{"podcast":{"title":"The BelTel","slug":"the-beltel-5373912","podcast_index_feed_id":5373912,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324","website_url":"https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/show-cover.jpg","author":"Belfast Telegraph Podcasts","episode_count":825,"summary":"The BelTel brings you some of Northern Ireland's top journalists, Allison Morris, Sam McBride and Suzanne Breen to name but a few, giving you the inside stories behind what is in the news. Presented by Ciarán Dunbar, the Bel Tel investigates, debates and informs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T06:18:36.697495+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912"},"episode":{"title":"Julia Holmes: The Castlederg woman, her many aliases, and the lives she destroyed","slug":"julia-holmes-the-castlederg-woman-her-many-aliases-and-the-lives-she-destroyed","published_at":"2026-04-30T23:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/julia-holmes-the-castlederg-woman-her-many-aliases-and-the-lives-she-destroyed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-beltel/episodes/julia-holmes-the-castlederg-woman-her-many-aliases-and-the-l","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/e/69f322e5ae2fba210f14c6bf/media.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"Julia Holmes was born as Cecilia McKitterick in Castlederg, County Tyrone. After leaving Northern Ireland when she was…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1500,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beltel-5373912/episodes/julia-holmes-the-castlederg-woman-her-many-aliases-and-the-lives-she-destroyed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beltel-5373912/julia-holmes-the-castlederg-woman-her-many-aliases-and-the-lives-she-destroyed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}