Breaking bad: 'Bridgets' podcasts shed light on darker side of Irish emigration to US It is not a narrative that sits nicely with the Irish-American emigration story, but two Belfast academics are now telling the real-life crime stories of 'Bad Bridgets' from Ireland in a series of new podcasts featuring Derry Girls actress Siobhan McSweeney. Gail Bell finds out more Leanne McCormick, left, of Ulster University, and Elaine Farrell from Queen's University Belfast, the academics behind the Bad Bridget podcasts Gail Bell 14 December, 2020 01:00 The Bad Bridget podcasts tell the stories of female Irish emigrants to the USA whom 'history has chosen to forget'