In the early hours of 29th April, 2000, a fire was discovered in an upmarket flat in the seaside resort of Scheveningen, The Hague. Three occupants were found dead in the bathtub - young Irishmen Damien Monahan and Vincent and Morgan Costello.

Was the fire an accident, some sort of gangland hit, or something else altogether?

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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Isabel Conway, “Hunt for Dutch killers who set Irishman on fire”, Irish Independent, May 3rd 2000

Dan Collins and Isabel Conway, Clareman burned, brutally tortured in drugs war, Irish Examiner, May 3rd 2000

Dan Collins, “Drugs gang tortured, executed Irish trio”, Irish Examiner, May 4th 2000

Frank Khan, “Drugs slaughter, five Irish deaths feared by Interpol”, Irish Independent, May 4th 2000

Gordon Deegan, “Agonising wait for family to have worst confirmed”, Irish Examiner, May 5th 2000

Barry Roche, “Irishman shocked at being linked to murders”, Irish Examiner, May 5th 2000

Cian McCormack, “Information on Bansha brothers sent to Holland to help identify bodies”, Irish Examiner, May 5th 2000

Conor Keane, “Revenge possible motive behind brutal murders”, Irish Examiner, May 5th 2000

Martina Devlin, “Sun sea sand and quietly selling drugs for a living”, Irish Independent, May 6th 2000

Conor Sweeney, “Murdered men had only small drugs plant”, Irish Independent, May 6th 2000

Isabel Conway, “Blood death and butchery in a gangland tale of two cities”, Sunday Independent, May 7th 2000

For a full list of sources, please see mensreapod.com