Cracking Crime

Latest Episodes

• The Murder of Mary Kitt

  The story of Mary Kitt, who was murdered in her own home 25 years ago by one of her neighbours, Michael Holohan. After a night of heavy drinking, during which he threatened several people with a gun, Holohan broke into Mary's flat intending to rob her. After stealing money from her purse, he stabbed her, hit her over the head with an ashtray and finally strangled her. However, he made no effort to cover his tracks, and fingerprints and clothing fibres soon brought the Gardai to his door. Last in series

• Missing Women

  Re-examining the case of the then-seven months pregnant Fiona Pender, who went missing from her home in Tullamore in 1995, whose family were left devastated in May of last year when a cruel hoax regarding her case led to a three day excavation in the Slieve Bloom mountains

• The Murder of 'Johnny' Shortall

  New series telling the stories of chilling high-profile Irish murders, made with the co-operation of the Gardai, the Irish Forensic Science Laboratory and the State Pathologist's office. The first programme looks at the 1992 killing of 67-year-old nightwatchman Johnny Shortall, a well-loved local character who was clubbed to death while working at Dun Laoighre Yacht Club on January 23, and how his murderers were brought to justice