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Samantha Azzopardi (Pic: Australian Police Journal)

Finding Samantha: Episode 5 recap - things get seriously crazy

Before you start reading this article, or indeed, listen to the fifth installment of RTÉ Documentary On One's hit podcast Finding Samantha, remember we did warn you that things were about to get seriously crazy.

Podcasts • 26 May 23

Curiouser and curiouser: Samantha Azzopardi pictured in Calgary

Finding Samantha recap: but that's not the craziest part...

The late teens and early twenties are a tumultuous time. The world seems so full of opportunity and hope. People travel, change jobs, make new friends, steal identities and commit fraud.....don't they?

Documentary On One • 19 May 23

Finding Samantha - just when you thought it couldn't get wilder..

If you're in the market for a bumper scammer story that spans multiple continents, hundreds of aliases, and revolves around a protagonist, so charismatic that she makes Tom Cruise look like a rube, well look no further...

Podcasts • 12 May 23

Finding Samantha - take a deeper dive into the second episode

Last week, we listened tentatively as the Gardaí raced to identify the mysterious girl found abandoned on O'Connell Street...

Podcasts • 09 May 23

RTÉ Documentary on One: Finding Samantha

For two years, the award-winning team at RTÉ Documentary on One have been working on Finding Samantha; a seven-part podcast series that will span three continents and involve guest appearances from the FBI and American homeland security.

Documentary On One • 29 Apr 23

A detail from Deirdre Brennan's portrait of Liam Wray, whose 22-year-old brother James was killed on Bloody Sunday.

My Bloody Sunday - families tell their stories in a new podcast

My Bloody Sunday is a new podcast by photographer Deirdre Brennan and sound engineer Barry Connolly, recounting the events of that fateful day in Derry in 1972 via the stories of those present.

Podcasts • 08 Feb 23