Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister: Elizabeth Plunkett
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Hey listeners, Ros Purcell here, host of Stolen Sister. I'm dropping by to share an episode of Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister with you. It's the tale of Elizabeth Plunkett, a 23-year-old woman from Dublin who was murdered by Ireland's first serial killers. I hope you enjoy this story, which was meticulously investigated by the RTE podcast team. If you can't wait to find out what happens, binge episodes of Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister early and ad-free with a Pushkin Plus subscription. Find Pushkin Plus on the Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister show page in Apple Podcasts or pushkin.fm. It's July 2024 and two sisters are about to make a big decision. We are very quiet. We would not in a million years want to make ourselves put out there for any way.
They're building up the courage to send an email. I couldn't even sing a song if you asked me to in company. This is Bernie. We've talked long and hard about this. Bernie and her younger sister Kathleen feel like they're in a battle. A battle for their big sister Elizabeth. We had tried every avenue, everything. We appealed and appealed and appealed. We went to the DPP, they said no. We went to the Garda Commission, no. We went to State Solicitor's Office, no. The email Bernie and Kathleen are planning on sending, it's to us. This is our last resort. And when they do send it, they'll be breaking the seal of silence their family has held for almost 50 years. Sunday night, we're on the phone to each other and Kathleen said, I'm thinking of what to say in the email.
I said to myself, I'll send it now. Elizabeth Plunkett was one of the victims of Ireland's first serial killers. And all these years later, Bernie and Kathleen are attempting to finally seek justice and restore some dignity for their sister. Dear Documentary on One Team, my name is Kathleen. My sister Bernadette and I are the younger sisters of Elizabeth Plunkett, who was one of the victims of JS and GE along with Mary Duffy in the summer of 1976. It's too long and detailed a story to explain properly by email.
What led to the investigation of Elizabeth Plunkett's case?
Kind regards, Bernadette Barry, Kathleen Nolan. You got back on to me and said, I've sent the email and I went, oh no, oh no, what are we going to do? What are we going to do? And then she got back on to me, you won't believe it. I think 15, 20 minutes later I got a reply and he said, I'd be very interested to speak with you. And that's how we first came to meet Bernie and Kathleen.
Hello, how are you? I'm good.
Bernie and Kathleen are in their 60s. Kathleen works in healthcare and Bernie's retired. They are warm and clearly close sisters, finishing off each other's sentences, just like me and my sisters. Something you'll hear throughout the podcast. And the other voices you might hear throughout are producers Nicolene and Liam. And one other thing I should tell you is that this story includes details of sexual violence. It could be difficult for some listeners, so please keep that in mind and take care.
The reason Bernie and Kathleen are finally speaking out is not just because of what happened to their sister Elizabeth.
but because of what didn't happen to the two men who confessed to brutally kidnapping, raping and murdering her. I thought all these things were taken care of. I never thought I'd see myself at 62 years of age dealing with this. Everything they thought they knew about what happened after Elizabeth's murder, they only recently found out it's all wrong. When somebody's murdered, the only people they have to speak for them are their family. We're being denied any sort of justice.
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4 chaptersSpeakers
9 identified
Ros Purcell 19 min
Thomas Plunkett (Elizabeth's brother) 1 min
Geoffrey Evans (read by an actor) 1 min
Damien Bush (read by an actor) 1 min
Annette (Joe's girlfriend, read by an actor) 1 min
Bernadette Barry (Elizabeth's sister) 1 min
Unknown 1 min
Elizabeth's mother (read by an actor)
Joe McCoy (read by an actor)