Ireland

Pushkin Industries and the acclaimed Bad Women brand have released a new podcast series about an unsolved disappearance in Ireland in September 1976 — and the investigation has already made contact with around a dozen witnesses who have never previously come forward.

In November 2019, an Irish court secured the country's first-ever conviction for female genital mutilation, sentencing a married couple to five years in prison each. The case began with a September 2016 incident in Dublin that left a 21-month-old daughter injured and sparked an investigation that would set legal precedent across Ireland.

On August 28, 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett walked out of McDaniel's pub in Brittas Bay, County Wicklow, Ireland, and vanished. Her body was found a month later washed ashore in County Wexford. Two convicted serial killers confessed to her murder—yet no one was ever formally charged with her death.

In late August 1976, 23-year-old Elizabeth Plunkett vanished from Brittas Bay in County Wicklow, Ireland. Her body was discovered weeks later—raped, strangled, and bound to a lawnmower. Nearly 50 years later, her sisters are demanding justice for a crime that was never prosecuted.

In August and September 1976, English serial killers Geoffrey Evans and John Shaw abducted, raped, and murdered two young Irish women in what became known as Ireland's first serial killing case. Despite confessing to both murders, neither man was ever convicted of the crimes.

Alfred George Hinds, born in London in 1917, became one of Britain's most notorious escapees after his conviction for the 1953 Maple Jewelry Store robbery. Claiming innocence, he engineered three audacious prison escapes and ultimately won a libel case that vindicated his claims.

Netflix's Dublin Murders (2019) is a fictional crime drama series that uses detective work and murder investigations to explore themes of class division and personal trauma in Ireland, despite its title suggesting a true crime focus.