Carrie Jade Does Not Exist

Samantha Cookes has finally been sentenced for fraud, journalist Kat Denkinson travels to Ireland to watch the story conclude and find out whether Samantha will spend time in prison. 

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

If you need support, here are some resources:

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help

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Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson return as Samantha Cookes (aka Carrie Jade Williams) has her day in court. After spending 8 months in a prison cell, on 19th February 2025 Samantha went before a judge..but the hearing ended abruptly after a surprise interruption.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

If you need support, here are some resources:

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help

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Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson are back with a short update on Samantha Cookes (aka Carrie Jade Williams). Since her arrest on July 12th this year, Samantha has been awaiting the details of her charges and now Kat and Sue have more information to share on what's next for Carrie Jade.

Sue and Kat would like to ask listeners not to publicly speculate on her guilt, or post anything that could prejudice the outcome of the trial.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

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In the past few months Kat Denkinson and Sue Perkins have uncovered all kinds of evidence from victims of Carrie Jade’s antics, but there are still some stories which have not yet been told. In episode 8 they take a deeper look at her past and fill in some of the blanks in the story of her life in Ireland.

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2022 Carrie Jade Williams disappeared after the lies she told unravelled online. Then, 4 months after our last episode, an email “I’ve just come across your podcast as this woman has been in our community...she has been exposed as a fake person yesterday…"

Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson are back with an update on the mysterious life of Carrie Jade Williams and her multiple identities, as the investigation continues to uncover the ramifications that Carrie’s lies are having on families. Kat and Sue discuss how the increasing costs, pressures and problems relating to childcare provision might be allowing Carrie to continue to tell her bold lies, with a new identity.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

If you need support, here are some resources:

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help

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In 2022, Carrie Jade Williams disappeared out of sight. After years of travelling around Ireland befriending and then scamming vulnerable women, Kat's investigation came out and Carrie Jade's house of cards fell apart. So... where is "Carrie Jade" now?

In this episode, Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson speak to some of the people who knew Carrie Jade the best and then they try to hear her side of the story...

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

If you need support, here are some resources

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk 

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help 

For child loss: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/ 

For grief support: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/get-support/support-services/helpline/ 

For more information on Huntington's: https://www.hda.org.uk/

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Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson delve into Carrie Jade's mysterious life to find out what compels a compulsive liar and investigate the ramifications that Carrie's lies had on the people who once trusted her.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

The finale of Carrie Jade Does Not Exist comes out on Thursday 30th November.

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Since releasing the first episodes of Carrie Jade Does Not Exist, we've heard a variety of unaired stories about Samantha and her many different lives, but could there be even more to the story than we can see? If so, we want you to get in touch.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

New episodes on Tuesdays & Thursdays

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So far we've met Lucy Fitzwilliam the therapist, Carrie Jade the activist, Lucy Hart the au pair, Claudia Bronwyn the bridesmaid, and Rebecca Fitzgerald the autism therapist. But before all of these identities, there was just one woman, Samantha. 

In this episode, Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson uncover the true story of Samantha Cookes, a woman whose life was changed by an unimaginable tragedy.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

New episodes on Tuesdays & Thursdays

If you need support, here are some resources

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk 

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help 

For child loss: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/ 

For grief support: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/get-support/support-services/helpline/ 

For more information on Huntingtons: https://www.hda.org.uk/

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When Lucy Hart, a smiley 26-year-old from the UK arrived in Tullamore Ireland in 2014, she seemed like the perfect au pair. But the truth behind Lucy's life before she became an au pair spanned two countries, three children and a long history of lies.

In this episode, Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson hear stories from the women who hired Lucy to look after their children and dive deep into a story stranger and darker than anybody could have predicted to investigate the woman behind the identity of Lucy Hart.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

New episodes on Tuesdays & Thursdays

If you need support, here are some resources

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk 

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help 

For child loss: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/ 

For grief support: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/get-support/support-services/helpline/ 

For more information on Huntingtons: https://www.hda.org.uk/

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Who would you entrust your children with? How would you feel if you found out that the woman looking after your kids wasn't qualified to provide the therapy she claimed to be an expert in?

In this episode, Sue Perkins and Katherine Denkinson meet Lucy and Rebecca, mysterious child therapists who moved to small towns in Ireland claiming to be therapists for disabled children. But Lucy and Rebeca weren't who they said they were, and the story behind the 'therapy' they provided was much darker than anybody could have predicted.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

New episodes on Tuesdays & Thursdays

If you need support, here are some resources

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk 

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help 

For child loss: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/ 

For grief support: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/get-support/support-services/helpline/ 

For more information on Huntington's: https://www.hda.org.uk/

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In 2021, Carrie Jade Williams posted a video saying she was being sued by her AirBnB guests for the disability aids in her home. She went viral on TikTok, won a prestigious literary essay competition, and branded herself as a disability activist living with Huntington's Disease. But Carrie Jade wasn't who she said she was.

In Episode 1, Sue Perkins meets Katherine Denkinson, the journalist who uncovered the astounding truth behind the real life of Carrie Jade Williams. Then they dive into an online rabbit hole to learn about the twists, turns and outrageous lies behind that video and Carrie Jade's life.

To keep up with the podcast, follow us on social media @carriejadepod and If you have a story to share, email us at carriejadedoesnotexist@gmail.com

New episodes on Tuesdays & Thursdays

If you need support, here are some resources

For mental health support: https://www.mind.org.uk 

For mental health support, call the Samaritans: 116 123 https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help 

For child loss: https://www.childbereavementuk.org/ 

For grief support: https://www.griefencounter.org.uk/get-support/support-services/helpline/ 

For more information on Huntingtons: https://www.hda.org.uk/

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Carrie Jade Does Not Exist is the story of how one woman, who took on over six different identities, infiltrated the lives of vulnerable people, and lied her way into gaining their trust. This six-part series hosted by Sue Perkins and journalist Katherine Denkinson will tell the story of how Carrie built up a picture-perfect persona and scammed her way into the literary world until she finally got tangled up in her very own web of lies.

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