{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/69f322e5ae2fba210f14c6bf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Julia Holmes: The Castlederg woman, her many aliases, and the lives she destroyed ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1777541835914-ee2aef9e-1004-4b83-ba33-a5603cd09940.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Julia Holmes&nbsp;was&nbsp;born as Cecilia&nbsp;McKitterick&nbsp;in Castlederg,&nbsp;County&nbsp;Tyrone.&nbsp;After leaving Northern Ireland when she was 19, she eventually settled in Texas, where she started her career as a&nbsp;scam&nbsp;artist -&nbsp;using&nbsp;more than 40 names to dupe her targets into handing over huge sums of money.&nbsp;She&nbsp;posed as&nbsp;countless aliases, including a minister and a psychologist. After being deported home for her crimes, she continued her&nbsp;scams, until she was found dead in 2015 alongside her partner, in what appeared as a suicide pact.&nbsp;</p><p>Ciarán Dunbar is joined by Gillian Halliday.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}