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 467: The funeral of slain gunman Tristan Sherry
Episode 466: The life and crimes of Anthony Terry
Episode 465: The murder of notorious 'The Firm' gangster Kevin Conway
Episode 464: The life and crimes of Mr Flashy
Episode 463: Wicklow man who worked for dark web marketplace set to be released from US prison
Episode 462: The investigation into the killings of Tristan Sherry and Jay Hennessy Snr
Episode 461: The lavish lifestyle of Kinahan bagman and CAB target Dean Masterson
Episode 460: Liam Byrne appears in court at the Old Bailey
Episode 459: The life and crimes of gangland gunman Bernard Fogarty
Episode 458: The shocking scenes at a Blanchardstown steak-house on Christmas Eve
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: 'The day I witnessed the Regency Hotel murder and the gunman in drag'
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: What turned nurse Lucy Letby into a cold blooded baby killer?
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: Addicted Ireland - the nation's battle with cocaine, booze and betting
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: Noel Long trial - What the jury didn't hear as he is convicted of the 1981 murder of Nora Sheehan
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: 'Predator' - Larry Murphy and Ireland's missing women (Part 3)
Episode 457: Fear of reprisals after the Christmas Eve gun attack in a Dublin restaurant
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: 'Predator' - Larry Murphy and Ireland's missing women (Part 2)
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: 'Predator' - Larry Murphy and Ireland's missing women (Part 1)
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 4: Trial of the Century)
BEST OF CRIME WORLD: The story of Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch (Part 3: Dublin underworld)
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