Finding Samantha

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A woman who has created over 100 fake identities. A young girl found wandering the streets of Dublin. A teenager deported from Canada. Stories of sustained sexual abuse at the hands of many. Kidnapping charges, prison time, lies, fraud and deceit. Could all of these stories go back to just one person - Samantha Azzopardi? A podcast from RTÉ Documentary on One.

06/06/2023

07 – Who is Samantha?

The cycle of Samantha offending, being jailed, then released and re-offending seems never ending. So as we reach the conclusion of our series, we make an application to the courts in search of answers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

38 min
30/05/2023

06 - Child's Play

With Samantha out of prison in 2018, she was now turning 30 years old. She began working as an au pair again and was about to commit her most serious crimes to date.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

35 min
23/05/2023

05 - The One That Got Away

Sharon receives a strange phone call from a mystery woman with something to give her. Samantha receives her first full jail sentence as we hear from the appeal Court Judge who decided on her case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

37 min
16/05/2023

04 – Catch me if you can

With Samantha Azzopardi continuing to face police and judges, she fails to heed their warnings to change her behaviour. Instead, she continues to target people in Australia, then returns to Ireland before moving to another continent.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

33 min
09/05/2023

03 - Samm Az

A 15 yr old Russian gymnast turns up hoping to be adopted by a new family. A Police Prosecutor in Perth is not quite sure what kind of an individual he's dealing with. (Ep 3/7) | Visit rte.ie/findingsamantha for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 min
02/05/2023

02 - Webs of Deceit

As we follow the trail of the Girl at the GPO – who we now know is Australian woman Samantha Azzopardi - we dive into a surreal world where fact and fiction are often blurred. Samantha has connections to Ireland and a seemingly long and troubled back history in Australia. (Ep 2/7) | Visit rte.ie/findingsamantha for more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 min
25/04/2023

01 - GPO Girl

2013 - A distressed teenage girl is found wandering in front of the General Post Office (GPO) in Dublin city centre. As suspicions rise that she’s the victim of serious crime, everyone scrambles to help her and to get to the bottom of her story. But a massive month long investigation by the Irish authorities reveal nothing about her... (Ep 1/7)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 min
19/04/2023

Finding Samantha: Trailer

A woman who has created more than 100 fake identities. A young girl found wandering the streets of Dublin. A teenager deported from Canada. Stories of sustained sexual abuse at the hands of many. Kidnapping charges, prison time, lies, fraud and deceit. Could all of these stories go back to just one person?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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8 episodios

A woman who has created over 100 fake identities. A young girl found wandering the streets of Dublin. A teenager deported from Canada. Stories of sustained sexual abuse at the hands of many. Kidnapping charges, prison time, lies, fraud and deceit. Could all of these stories go back to just one person - Samantha Azzopardi? A podcast from RTÉ Documentary on One.