Episode 236 - The Kerry Babies

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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. <br>May 27th London Live Show Tickets: <a href="https://dice.fm/partner/islington-assembly-hall/event/gyqoa-redhanded-the-podcast-show-2022-27th-may-islington-assembly-hall-london-tickets?">Tickets through DICE!</a><br><br>Become a patron:<br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/redhanded">Patreon</a><br><br>Order a copy of the book here (US &amp; Canada):<br><a href="https://www.wellesleybooks.com/book/9780762473793">Order on Wellesley Books</a><br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/RedHanded-Exploration-Criminals-Cannibals-Killer/dp/0762473797/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=redhanded&amp;qid=1617228369&amp;sr=8-1">Order on Amazon.com</a><br><br>Order a copy of the book here (UK, Ireland, Europe, NZ, Aus):<br><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Redhanded-Exploration-Criminals-Cannibals-Killer/dp/1398707139/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1616698132&amp;sr=1-1">Order on Amazon.co.uk</a><br><a href="https://www.foyles.co.uk/witem/biography/redhanded,suruthi-bala-hannah-maguire-9781398707139">Order on Foyles</a><br><br>Follow us on social media:<br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/redhandedthepod/">Instagram</a><br><a href="https://twitter.com/RedHandedthepod">Twitter</a><br><br>Visit our website:<br><a href="https://redhandedpodcast.com/">Website</a><br><br>Contact us:<br><a href="https://redhandedpodcast.com/contact-1">Contact</a><br><br><strong>Sources:</strong><br>The Kerry Babies Case: A Woman to Blame - by Nell McKafferty<br><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/garda%C3%AD-apologise-to-woman-at-centre-of-kerry-babies-case-1.3357151">Gardaí apologise to woman at centre of Kerry babies case (irishtimes.com)</a><br><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-30823363.html">Kerry Babies: Tribunal report was controversial, divisive, and raised more questions than answers (irishexaminer.com)</a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150218142332/http://idesweb.bc.edu/isr/system/files/Maguire_ChangingFace.pdf">Wayback Machine (archive.org)</a><br><a href="https://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/a-cruel-new-take-on-kerry-babies-26412517.html">A cruel new take on Kerry babies - Independent.ie</a><br><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160202124711/http://evoke.ie/news/irish-news/fresh-hope-for-solving-thirty-year-old-mystery-of-kerry-babies">Fresh hope for solving thirty year old mystery of Kerry Babies - EVOKE.ie (archive.org)</a><br><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/kerry-babies-garda%C3%AD-start-house-to-house-enquiries-on-valentia-1.3639467?mode=sample&amp;auth-failed=1&amp;pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fcrime-and-law%2Fkerry-babies-garda%25C3%25AD-start-house-to-house-enquiries-on-valentia-1.3639467">Kerry Babies: gardaí start house-to-house enquiries on Valentia (irishtimes.com)</a><br><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2021/0914/1246785-kerry-baby/">Remains of baby found dead on beach in 1984 exhumed (rte.ie)</a><br><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/give-me-a-crash-course-in-the-kerry-babies-case-development-1.4676713">Give me a crash course in . . . the Kerry babies case development (irishtimes.com)</a><br><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/kerry-babies-suffering-of-ordeal-finally-behind-us-joanne-hayes-1.4440521">Kerry babies: ‘Suffering of ordeal finally behind us’ – Joanne Hayes (irishtimes.com)</a><br><a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40790463.html">Kerry babies case re-examined in new episode of RTÉ documentary series (irishexaminer.com)</a><br><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-58562437">Kerry Babies: Remains exhumed in 1984 baby death investigation - 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