About this episode

The episode discusses the life of Julia Holmes, a scam artist with many aliases, and the tragic circumstances of her death.

Julia Holmes was born as Cecilia McKitterick in Castlederg, County Tyrone. After leaving Northern Ireland when she was 19, she eventually settled in Texas, where she started her career as a scam artist - using more than 40 names to dupe her targets into handing over huge sums of money. She posed as countless aliases, including a minister and a psychologist. After being deported home for her crimes, she continued her scams, until she was found dead in 2015 alongside her partner, in what appeared as a suicide pact.  Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Gillian Halliday.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ciarán Dunbar

Guest: Gillian Halliday

Topics covered

• scam artist
• aliases
• suicide pact
• deportation
• crime
• Texas

Keywords

• Julia Holmes
• Cecilia McKitterick
• scam artist
• aliases
• suicide pact
• Texas
• deportation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Castlederg, County Tyrone, Texas

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