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 486: Collopy brothers found not guilty of assault after witness retracts statement
Episode 485: 8 years on from the murder of David Byrne at the Regency hotel
Episode 484: The murky past of on-the-run cocaine handler John Knibbs
Episode 483: Introducing Beast - The Murder of Nora Sheehan
Episode 481: Inside the cell structure of the Kinahan cartel
Episode 482: Inside five close-knit Belfast gangland killings
Episode 480: The crimes of hitman Charles McClean
Episode 479: Meet the artist who spent hours sketching Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch
Episode 478: The crimes of CAB target John Coone
Episode 477: The tragic murder of Alyson Nelson
Episode 476: The dirty dealings of corrupt cop John 'Spud' Murphy
Episode 475: The day I first came face to face with murder suspect Ian Bailey
Episode 474: The funeral of Jason 'Jay' Hennessy Snr
Episode 473: The Bugsy Malones - The history of the youth gang led by Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: Sophie Toscan Du Plantier - the murder, the mystery, the myths
Episode 472: The numerous court cases of Martin 'The Viper' Foley
Episode 471: How a Bryan Adams tape helped solve a sectarian murder
Episode 470: The life and crimes of Kinahan mobster Sean McGovern
Episode 469: The life and crimes of Jonathan 'Rocketman' Harding
Episode 468: What happens to high-end stolen watches?
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