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'Whats the Crime?' is a true crime podcast presented by sisters and Donegal natives Gráinne and Gemma Gallanagh. Join them as they discuss true crime cases from across the world that (thankfully) have been solved.

Gráinne Gallanagh


    • Feb 2, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 35m AVG DURATION
    • 29 EPISODES


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    S3: Episode 10: Shanda Sharer

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2023 32:28


    In the series finale, Gráinne and Gemma share the story of Shanda Sharer. 

    S3: Episode 9: Esther and Jessica

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023 34:16


    In 1991 Esther and Frank Mc Cann were so excited about adopting beautiful baby Jessica into their home in Rathfarnham, Dublin. Strange incidents in the home lead to a terrible accident.. but there was much more going on behind the scenes than anyone could have imagined.  

    S3: Episode 8: The last call killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 49:05


    Last Call normally signals the last time to order a drink at a bar before closing.. but in the 1990's in New York, the gay community were worried as it looked they had a serial killer on their hands, who struck at ‘last call'.

    S3: Episode 7: Jayna Murray – The Lululemon murder

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2023 53:21


    Lululemon is a premium athleisure store and in Maryland 2011, Lululemon hit the headlines for a very different reason. A robbery gone wrong led to a fatality that no one could have predicted. 

    S3: Episode 6: Yingying Zhang

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 31:51


    In the Spring of 2016 a 27 year old scholar, Yingying Zhang, flies over from China to start a new life, to undertake  PHD in the University of Illinois. Excited to start a new life and study in the USA, Yingying wasn't aware of the dangers lurking in this American college.  

    S3: Episode 5: Cari Farver

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 42:20


    Dave Kroupa thought he had met the girl of his dreams when she walked into his auto repair shop in Omaha, Nebraska in 2012, but unbeknownst to Dave a nightmare had just begun

    S3: Episode 4: Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022 39:31


    When 10 year olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman left home, in the small town of Soham, UK 2002, their photograph would be soon be one of the most recognisable pictures in the country as the whole world wondered where were Holly and Jessica? 

    S3: Episode 3: Rachel Callaly

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022 40:10


    The murder of young, mother of two, Rachel Callaly in her home in Dublin in 2004 sent shockwaves throughout the country. But who was to blame and why? 

    S3: Episode 2: Colleen Stan

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 66:30


    In the 1970's hitchhikingwas a rite of passage for America's youth. For 20 year old Colleen Stan it was a cheap and easy way to get around and the dangers of this were not at the forefront of her mind. Colleen was to learn that sometimes the most dangerous of people can look like the most trusting.

    S3: Episode 1: Jennifer Schuett

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2022 29:10


    Welcome back to the third season of 'What's the Crime'. One hot Summer night in Texas, 8 year old Jennifer Schuett is trying to sleep in her ground floor apparment. But with the light left on and the window open Jennifer has no idea who is watching her from the outside. 

    S2: Episode 8: Anita Cobby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 31:34


    S2: Episode 7 Patricia McGauley and Mary Cummins

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2021 17:23


    The 1990's was a prolific time for women going missing in Ireland, we remember the names of the unfound.. Annie Mc Carrick, Jojo Dullard. The names Patricia Mc Gauley and Mary Cummins were once on that list.. but little did they know they had both spent time with a predator. 

    S2: Episode 6: Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 47:53


    Infidelity, lies, and deceit in a small highly religious area in Northern Ireland led to something that no one expected or could believe.

    S2: Episode 5: Sherri Rasmussen

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 56:08


    After a burglary gone wrong, Sherri Rasmussen was murdered in cold blood. However.. not all is as it seems.

    S2: Episode 4: Wells Gray

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 23:00


    When a family of six went missing while camping in Canada.. no one could have predicted what had happened.

    S2: Episode 3: Cary Stayner

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 36:43


    When three women mysteriously go missing from Yosemite National Park, the search is on to find out what happened and where they are…

    S2: Episode 2: Steven Staynor

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2021 63:02


    7 year old Steven Staynor was walking home from school the last time anyone saw him. It was years later a startling discovery was made.

    S2 Episode 1: Elyse Pahler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 21:24


    Elyse Pahler was a beautiful smart young girl with no doubt a bright future ahead of her, when her parents wake to find Elyse isn't in her room in the morning panic and uncertainty arise, where is Elyse?

    Bonus Episode: Sophie Lionnet

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2021 32:58


    On today's bonus episode which Gemma narrates..  Sophie was so excited to start her new adventure in London working for a glamorous couple in a prosperous area… however she, nor anyone else could of predicted what exactly this would entail.. 

    Episode 10: Grangegorman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2021 40:10


    For the penultimate episode of season 1 of ‘Whats the Crime' this Irish crime rocked the country. The Grangegorman Dublin murders rocked the country, the grotesque manner of the killings shocked everyone... but the killer wasn't done.

    Episode 9: Colette Aram

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 22:45


    Colette Aram was only 17 when she was last seen in Nottinghamshire England. Her family wanted answers but it would be years before any kind of justice would be served! 

    Episode 8: The Lost Girls

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 39:12


    When a female body is found in Belanglo state forest no one can identify this missing woman..  But then a child's body is discovered 5 years later on the other side of the country and it's beyond belief that the two could somehow be related. (This episode contains violence against a child and may not be suitable for everyone).

    Episode 7: Rachel Barber

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2021 27:34


    Rachel Barber was a dance student, she was beautiful and seemed to have the world at her feet. But what she didn't know was that these things would be the reason that something dark and sinister was awaiting her.

    Episode 6: Jessica Baggen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 23:08


    Jessica Baggen was a regular 17 year old girl, she lived with her parents in Sitka, Alaska.. What the community believed was an immensely safe town. But little did they know there was a predator on the loose.. and not all is what it seemed.

    Episode 5: Missing Women of Ohio

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2021 27:23


    2 women go missing in Ohio in 2016 under suspicious circumstances. It seems that it will all be swept under the rug until a terrifying 911 call, that will send shivers up your spine, turned this whole case on it's head   Source of the 911 call: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIy4fk6w5lY  

    Episode 4: Mark Kilroy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2021 31:57


    Mark Kilroy and his friends are excited to celebrate spring break in Mexico. What was planned as a few days of partying and having fun ended in unimaginable circumstances that no body could ever have predicted. The following events shocked the US, Mexico and the rest of the world. 

    Episode 3: Maddie Clifton

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 17:09


    When 8 year old Maddie disappears from her neighbourhood in the middle of the day, the story spreads like wildfire across the media in the hopes of finding her.. but what is discovered is not what anyone could have expected. 

    Episode 2: Elaine O Hara

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 25:47


    Ireland is a relatively small country and we like to think that murder and crime don't really happen here.. but unfortunately they do. This case was the first of its kind ever seen in Irish history.

    Episode 1: Cassie Jo Stoddart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2021 22:20


    It's Cassie Jo Stoddart's first weekend house sitting by herself and she's determined to do a great job. But little does she know, the high school student's weekend is about to turn into a real life horror movie. 

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