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Crimelines True Crime

Mary Boyle | Ireland's Longest Missing Child

Crimelines True Crime

Crimelines True Crime

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🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In 1977, a 6 year old girl went missing in Ireland and the case remains unsolved. But different family members eventually adopted different theories–theories that led to pain and estrangement.

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*This case is unsolved*

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0:00.0

In 1977 a six-year-old girl went missing in Ireland and the case remains unsolved.

0:16.0

The different family members eventually adopted different theories, theories that led to pain and estrangement.

0:22.0

I'm Charlie and welcome to crime lines. led to pain and estrangement.

0:22.6

I'm Charlie and welcome to crime lines. Welcome to Crime Lines in the last episode of 2023.

0:37.0

I am regularly asked in various Q&A formats what unsolved

0:42.0

unsold case I would like to see solved, and my answers have always

0:46.9

fallen into two categories. First is my out of curiosity case, and the other is a true mystery that I want resolved for

0:56.0

the sake of the family. So kind of my selfish I want to know the answer case and

1:00.7

then also my case that is more focused on the victim's family.

1:06.0

The first, the out of curiosity case, for so long was the disappearance and

1:11.6

reappearance of Sherry Papini.

1:14.2

As we know, that case has been resolved this year.

1:18.4

Now my true mystery case has been the disappearance of six yearyear-old Mary Boyle and the reason was the

1:26.0

deep rift that eventually grew within the family. When I saw interviews from Mary Boyle's sister and mother, I just

1:35.8

wanted to fix things for them, but I could see how deep this went and a resolution

1:41.5

as to what happened to Little Mary Boyle would have gone a long way not just giving answers to the family, but it could be a bridge to mend some of those fractured relationships.

1:53.0

I originally covered this case on my old podcast

1:57.0

and I don't usually redo episodes I've already covered.

2:01.0

So many of you used to listen to my old podcast and then

2:04.3

followed me to crime lines, which I absolutely appreciate, and to show that

2:09.4

appreciation I want to continue to give you new content.

2:13.0

But seeing as the Shari Papini case was solved,

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