The Real Carrie Jade

Chart trend

Position in the True Crime chart (US), last 90 days.

#1#100#198AugSep

#82

all-time peak

3

days in the top 100 since Aug 2026

Latest episodes

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Episode 8: Jail!

UPDATE: Samantha Cookes pleads guilty to fraud. She appears in court for her sentencing but all does not go smoothly. There's an outcry. A shout from the public gallery h

May 1 2025
9 min

Bonus - BREAKING: Irish Gardaí arrest Samantha Cookes!

Irish Police confirm that yesterday, Friday, 12th July 2024 in County Kerry, "Gardaí arrested a woman in her 30s as part of an ongoing investigation into alleged welfare

Jul 13 2024
2 min

Episode 6: I’m Sadie Harris!

TikTok bites back! Carrie Jade’s online supporters find out they've been played. And they're angry. They dig into Samantha's past and discover more victims. As her most f

Jul 5 2024
33 min

Episode 5: 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 mo

Jun 28 2024
32 min

Episode 4: I’m Rebecca Fitzgerald!

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

Jun 21 2024
41 min

Episode 3: I'm Lucy Fitzwilliams!

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 friendl

Jun 14 2024
32 min

Episode 2: I’m Samantha Cookes!

Having found out that Carrie Jade Williams never existed, we go in search of the real person behind it all, Samantha Cookes and go right to where this story all began, in

Jun 7 2024
41 min

Episode 1: I'm Carrie Jade Williams!

A new multi-part true crime series from RTÉ Documentary On One. To get free early access to next episodes (one week in advance of here) please subscribe to 'The Real Carr

Jun 7 2024
29 min

The Real Carrie Jade: Trailer

A multi-episodic series from RTÉ Documentary On One in Ireland. Starts June 7th 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

May 20 2024
3 min

Chart positions

Where The Real Carrie Jade ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 9, 2026).

#198 ▼ 9 True Crime US

What listeners say

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This is the first time I’ve binged a serialized podcast in one sitting in years. Production values, pacing, narrative structure – all top tier. Kudos to everyone involved. I hope to God there’s a sequel in which “Carrie Jade” gets her due. Oh, and she definitely murdered her baby.

Standpoor · Mar 2025

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