Deep Cover Bad Women Presents Stolen Sister: Elizabeth Plunkett
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Mar 30, 2026 A family's decades-long silence is finally broken as they recount the life and disappearance of a young woman from Dublin. The story traces two dangerous men with criminal pasts and the last weekend she spent with friends at Brittas Bay. Listeners hear vivid scene-setting of the heatwave night, the crowded pub, and the chilling moments when she walked off alone.
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Family Breaks Half Century Silence To Seek Justice
- Elizabeth Plunkett vanished after leaving a pub in Brittas Bay on the last Saturday night of summer 1976.
- Roz Purcell and Elizabeth's sisters describe the family's decades-long silence and their decision to break it now to seek justice.
Persistently Escalate Cases When Institutions Stall
- Families are often the sole advocates for victims and must persistently push institutions when justice stalls.
- Bernie and Kathleen repeatedly appealed to DPP, Garda Commissioner and State Solicitor's Office before contacting the podcast.
Prison Meeting Turned Into A Mobile Killing Spree
- John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans were career criminals whose meeting in prison escalated into touring Ireland to kidnap and kill women.
- Their prior records for burglary, assault and attempted rape contextualise how they became Ireland's first serial killers.