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This episode examines the unsolved disappearance of Priscilla Clarke and her family's fight for justice over the years.

In May 1988, 25-year-old Priscilla Clarke disappeared after reportedly setting out on horseback near the Powerscourt Estate in County Wicklow. This episode examines the official theory that she drowned in the River Dargle, the unanswered questions surrounding that day, and her family’s decades-long fight to find Priscilla, and ensure that Ireland’s unidentified dead are treated with dignity. This episode was researched, written and hosted by Jenny Claffey. Sources: An Garda Síochána — Priscilla Clarke Missing Person Profile The Journal — The Injustice in the Search for Missing Woman Priscilla Clarke Missing Irish People — Priscilla Clarke, Co. Wicklow The Irish Times — Exhume Body, Say Family of Missing Woman RTÉ Radio 1 — The Disappearance of Priscilla Clarke RTÉ Prime Time — 22 Bodies: Identifying Ireland’s Anonymous Dead Irish Examiner — Sister of Missing Priscilla Clarke Fears She May Lie in an Unmarked Grave Irish Examiner — Handling of Unidentified Human Remains Shows “Lack of Dignity” RTÉ Prime Time — Details Released on Unidentified Remains Are Only the Beginning TheJournal.ie — “1980s Ireland was a different world”: The injustice in the search for missing woman Priscilla…

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