Jun 20, 2026 · 17 min · 11 segments
In December 1991, 29-year-old mother and Mountjoy Prison officer Patricia Doherty left her home in Tallaght for some last-minute Christmas shopping — and was never seen alive again. Months later, her…
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On a chilly December night in 1991, Patricia Doherty stepped out of her Tala home to buy Santa hats for her children just days before Christmas.
She never returned.
A witness saw her at 9.20pm walking towards the Oldbourne shopping centre, but then she vanished into the darkness.
Her husband, Patrick, received chilling silent phone calls in the days that followed, eerie voids on the line that offered no answers.
Six months later, her body was found buried in the Dublin mountains, less than a mile from where another young mother, Antoinette Smith, had been discovered, both cases unresolved.
Was this the work of a serial killer stalking the shadows of Ireland's capital or a deeply personal act of violence? Patricia's murder remains a haunting mystery, her family still searching for answers.
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