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 329: Noel Long trial - court hears of DNA evidence taken from Nora Sheehan's body
Episode 328: The life and crimes of Kinahan mobster Ross Browning
Episode 327: Killer Wayne Dundon moved prison for inciting mass brawl at Mountjoy
Episode 326: Noel Long goes on trial in 42 year old cold case for murder of Nora Sheehan
Episode 325: Kirsty Ward murder accused Keith Byrne and his chilling video from behind bars
Episode 324: Alan Wilson's bust up behind bars and how prison staff deal with trouble-makers
Episode 323: Garda Killer Aaron Brady and his fight for freedom
Episode 322: What did Ryan Tubridy and his agent Noel Kelly say before the Oireachtas committee?
Episode 321: The life and crimes of Martin 'The Viper' Foley
Episode 320: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part Four - The Antwerp drug route)
Episode 319: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part Three - The murder of a journalist)
Episode 318: What we know so far about the mysterious Donegal missing persons case
Episode 317: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part Two - The Threats)
Episode 316: Narco Terrorism in Europe (Part One - The Bunker)
Episode 315: Inside the last days of Noah Donohoe's life
Episode 314: what questions do RTE have to answer about the Ryan Tubridy scandal?
Episode 313: Brian 'The Ratt' Rattigan's love rival Paul Geraghty jailed for heroin dealing
Episode 312: The Europe wide impact of the Encrochat hack and the Gardai's missed opportunities
Episode 311: Canada's notorious 'Barbie and Ken' killers
Episode 310: The Marengo trial and the business of drug crime in Europe
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