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The Murder of Arlene Arkinson

The inside story of the 1994 disappearance and murder of 15-year-old Castlederg girl, Arlene Arkinson, containing powerful testimony from her sister.

This series revisits horrendous cold-case murders, taking the audience on a journey across the badlands of Ulster in the four decades between 1973 and 2005. Behind each story is the bubbling context of the Northern Ireland of the time, a place engulfed in sectarian conflict.

This is the inside story of 15-year-old Arlene Arkinson who disappeared in 1994. Arlene left a housing estate in Castlederg to attend a disco in Bundoran. Her older sister Kathleen waved her goodbye but would never see her again. Her remains are undiscovered but presumed to have been buried in one of the vast swathes of bogland or forestry on the Irish border.

59 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Jul 2023 22:40

Credits

Role Contributor
Executive Producer Mary McKeagney
Production Company Fine Point Films
Production Company Cyprus Avenue Films

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