West Cork
Dettagli canale
West Cork
In West Cork, it’s simply known as ‘the murder’. In 1996 French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier is found dead near her holiday home. There are no witnesses and no known motive. The police suspect one man in this community but they can’t make a charge stick and he refuses to leave, becoming t...
Episodi recenti
16 episodi
Introducing Havana Helmet Club
New from the makers of West Cork - a thriller set in Havana, Cuba.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Trailer
The murder of a Frenchwoman transforms a rural Irish community.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
14. He Sees Sophie Everywhere
New Feature Episode: An Englishman is on trial in a French court for a murder committed in Ireland. With no defendant present. And no defence.
<...
1: Blow-ins
West Cork, Ireland is an outpost at the edge of Europe, the jumping-off point for America. Rugged windswept and coastal, it was a place of farmers and...
2: The Back of Beyond
A body is found at the end of a path leading to three houses. In West Cork, the police, known in Ireland as ‘the guards,’ have little experience with...
3: Sophie Bouniol
Sophie Buoniol, commonly referred to by her married name, Sophie Toscan du Plantier, was 39 years old when she was murdered, a well-connected French f...
4: Killer Among Us
In the weeks following the murder, Schull, the jewel-box vacation town closest to Sophie’s home, becomes a very different kind of place to live. With...
5: A Good Suspect
The guards have a suspect—one who has spent the last 20 years trying to convince Ireland that he is not a murderer. We begin on the first day of the i...
6: The Englishman
A blow-in from Manchester, England, the suspect has been grating on locals ever since he first arrived in West Cork. He has been accused of inserting...
7: The Arrest
On February 10th, 1997, the guards make an arrest in a well-orchestrated plan to snare their chief suspect. There’s an interrogation, a question of co...
8: The Game Is On
After the guards fail to get a confession, a game of cat and mouse ensues; the guards need more evidence, but worry that they are being outsmarted. In...
9: The Moonshine Effect
After the arrest is made public in West Cork, the town is terrified, convinced there is a murderer next-door. And yet, the suspect remains. It seems e...
10: Shanghaied
Sophie Toscan du Plantier’s murder is big news in Ireland—so big that the suspect takes the newspapers to court for defamation, intending to clear his...
11: Enemy #1
After the defamation trial, no one understands why the suspect is still a free man. But the case against him is quickly unraveling; there’s a new, sea...
12: Loose Ends
So if the guards’ chief suspect didn’t kill Sophie, who did? Theories abound: a ‘French Connection,’ a murderous horse, a misidentified man in a long...
13: An Intimate Conviction
While the case has reached a stalemate in Ireland, a parallel investigation in France--pushed along by Sophie’s family--is moving forward. The suspect...