Best Rte Documentary On One Podcasts (2025)

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Stolen Sister: Bonus - Petition and Witness Accounts 37:30

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Over the last seven weeks we have heard from many people who have had interactions with John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans. Up to twenty people have provided us with accounts of attempted abductions, sightings and various interactions with Shaw and Evans. In this episode, we bring you these accounts in full. An Garda Síochána have now appealed to anybody…

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Stolen Sister: 07 - A Chance for Justice 31:22

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As this series has been publishing, we’ve been contacted by many listeners, including about a dozen contacts from people who are new witnesses to events around Ireland in September 1976 - and who it appears could have been potential victims of John Shaw and Geoffrey Evans. Even after all these years, new information is still out there on Elizabeth’…

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Stolen Sister: 06 - Irrelevant Victims 26:27

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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 whe…

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Stolen Sister: 05 - The Trials 27:27

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With the heartbreaking recovery of both Elizabeth and Mary’s remains, the investigation’s focus sharpens. The men, isolated in solitary confinement for months, are finally brought before the courts. But things take a strange twist when Shaw and Evans, once united in their actions, now turn on each other—each blaming the other for the murders. This …

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Stolen Sister: 04 - Confessions 28:02

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With the nation on high alert, two Gardaí in Galway spot and arrest Ireland’s two most wanted men. Quickly brought in for questioning, Shaw and Evans find themselves at the center of a desperate investigation. Gardaí believe Mary Duffy could still be alive, and now they need the suspects to tell them where Mary and Elizabeth are. As the interrogati…

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Stolen Sister: 03 - On the Hunt 26:59

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As suspicions grow around two Englishmen roaming freely around Ireland, Gardaí issue a nationwide alert for their capture. But no one knows these men have already hatched a chilling plan: to abduct, rape, and murder one woman every week. The only question now is can they be stopped before they kill again? If you have any information or knowledge ab…

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Stolen Sister: 02 - Missing 26:54

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On Saturday, August 28th, 1976, Elizabeth Plunkett walked out of a pub in Brittas Bay - and vanished without a trace. Over the following week, her distraught family and friends launched a frantic search, desperate for any sign of her. Though they didn’t find Elizabeth, a series of puzzling clues began to emerge. And at the same time, two suspicious…

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Stolen Sister: 01 - Elizabeth 27:59

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The summer of 1976 brought an extraordinary three-month heatwave to Ireland. 23yr old Elizabeth Plunkett had just fallen in love and been on holiday to France. On the last weekend in August, Elizabeth headed for an overnight getaway with friends to the beach resort of Brittas Bay to mark the end of that summer. No one could have imagined what happe…

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Stolen Sister: Trailer 3:36

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On the last weekend of the summer of 1976, a young woman named Elizabeth Plunkett went away for a night with friends to Brittas Bay in county Wicklow. Nobody knew it then, but that was the last time she would leave home. Elizabeth was brutally murdered by two men who would go on to continue to rape and kill until they were stopped. Episode 1 availa…

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Voice Notes Before Voice Notes 50:35

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Skype shut down on May 5th, 2025. Coincidentally and appropriately, it was the day this documentary, by Austin Kenny, was first broadcast. It’s about another technology, also now defunct, that allowed Irish emigrant families communicate their tenderness and sense of loss over the oceans. (2025) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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The Real Carrie Jade: Episode 8 - Jail! 9:14

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UPDATE: Samantha Cookes pleads guilty to fraud. She appears in court for her sentencing but all does not go smoothly. There's an outcry. A shout from the public gallery halts proceedings and Samantha is taken from the dock while the Judge takes stock... Alongside this series, the story of Samantha Cookes has been developed into a 2-part TV document…

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Where is Jón? - 07. Bring him home 48:35

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As the search site turns into a dig site, Jón’s family await news of the search. If Jón is found, it will end all hope and a new chapter of grief begins. And as we near the end of this series, new tips continue to emerge. With everything that has been uncovered, Jón’s family ask that his case is now upgraded to a murder inquiry in the hope that the…

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Where is Jón? - 06. The Notes 35:58

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During the first five years of Jón’s disappearance, through to February 2024, there was no indication of where Jón’s remains might lie. But behind the scenes, two anonymous notes had been handed into the authorities. The first was handed into a Garda station in 2022 - and the second to a priest's house in 2023. Both indicated Jón was buried in a sp…

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Where is Jón? - 05. Rumours and Secrets 38:26

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As all the first firsts begin to pass by, Jón’s birthday, Christmas, family events - everyone in Jón’s circle struggles with his loss. With no concrete information emerging to explain his disappearance, some sinister rumours begin to emerge. And then, more than a year later, some of Jón’s family members are told he was killed in Dublin… Credits: Wh…

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Where is Jón? - 04. Narrowing the Focus 39:54

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To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Where is Jón?' podcast feed from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes released each Monday. As the first weeks turned into the first months since Jón’s disappearance, his family struggle to come to terms with what’s going on. There were only four possib…

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Where is Jón? - 03. The Search 42:43

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The vast majority of missing persons are found within 72 hours of being last seen. But if someone is not found within that timeframe, the chances of discovering what happened to them become less and less as time slips by. When Jón’s family arrived to Ireland in the days after he disappeared, they all felt something had gone very wrong for Jón. They…

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Where is Jón? - 02. Jón Bóndi 37:44

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When Jón left the Bonnington hotel, his partner Jana didn’t initially think too much about him walking away. But, as that day moved on, she began to get worried. And by the morning after, she knew something had gone really wrong for Jón. As Jana begins to raise the alarm, we start searching for clues in Jón’s past, in Iceland, to find out who he wa…

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Where is Jón? - 01: Without a Trace 44:55

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A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One and RÚV. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'Where is Jón?' podcast feed from wherever you get your podcasts. Episodes released each Monday. Episode 1: When Icelander Jón Jónsson arrived to Dublin in February 2019, he came for 10 …

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Where is Jón? - Trailer 2:55

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Publishing from January 27th 2025 - a new multi-episodic series from RTÉ in Ireland and RÚV in Iceland. To get early access, subscribe to our series feed entitled 'Where is Jón?' from wherever you get your podcasts... When Jón Jónsson flew into Dublin in February 2019, he was in good spirits and looking forward to playing at the Dublin Poker Festiv…

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Harwood, Johanna Harwood 46:28

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Irish woman Johanna Harwood is not widely-known, but she should be. She wrote the screenplays for the James Bond movies 'Dr. No' and 'From Russia With Love' including coming up with the "Goya Joke" - one of the most famous visual jokes in the whole series. Not long after, she gave it all up to go and live in Paris with a French film director, René …

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The Reindeer Santa Left Behind 43:59

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An Exclusive - Recorded over the last year, this is the incredible story which began last Christmas Eve just as Santa arrived into Ireland and Blitzen, one of his reindeers got badly injured. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By RTÉ

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Girl From The Letter 41:51

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John Richards is on a quest to solve a mystery. He's looking for a girl who he only learned about through a letter written to his father. And he last saw his father over 50 years ago. At the age of 75, and with lots of questions, John has finally decided it's time to go in search of answers. To help him, he enlists the help of genealogist as he tri…

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Don't Go Far 39:03

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A multi award winning doc. And still one of our most popular ever docs! It's 1985, and two Dublin children, with a knack for bunking off school and fare dodging, embark on an unbelievable adventure. On a warm summer's day in 1985, they hop on a Dart and skip out to Dun Laoghaire, nothing much to be doing there, so they sneak on the ferry for Holyhe…

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Con Carey and the Twelve Apostles 40:57

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April 2nd 2023 marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Con Carey, the only man in Kerry to be buried twice. The story itself goes back to April 1978, when Con Carey, a bachelor labourer, was found dead on the outskirts of Brosna village in Co. Kerry. With no family around, Con’s burial was rushed and unusually quick. Having died in the early hou…

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Osborn v. Germany 40:13

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When armed police arrived at Oisín Osborn’s home in Hamburg, Germany in May 2019, he was in his underpants, wearing a saucepan on his head. He was agitated. He had been talking about "protecting" his wife and family from enemies. Oisín was going through a mental health crisis. His wife called the emergency services asking for help. The help that ar…

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Stolen Sister: Bonus - Petition and Witness Accounts 37:30

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Stolen Sister: 07 - A Chance for Justice 31:22

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Stolen Sister: 06 - Irrelevant Victims 26:27

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Stolen Sister: 05 - The Trials 27:27

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Stolen Sister: 04 - Confessions 28:02

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Stolen Sister: 03 - On the Hunt 26:59

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Stolen Sister: 02 - Missing 26:54

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Stolen Sister: 01 - Elizabeth 27:59

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Stolen Sister: Trailer 3:36

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Voice Notes Before Voice Notes 50:35

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The Real Carrie Jade: Episode 8 - Jail! 9:14

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Where is Jón? - 07. Bring him home 48:35

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Where is Jón? - 06. The Notes 35:58

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Where is Jón? - 05. Rumours and Secrets 38:26

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Where is Jón? - 04. Narrowing the Focus 39:54

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Where is Jón? - 03. The Search 42:43

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Where is Jón? - 02. Jón Bóndi 37:44

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Where is Jón? - 01: Without a Trace 44:55

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Where is Jón? - Trailer 2:55

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Harwood, Johanna Harwood 46:28

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The Reindeer Santa Left Behind 43:59

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Girl From The Letter 41:51

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Don't Go Far 39:03

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Con Carey and the Twelve Apostles 40:57

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Osborn v. Germany 40:13