Roz Purcell

Stolen Sister is narrated by me, Ros Purcell.

The music is by Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck, performed by the Orti Concert Orchestra, conducted by Gavin Maloney.

Readings in this episode were by Vincent Whelan, Dermot Allen, Lisa Allen, Kevin McCann, Orla Nix, Lee McGrath, Roslyn Martin and Ronan Kelly.

And additional online editorial content by Anna Joyce.

Special thanks to Elizabeth McAvoy in the National Archives, James McGill, Amy McComsky, Lara O'Brien, the RT Documentary on One team, and of course, the entire Plunkett family.

Production assistance is by me, Seána McGreevy.

And the series is written and produced by me, Nicolene Greer.

The executive producer is Liam O'Brien.

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In the years after the trials, history began to record John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans as convicted serial killers.

Through the following decades, Sean Evans would occasionally feature in the news.

But when they did, coverage suggested each of them had been convicted of all crimes against Mary and Elizabeth.

Irish Examiner, 24th November 2004.

Serial killers unlikely to walk free.

Fears that the state's only known serial killers could soon be set free again.

And this was the narrative the Plunkett family always believed, that Shaw and Evans had been convicted of Elizabeth's murder.

In 2009, Geoffrey Evans had a massive stroke which left him in a coma for three years.

When Geoffrey Evans died, no family members came forward to claim his body.

John Shaw remained in prison, but in recent years he's been applying for parole.

And in 2016, aged 71, Shaw made a new application to get temporary release from prison, as detailed in the Irish Examiner.