Murder at the Cottage and A Murder in West Cork
Double episode reviewing 2 documentaries about the brutal murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier in west Cork Ireland in 1996. Murder at the Cottage: The Search for Justice for Sophie by Jim Sheridan and the Netflix doc Sophie: A Murder in West Cork.
Two days before Christmas in 1996, was brutally murdered at her holiday cottage in Schull, West Cork. The murder rocked the quiet Irish town and 24 years later, the case remains a mystery. In the first doc Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan pieces together original evidence, never-before-seen footage, and interviews with those closest to the case to try to make sense of what really happened. In the second, John Dower examines the same evidence for a compelling Netflix series. Cherida and Tracey examine both for this Docs That Rock special.
