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05/07/2024

Our sixth and final episode, , was released this morning. TikTok bites back! Carrie Jade's online supporters find out they've been played. And they're angry. We receive more information as listeners contact us. |
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29/06/2024

A huge thanks to everyone who’s listening to our newest series The series has been locked into the No.1 spot on both Apple and Spotify pretty much since it started in early June - and the series completes next Friday with the release of our 6th and final episode

28/06/2024

NEW: The penultimate episode of our series, The Real Carrie Jade, dropped this morning. Ep5, I’m a victim!
By 2020, Samantha Cookes has spent the last 6 years of her life moving around Ireland from coast to coast, pretending to be someone she’s not, before being rumbled and moving on. But now, she’s about to take things to a whole different level with a new identity that she wants the whole world to know about. What could possibly go wrong?... (Ep 5/6)
Listen from wherever you get your podcasts www.rte.ie/carriejade
And if you've any new information on this story, please email [email protected] in confidence.

21/06/2024

NEW: Ep4 of our new series, The Real Carrie Jade, dropped this morning. Knowing she’s been rumbled in Dublin, 'Lucy' (aka Samantha Cookes) disappears before showing up on the opposite side of the country, at a small village on the West Coast of Ireland. She begins work as an au pair and moves into the home and lives of another unsuspecting family, caring for their children. It’s only when she leaves that the family begin to find out the truth about who they've really had staying in their house. But by then Samantha has morphed from 'Lucy' into ‘child psychologist, Rebecca Fitzgerald' and is moving on to her next set of victims. Listen from wherever you get your podcasts www.rte.ie/carriejade And if you've any new information on this story, please email [email protected] in confidence.
https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22409484-episode-04-im-rebecca-fitzgerald/

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18/06/2024

Delighted to see our latest series, The Real Carrie Jade reach No.1 on the Spotify charts this morning - and holding top spot also on Apple charts. Ep4 drops on Friday. Thanks so much to everyone for listening!

16/06/2024

Need a new series to binge on? Listen to the first three episodes of our series, The Real Carrie Jade. It's an incredible story. Episode four drops this Friday. RTÉ| https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/series/40750-the-real-carrie-jade/

14/06/2024

NEW: Ep3 of our new series, The Real Carrie Jade, dropped this morning. Samantha Cookes is now living as Lucy Fitzwilliams. She’s moved to Dublin and begins to settle into a new community in the affluent south side, quickly becoming a friendly face. Lucy begins working with children. But then things start to unravel when two local women begin to question who they’ve left into their lives. And they’re not going to give up until they find out… Listen from wherever you get your podcasts www.rte.ie/carriejade And if you've any new information on this story, please email [email protected] in confidence.

13/06/2024

Great to see our latest series ‘The Real Carrie Jade’ covered in this week’s RTÉ Guide. Narrator and producer give insights into a series that’s been three years in the making. Episode 3 drops tomorrow morning from wherever you get your

12/06/2024

Don't forget to catch up on our latest series "The Real Carrie Jade." The story of this woman is far from ordinary. Be sure to listen to episodes 1 & 2 before episode 3 is released on Friday morning [June 14]. | https://rte.ie/radio/podcasts/series/40750-the-real-carrie-jade/

11/06/2024

Our latest series "The Real Carrie Jade" has reached number 1 in Podcasts. It's about Samantha Cookes, also known as Carrie Jade Williams. Episodes 1 and 2 are out now, with new episodes releasing every Friday. Episode 3 will be available on Friday, June 14th. RTÉ
https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/series/40750-the-real-carrie-jade/

07/06/2024

NEW SERIES: Today, we've released the first two episodes of our newest podcast series - which has been more than 3 years in the making. We follow the story of a young woman who has spent much of her life pretending to be someone she's not. And we're just one of many people she's tricked and fooled right across Ireland and the UK. Despite several convictions and being unmasked many times, she shows no sign of stopping... Listen online now, from the RTÉ Player or from wherever you get your podcasts... If you’ve any new information on this story, email [email protected]

04/06/2024

We’re delighted to win the category Celtic Media Festival in Cardiff this evening with a documentary that told the story of Maggie Doherty and use of sexual violence during the Irish Civil War. The international jury citation lauded the doc “for sheer brilliance in scale, in sound design, in storytelling, in interviews and narrative.” Huge congrats to everyone involved incl producers Orla Higgins and Sarah Blake. Listen back to the documentary here https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/1402773-a-dark-night-in-foxford

04/06/2024

Ahead of our newest series launch coming this Friday, take a behind the scenes look at the podcast with producer Ronan Kelly. Subscribe to 'The Real Carrie Jade' from wherever you get your And if you've information on this story, please email [email protected] https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0604/1452933-the-real-carrie-jade-what-happens-when-a-podcaster-is-conned/

24/05/2024

Listen to "Heel, Toe Step, Together." This is a heartwarming story from East London. An unlikely friendship began with Bob (86) and Katie (28) after they met at an English market, all because of a Waltz. A Falling Tree Production. (2011)
https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/646697-radio-documentary-heel-step-toe-together-dance

21/05/2024

NEW SERIES: In 2021, we were approached by a 32yr old dying woman who wanted us to record her journey. What followed is an unraveling of the most unusual of stories, where nothing is as it seems... begins publishing on Friday, June 7th. Subscribe now from wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to the trailer here ➡️ https://www.rte.ie/radio/podcasts/22397353-the-real-carrie-jade-trailer/

17/05/2024

Listen to 'A Talent for Life - The Fergus O'Farrell Story'. The remarkable story of Irish singer-songwriter Fergus O'Farrell behind the cult band Interference, who died in February 2016. Documentary on One - The home of Irish radio documentaries.

The remarkable story of Fergus O'Farrell - Irish singer-songwriter behind the cult band Interference, and song “Gold” featured in the soundtrack and Broadway adaptation of the movie Once.

17/05/2024

Following on our from first album release with the original soundtrack to (the first album release from RTÉ since 2017), we're delighted to follow up with our second album from our award winning series Beautifully written and performed by Paddy Flynn, listen wherever you get your music!

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10/05/2024

Listen to 'The Year General Franco Stole the Eurovision'. A look at the controversial 1968 Eurovision song contest, when bookies favourite Cliff Richard lost out to Spains Massiel. RTÉ | |

A look at the controversial 1968 Eurovision song contest, when bookies favourite Cliff Richard lost out to Spains Massiel.

03/05/2024

Listen to 'The Prospector's Son'. It's the story of an Irish boy lost in South Africa, cared for by a local tribe and eventually traced back to his family in Ireland. From RTÉ - The home of Irish radio documentaries

The unravelling of a story of an orphaned Irish boy lost in South Africa in the 1880s, who it's told was cared for by a local tribe, until he was found by a man who then traced his family back to Ireland. Could this be true and how could it happen? (2016)

30/04/2024

PLEASE SHARE: Were you at Bob Marley's only Irish gig when he played at Dalymount Park in Dublin, home of Bohemian Football Club on the 6th July 1980? If so, we'd really love to hear from you ([email protected]) for an upcoming production. Whether you bopped and sang along from inside the stadium, worked at the gig, hung around outside, sold ice creams, t-shirts, were part of security or hung out your window to listen in - if you've any memories, knowledge or insights into the day itself, please email us [email protected] or message us here on our page. Thank you.

19/04/2024

Listen to 'Perfume Island's Fatal Lure'. Douamour is about to make one of the most treacherous journeys in a small fishing boat across the open sea to the Island of Mayotte, a lesser-known Southern border of the EU. From RTÉ RTÉ |

Many migrants make the treacherous journey to the Island of Mayotte, the EU's little-known southern border off the coast of Africa, in search of employment and to better their lives. Douamour is one such migrant who documented his dangerous passage.(2017)

12/04/2024

Listen to 'The Tattooed Irishman', the story of Dubliner James F O'Connell, a man with an incredible life story. Available on all podcast platforms. First broadcast in 2017. From RTÉ - The home of Irish radio documentaries. RTÉ

Shipwrecked on a Pacific island, Dubliner James O'Connell was captured by natives and heavily tattooed. Years later, he escaped on a passing ship and arrived in New York. He quickly gained fame by becoming the first man to publicly display tattoos (2017)

05/04/2024

Listen to 'The Loophole' podcast, a story of betrayal, scheming, and one of the world's most prestigious law schools. Available on all podcast platforms. From RTÉ - The home of Irish radio documentaries. RTÉ

A story of betrayal, scheming, paranoia, money and one of the world's most prestigious law schools, The Loophole looks at the lengths people will go to in order to realise their dreams and the callousness of those who try to shatter them. (2015)

12/03/2024

Review of in todays Irish Examiner

“Runaway Joe, like previous Doc On One series such as Finding Samantha and The Nobody Zone, sets a benchmark for true crime podcast. It’s not salacious or speculative, but probing and revealing. sets a benchmark for true crime podcast. It’s not salacious or speculative, but probing and revealing. An essential listen… It also does what so many podcast series don’t, it reaches a conclusion, a revelation, one that’s genuinely moving and only revealed itself to the team mere days before the final episode was planned to come out. ”

PJ Vogt answers the questions you might ask the internet while staring at the ceiling at night, while RTÉ's latest podcast takes listeners on a 20th century jaunt around the world

08/03/2024

Today, we've released the 9th and final episode of With some major twists taking place right at the end of this story, we go to places we never thought possible... It's an incredible story, with some incredible people in it - and for us, it's been an incredible journey in telling this story. Listen from wherever you get your http://rte.ie/runawayjoe

Multi award winning podcast/radio documentaries from RTÉ. Up to 1 million downloads per month. The or

02/03/2024

As we approach one million listens, Episode 8 of Runaway Joe published this weekend - and with Joe Maloney released by the Irish authorities, he disappears. But where to? Almost 40 years later, we've traced his footsteps and begin to follow them. Listen from the RTÉ Radio player - or wherever you get your

When Joe Maloney was released by the Irish authorities, it was always going to be unlikely that he'd simply hang around, waiting for justice to be served. Wi...

24/02/2024

Episode 7 of Runaway Joe published this weekend. With Joe Maloney arrested and firmly behind bars for the first time in almost 20 years, everyone breathes a sigh of relief. June is finally going to get justice - and Joe will finally be held accountable. It took so long to get to this point, but the wheels are in motion to return Joe to America. Surely nothing can change that now… Listen from the RTÉ Radio player - or wherever you get your

With Joe Maloney arrested and firmly behind bars for the first time in almost 20 years, everyone breathes a sigh of relief. June is finally going to get just...

19/02/2024

We're delighted to announce the arrival of our very first album with the publication of the original soundtrack to our current series, Runaway Joe. Composed by Martin Klusák and Tomáš Borl, it's a fantastic standalone piece of work. Listen on any platform 👉 https://orcd.co/runawayjoe

Read all about it here https://www.rte.ie/culture/2024/0219/1433167-scoring-runaway-joe-how-we-soundtracked-the-hit-podcast/

Runaway Joe, the latest hit podcast from RTÉ's Documentary On One, delves into the unsolved disappearance of alleged murderer Joe Maloney.

18/02/2024

Have you seen this man? We've managed to uncover a new photo of Joe Maloney, taken sometime in the 1980s. The previous photo circulated by the FBI dated back to the late 1960s. If you ever met this man, have any knowledge of him or are aware of any other alias name he used aside from Michael O'Shea and Joe Maloney, please help us find him by emailing [email protected] Please share. www.rte.ie/runawayjoe