopia Parkway wrote: »
    What's TWAU?


    They Walk Among Us A great podcast dedicated to UK True Crime


  • #30
    tringle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭tringle


    Im loving MensRea now and listen when Im in the kitchen or garden. Listening to the Rachel O Reilly story now.


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  • #31
    tringle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭tringle


    Im loving MensRea now and listen when Im in the kitchen or garden. Listening to the Rachel O Reilly story now.


  • #32
    Jim Root
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭Jim Root


    I do enjoy this podcast but there is something about the delivery of the ads that I find really irritating, they seem too long or too gushing.

    Fair play in general though, takes a lot of skill and craftsmanship to get a successful podcast up and running.


  • #33
    Jimmy Bottlehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,121 ✭✭✭✭Jimmy Bottlehead


    Started it recently myself, it's fantastic. The research and care in crafting the time line and script is very evident.

    The presenter's accent did bother me until I saw her post above; I can forgive the accent knowing she's actually spent a considerable amount of time in the US, and isn't putting it on (or using US slang) just for effect.

    I highly recommend giving this a listen and am very happily queuing up the next five in my podcast queue!


  • #34
    JCDUB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,225 ✭✭✭JCDUB


    The latest episode about Philomena Gillane is some story.

    The amount of twists and turns are mental. I was a young teenager at the time and don't recall it going through the courts etc.

    I mean the thoughts of someone driving to Dublin and asking what seemed to be destitute drunks, and obviously strangers, who you met on the street to "do a job for you," beyond belief.

    The "intricacies" of the relationship(s) too, wow..

    Well worth a listen. I've been googling, dying to find out more, a very intriguing case.


  • #35
    generalgerry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,415 ✭✭✭generalgerry


    wrong thread sorry


  • #36
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭sporina


    I listened to the Rachel O'Reilly case today - Q - on what grounds was he convicted of murder does anyone rem? It didn't quite say in the posdcast.. just that a car like his was seen in the area of the house on the morn of the murder.. but that they could not prove it was his.. no DNA was found afaik..
    Anyone any insight?


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  • #37
    ChampagneFever
    Registered Users Posts: 30 ✭ChampagneFever


    sporina wrote: »
    I listened to the Rachel O'Reilly case today - Q - on what grounds was he convicted of murder does anyone rem? It didn't quite say in the posdcast.. just that a car like his was seen in the area of the house on the morn of the murder.. but that they could not prove it was his.. no DNA was found afaik..
    Anyone any insight?

    I believe they had phone records too. He sent a text to Rachel and said to Gardai he was in Phibsboro but the phone records say it was sent from the area of his home for example.


  • #38
    The Davestator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,492 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    ChampagneFever wrote: »
    I believe they had phone records too. He sent a text to Rachel and said to Gardai he was in Phibsboro but the phone records say it was sent from the area of his home for example.

    I was standing beside him in a shop when he was a suspect but still free. An absolute giant of a man in real life.

    Back on topic, the Gardai knew it was him from the start from his interviews, they just had to prove it.


  • #39
    Brackwom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭Brackwom


    Yes, it's worth a listen and it's still famous today. You should listen to episode-94 Bonus: Serial - Slawomir Gierlowski.


  • #40
    LMHC
    Registered Users Posts: 407 ✭✭LMHC


    ChampagneFever wrote: »
    I believe they had phone records too. He sent a text to Rachel and said to Gardai he was in Phibsboro but the phone records say it was sent from the area of his home for example.

    Yes his phone pinged a tower in the naul when he said he was in work. Then he said he never left his colleague, his colleague said he did. Circumstantial but convicted.


  • #41
    tringle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 868 ✭✭✭tringle


    Brackwom wrote: »
    Yes, it's worth a listen and it's still famous today. You should listen to episode-94 Bonus: Serial - Slawomir Gierlowski.

    Halfway through it now


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  • #42
    Ash.J.Williams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,170 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    dball wrote: »
    not impressed, really sounds like someone reading from a script or a book (only listened to the first few - hope she improves)

    Would you prefer if she had no script and just waffled away ?


  • #43
    Piollaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭Piollaire


    Was going to subscribe on Google Podcasts but it's not there


  • #44
    RevBlueJeans
    Registered Users Posts: 672 ✭✭✭RevBlueJeans


    Piollaire wrote: »
    Was going to subscribe on Google Podcasts but it's not there

    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ5OTY1NDMucnNz


  • #45
    Piollaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 302 ✭✭Piollaire


    RevBlueJeans wrote: »
    https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hdWRpb2Jvb20uY29tL2NoYW5uZWxzLzQ5OTY1NDMucnNz

    Thanks. Typing 'Mens Rea' into the app didn't bring it up but when I typed in some of the subtitle it then appeared.


  • #46
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,941 ✭✭✭sporina


    Brackwom wrote: »
    Yes, it's worth a listen and it's still famous today. You should listen to episode-94 Bonus: Serial - Slawomir Gierlowski.

    what is?


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