A mysterious disappearance in Ireland in September 1976 is now at the center of a new podcast series from the British true crime brand Bad Women, released in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The series is titled Bad Women Presents: Stolen Sister and marks another chapter in a long line of high-profile investigative projects from a brand that has built a solid reputation within the genre.
The disappearance occurred in Ireland in September 1976 and has remained unsolved for decades. As is the case with many irish true crime cases from that era, the original investigation was hampered by limited forensic methods and poor coordination between authorities. Now, nearly half a century later, Stolen Sister attempts to shed new light on the case through modern investigative journalism and a network of sources that has grown significantly since the series launched.
Perhaps the most remarkable element of the series is that the producers have managed to make contact with around a dozen new witnesses — people who have either never spoken to the media or to police before, or who are now ready to share information they previously held back. In the true crime podcast world, access to previously unknown witnesses is often the deciding factor in whether a series can contribute genuinely new knowledge rather than simply retelling familiar facts.
Behind the series is the well-established Bad Women brand, which in recent years has positioned itself as one of the most credible voices in British and Irish true crime. The collaboration with Pushkin Industries — the American podcast company co-founded by award-winning author and historian Malcolm Gladwell and Jacob Weisberg — gives the project an international platform and considerable production resources.
Pushkin is known for producing high-quality podcasts with a strong narrative drive, and Stolen Sister appears to follow the same mold. The combination of Bad Women's local Irish knowledge and Pushkin's global reach makes the series one of the more ambitious true crime projects to emerge about an Irish case in recent years.
What sets Stolen Sister apart from many other cold case podcasts is its stated focus on ongoing investigation rather than purely documentary retelling. The producers have not simply reviewed existing source material — they have actively sought out new witnesses, and that work appears to be yielding results as the series unfolds.
This approach has, in an international context, proven capable of producing real consequences: podcasts such as Serial and Your Own Backyard have both led to police reopening investigations or receiving new information. Whether Stolen Sister will achieve similar results remains to be seen, but the ambition is clearly there.
For listeners with an interest in unsolved disappearance cases, Bad Women Presents: Stolen Sister is already one of the most talked-about releases of 2026 within the genre — and it continues to uncover new details in a case that many believed had been forgotten forever.
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