Stolen Sister 06: Irrelevant Victims
Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister
Pushkin Industries
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Having lived over 40 years with the loss of Elizabeth, the Plunkett family are taken aback when in 2023, they’re approached by the Parole Board. John Shaw is looking to get out of prison. Elizabeth’s family are invited to submit their views on his potential release. Can they stop him from getting freedom? This process unlocks a series of events where Elizabeth's siblings begin to realise that nothing is as it seems - and that their sister is still awaiting dignity and justice…
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Credits: Stolen Sister is written and produced by Nicoline Greer with production assistance from Shauna McGreevy. Roz Purcell is the host. Original music soundtrack performed and composed by Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck, together with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Sound design and orchestra recording by Ciarán Dunne. The executive producer is Liam O’Brien. Audio Product Support by Nigel Wheatley. Marketing by Maria Buckley and Christopher Hayes. Design and creatives by Darragh Treacy. Publicity by Sarah Neville. Sales by Graeme Bailey and additional online editorial content by Anna Joyce.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
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| 0:05.2 | Some crimes are so shocking. |
| 0:07.2 | They don't just make headlines. |
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| 0:10.9 | I'm Katie Ring, host of America's most infamous crimes. |
| 0:14.2 | Each week, I take on one of the most notorious criminal cases. |
| 0:17.6 | Each case unfolds across multiple episodes, release every Tuesday through Thursday, |
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| 0:31.7 | music, or wherever you listen to your podcasts. |
| 0:44.7 | Pushkin. your podcasts. In the years after the trials, history began to record John Shaw and Jeffrey Evans |
| 0:50.3 | as convicted serial killers. |
| 0:52.7 | Irish press January 21, 1983. Englishman Geoffrey Evans was |
| 0:58.1 | attacked by a group of prisoners, one wielding a hammer, but Mountjoy Prison on Monday evening. |
| 1:04.2 | Evans and his accomplice Shaw were convicted of the murder of Dublin girl Elizabeth Plunkett |
| 1:08.5 | of Ringsend and Castle Bar Girl, Mary Duffy. |
| 1:12.6 | Through the following decades, Sean Evans would occasionally feature in the news. |
| 1:17.3 | But when they did, coverage suggested each of them had been convicted of all crimes against Mary and Elizabeth. |
| 1:25.3 | Irish Examiner 24th November 2004. |
| 1:29.3 | Serial killers unlikely to walk free, |
| 1:32.3 | fears that the state's only known serial killers could soon be set free. |
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