Myth and Murder in West Cork: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier
LOVE MURDER
Jessie Pray and Andie Cassette
4.8 • 3.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 May 2026
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
Sophie Toscan du Plantier was a 39-year-old French producer, wife, and mother who traveled alone to her remote cottage in West Cork just before Christmas 1996. Two days later, she was found dead outside her gate, beaten beyond recognition, in a case that drew in Irish folklore, French cinema, a troubled local journalist, years of failed prosecutions, and a family’s long fight for justice across two countries.
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https://shows.acast.com/westcork/about
https://www.netflix.com/title/81094755
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| 0:00.0 | All right, Andy, last week I regaled you with a tale of a French courtisan and the powerful men who loved her. |
| 0:07.0 | What do you have for us this time? |
| 0:08.8 | Well, we're staying in the international world with a story that happens two days before Christmas in 1996. |
| 0:17.4 | A beautiful 39-year-old French mother and wife named Sophie flew alone to her cottage on the coast of West Cork, Ireland. |
| 0:24.6 | But on that morning of December 23rd, she's found at the bottom of the path down outside her front gate, still dressed in her night clothes and dead. |
| 0:35.4 | At some point that night, she opened her door to someone, |
| 0:37.9 | and we still don't know who it was. |
| 0:40.2 | I'm Jesse Prey, and I'm Andy Cassette, |
| 0:42.8 | and this is Love Murder. |
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