West Cork (podcast)

West Cork
Publication
No. of episodes14
Original releaseFebruary 2018

West Cork is a non-fiction podcast series reported and hosted by Sam Bungey and Jennifer Forde, about the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in Drinane, County Cork, Ireland, on 23 December 1996. The 13-episode series premiered as an Audible original on 8 February 2018, and was made freely available widely as a podcast in 2021. A new episode of the series was released on 14 May 2021, detailing the trial in absentia of the main suspect. A television adaptation of the series is being planned.

The series investigates the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier née Bouniol (28 July 1957 – 23 December 1996), a French television producer who was beaten to death outside her holiday home near Toormore, Schull, County Cork, on the night of 23 December 1996. The podcast series was critically acclaimed upon release, and became Audible's most listened-to podcast series of all time.

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