Tim Desmond: The Corkman who made gripping true-crime podcast Runaway Joe

 Runaway Joe, from the RTÉ Documentary on One team, tells of an Irish fugitive wanted in the US in connection with the death of his wife 

Irish fugitive Joe Maloney is the subject of the Runaway Joe podcast. 

Following the acclaimed Finding Samantha, and The Nobody Zone, the RTÉ Documentary on One team’s latest podcast series is Runaway Joe. The recently-released series tells the story of Michael O’Shea, who was the subject of an extradition application from Ireland to the US in 1985. 

Though he had been well regarded for his 20 or so years of living in this country, he was actually a fugitive, otherwise known as Joseph Moloney, wanted in Rochester, New York, for the 1967 murder of his wife June. The title of the show acts as spoiler to the capper of the opening episode: Joe is still on the run.