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28 year old mother of one Norma Crotty appeared on her neighbours doorstep early on the morning of January 3rd, 1995. She was in a distressed state, and was holding a shotgun. It was smoking.
Norma told her neighbour that she had just shot her husband.
This episode was researched and written by Aileen Spearin.
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Theme Music:
Quinn’s Song: The Dance Begins Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Additional Music: Allemande (Sting) by Wahneta Meixsell. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Sources:
John Murphy, “Middleton man died from shot in the back”, Irish Examiner, Jan 4th 1995.
John Murphy, “Gardai release woman”, Evening Echo, Jan 4th 1995.
“Help sought in Midleton murder probe”, Evening Echo, Jan 5th 1995.
“Shot man removed”, Irish Examiner, Jan 6th 1995.
“Military funeral for shot soldier”, Irish Press, Jan 7th 1995.
“Sad silence over graveyard as shot soldier is laid to rest”, Irish Examiner, Jan 7th 1995.
John Murphy, “Definite line of inquiry in death of Midleton man”, Irish Examiner, Jan 9th 1995.
Ralph Riegel, “Murder charge expected”, Irish Examiner, Oct 9th 1995.
For a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com
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