Episode 236 - The Kerry Babies

On the 14th of April 1984, the body of a baby boy was found on Cahersiveen Beach, County Kerry in Ireland. The baby had been stabbed 28 times and its neck was broken. The Garda quickly found a suspect; Joanne Hayes. And soon, this police investigation became a medieval witch hunt and a dissection of motherhood itself.

May 27th London Live Show Tickets: Tickets through DICE!

Become a patron: Patreon

Order a copy of the book here (US & Canada): Order on Wellesley Books Order on Amazon.com

Order a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus): Order on Amazon.co.uk Order on Foyles

Follow us on social media: Instagram Twitter

Visit our website: Website

Contact us: Contact

Sources: The Kerry Babies Case: A Woman to Blame - by Nell McKafferty Gardaí apologise to woman at centre of Kerry babies case (irishtimes.com) Kerry Babies: Tribunal report was controversial, divisive, and raised more questions than answers (irishexaminer.com) Wayback Machine (archive.org) A cruel new take on Kerry babies - Independent.ie Fresh hope for solving thirty year old mystery of Kerry Babies - EVOKE.ie (archive.org) Kerry Babies: gardaí start house-to-house enquiries on Valentia (irishtimes.com) Remains of baby found dead on beach in 1984 exhumed (rte.ie) Give me a crash course in . . . the Kerry babies case development (irishtimes.com) Kerry babies: ‘Suffering of ordeal finally behind us’ – Joanne Hayes (irishtimes.com) Kerry babies case re-examined in new episode of RTÉ documentary series (irishexaminer.com) Kerry Babies: Remains exhumed in 1984 baby death investigation - BBC News Kerry Babies: Remains exhumed in 1984 baby death investigation - BBC News Kerry Babies: How the discovery of a baby's body on a beach 34 years ago sparked a traumatic series of events that shocked Ireland - Independent.ie https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/world/europe/magdalene-laundry-reunion-ireland.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4352372/Haunting-images-everyday-life-Magdalene-Laundries.html https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irelands-last-magdalene-laundry https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/the-last-of-the-magdalenes-the-nuns-took-my-childhood-1.3515146 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/dec/11/one-set-twins-two-fathers-how-common-is-superfecundation https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy/your-baby/strange-but-true-twins-can-have-different-fathers_10364945 https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20466038.html