# Myth and Murder in West Cork: The Story of Sophie Toscan du Plantier Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-murder-877958/myth-and-murder-in-west-cork-the-story-of-sophie-toscan-du-plantier Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-murder-877958/myth-and-murder-in-west-cork-the-story-of-sophie-toscan-du-plantier.md Podcast: [LOVE MURDER](https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-murder-877958) Published: 2026-05-27T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/5add00cd-19d7-4ac2-8e64-9882d9f895b6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/prfx.byspotify.com/e/claritaspod.com/measure/arttrk.com/p/PDPN1/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/5add00cd-19d7-4ac2-8e64-9882d9f895b6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/love-murder-877958/episodes/myth-and-murder-in-west-cork-the-story-of-sophie-toscan-du-plantier Duration seconds: 6367 ## Resource 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. Sources: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/from-paris-to-west-cork-and-back-the-story-of-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-investigation-1.3910782 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/the-story-of-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-investigation-a-chronology-1.2158891 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/a-23-year-investigation-what-next-for-the-sophie-toscan-du-plantier-murder-case-1.4123633 https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2024/01/22/garda-cold-case-review-of-film-producers-murder-to-continue-despite-ian-baileys-death/ https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/08/15/sophie-toscan-du-plantier-gardai-awaiting-results-of-tests-using-advanced-dna-collection-method/ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/31/briton-convicted-of-murder-french-film-maker-ian-bailey-sophie-toscan-du-plantier https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/23/well-never-have-the-truth-death-of-suspect-ian-bailey-floors-family-of-french-film-maker https://www.lemonde.fr/en/police-and-justice/article/2024/01/21/ian-bailey-man-convicted-in-france-for-murder-dies-in-ireland_6453379_105.html https://shows.acast.com/westcork/about https://www.netflix.com/title/81094755 This Week’s Episode Brought To You By: Progressive Insurance -  Discover better rates at  https://www.progressive.com/  **** Shopify  - $1 per month trial -  http:/… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/love-murder-877958/episodes/myth-and-murder-in-west-cork-the-story-of-sophie-toscan-du-plantier/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/love-murder-877958/myth-and-murder-in-west-cork-the-story-of-sophie-toscan-du-plantier.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.