Sophie A Murder In West Cork Is Three Castle Head Really Haunted

Sophie: A Murder In West Cork – Is Three Castle Head Really Haunted?

Netflix’s A Murder In West Cork includes a ghost tale about Three Castle Head, so is the Irish location actually haunted? Here’s the spooky backstory.

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Sophie A Murder In West Cork Is Three Castle Head Really Haunted

Sophie: A Murder in West Cork includes a supernatural legend about Three Castle Head, so is the Irish location actually haunted? John Dower’s three-part Netflix docuseries explains the historic lore while documenting the 1996 death of Sophie Toscan du Plantier, yet it doesn’t fully explain the urban legend behind it. To that extent, audiences may feel underwhelmed by the paranormal activity subplot in Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, which was released on Netflix.

In December 1996, Irish authorities discovered Toscan du Plantier’s corpse in Schull, Ireland. The 39-year-old French TV producer had been vacationing at a rural home in West Cork and was murdered just hours after returning from a trip to Three Castle Head near the Atlantic Ocean. Sophie: A Murder In West Cork examines the evidence against journalist Ian Bailey, who admitted to killing Toscan du Plantier in private, and was ultimately sentenced to 25 years in 2019 after being tried in absentia by a French court.

But there is a supernatural element to the murder case. The haunting of Three Castle Head is referenced during the first episode of Dower’s 2021 Netflix show, and according to a July 2021 report (via Newsweek), the Three Castle Head mythology is indeed true, or at least based on real local folklore regarding Dunlough Castle. During an on-camera interview, Bailey recalls investigating Toscan du Plantier’s death and learning that she had visited Three Castle Head from a local named Yvonne Ungerer. He states that the victim had a “strange experience” during her coastal excursion, while the victim’s relatives state that Sophie had seen a ghoulish figure near one of the ruined castle towers. Interviewees briefly explain the Irish legend of the “White Lady,” and how people who see the figure will die in the following hours. Sadly, this is exactly what happened to Toscan du Plantier, whether or not through supernatural means.

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The history of the castle is violent. The last family to live at Dunlough Castle on the head reportedly died in a mass suicide or mass murder, with the legend being that a drop of blood can be found daily in a local lake tower. Before the Three Castle Head sequence in Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, interviewees briefly speak about the local mythology involving Mount Gabriel, and how the “last wolf in Ireland” apparently lived nearby, presumably in the 18th century, as the last reported wolf sighting took place in 1786 near Mount Leinster (via the Department of Geography, National University of Ireland, Galway).

Toscan du Plantier’s alleged ghost sighting adds some extra mystery to Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, yet it’s worth noting that the Netflix series heavily implies that Bailey created a false timeline to cover up his guilt. It’s revealed that he informed locals about the murder before authorities actually knew about it and that he also threatened a witness who could place him by a bridge on the evening in question. If Bailey did indeed try to produce a false narrative, there’s reason to believe that he might’ve tried to sensationalize the story by incorporating a paranormal activity element. Based on the various testimonies in Sophie: A Murder In West Cork, the victim’s family members seem to believe the Three Castle Head ghost story, either because Sophie communicated her experiences to them before her death or because Ungerer’s account seems credible.

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