{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/68c2e7f24027d9f21f4a206a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Marianne Smyth: The American con-woman who claimed to be on IRA Army Council and to be Jennifer Anniston ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1757603684141-1bd07964-904e-4017-b838-4e95586471d3.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Marianne Smyth had a long career on both sides of the Atlantic as a swindler and a con-woman. Smyth has now been convicted in Downpatrick of swindling more than £115,000 from four victims, including Derry GAA player Dermot McNicholl. Born in Maine, Smyth claimed she had ordered IRA killings, been the heir of a multi-million dollar fortune, and survived cancer, among many other absurd lies.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>Smyth had even had her pet dogs euthanised before she fled Northern Ireland.&nbsp;</p><p>The Belfast Telegraph’s Kurtis Reid joined Olivia Peden.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}