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Unmasking Samantha Cookes: The Many Lives of a Serial Fraudster

Alan bradley’s new book, ‘Unmasking Samantha Cookes: The Many Lives of a Serial Fraudster’,...

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11.05 24 May 2026


Unmasking Samantha Cookes: The Many Lives of a Serial Fraudster


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11.05 24 May 2026


Alan bradley’s new book, ‘Unmasking Samantha Cookes: The Many Lives of a Serial Fraudster’, tells the extraordinary true story of a serial fraudster who moved between Ireland and the UK for more than a decade, assuming multiple identities, and leaving a trail of devastated families, duped institutions, and exploited charities in her wake. Through meticulous investigation and first-hand testimony, award‑winning documentary film‑maker Alan Bradley reveals how Samantha Cookes - better known to many as “Carrie Jade Williams” - weaponised trust, disability, and vulnerability to deceive everyone from young parents to universities and the Irish state itself. Alan joins Pat in studio to discuss.


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