A serial fraudster was employed by a family in Kildare as a live in au pair after being outed on a hit podcast and in a series of newspaper articles as a conwoman.
Samantha Cooke managed to reinvent herself as child care worker Sadie Harris and lived for six months with the family while her real identity faced the eye of a publicity storm about a series of cons across Ireland.
Nicola speaks to journalist Mark Tighe of the Sunday Independent about the extraordinary story of a woman who keeps changing her name, look and background and who is currently gone dark somewhere in Ireland.
He tells her about her latest scam which terrified a young mother returning to work and about her colourful background as an artist, a writer and even a psychotherapist.
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Episode 553: How CAB are returning crime proceeds to the public purse
Episode 552: The Stardust disco - Four decades of injustice
Episode 551: Dreams in Incarceration and the incredible life of David Spivey
Episode 550: The life and death of heroin kingpin Tony Felloni
Episode 549: Daniel Kinahan and rumours of his ongoing involvement in boxing
Episode 548: Michael O'Loughlin - Northern Ireland's first successful Encrochat case
Episode 548: Controversial prison sentencing
Episode 547: The mysterious disappearance of Marion Barter
Episode 546: CAB win four-year long court battle against drug dealer David Waldron
Episode 545: 1 year since Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch walked free after the Regency Trial
Episode 544: The story of former fugitive Michael Lynn
Episode 543: Inside Christopher ‘Git’ Waldron's former home in Cabra
Episode 542: Million Dollar Lover - the wealthy elderly woman who fell for a homeless former meth addict
Episode 541: The death of Michael Dwyer and his mother's fight for justice
Episode 540: Nathan McDonnell sharing prison wing with notorious criminals
Episode 539: Inside Ross Browning's former Garristown home
Episode 538: 'Queen of The Con' Marianne Smyth to be extradited to Northern Ireland to face charges
Episode 537: The life and crimes of Gerard ‘Hucker’ Moyna
Episode 536: The alleged crimes of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Episode 535: Weapons, Stash houses and Mugshots
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