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EP9 "The rest be damned" and EP10 "It鈥檚 all behind me now"

After years of insisting she鈥檚 innocent, Sam changes her story. Why? And Josh find's out how Matthew and Sam's other children are doing now.

How did an American family end up in the heart of the ISIS caliphate? Journalist Josh Baker unravels a dangerous story where nothing is as it seems.

Episode 9:
After years of insisting she鈥檚 innocent, Sam pleads guilty and Moussa鈥檚 exes reveal more about the man that led her to Syria. Sam鈥檚 defence team claims she was 鈥渁 wife under the thumb of her violently abusive and radical husband鈥 but the prosecution says she has 鈥渃redibility issues鈥 and tells stories that serve her personally. So how long will she spend in prison?

Episode 10:
Sam鈥檚 son Matthew was just seven when he was taken to Syria and the Islamic State group. He thought he鈥檇 never see America again. Now he鈥檚 back with his dad and talks of the 鈥渟weet relief鈥 of being home.

Josh finds out how he and Sam鈥檚 other children are doing now.

This episode includes references to violence and some upsetting moments involving children.

If you know something that you think might help the investigation please email notamonster@bbc.com

CREDITS:

Reporter: Josh Baker
Written by: Josh Baker and Joe Kent
Producers: Joe Kent and Max Green
Production assistant: Lucie Sullivan
Composer: Sam Slater
Mixed by: Tom Brignell
Series Editor: Emma Rippon

Commissioning Executive: Dylan Haskins
Commissioning Editor: Jason Phipps

鈥淚鈥檓 Not a Monster鈥 is a collaboration between 麻豆视频AV Panorama and FRONTLINE (PBS) and is a 麻豆视频AV Radio Current Affairs production for 麻豆视频AV Sounds.

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Sun 19 Sep 2021 20:00

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  • Sun 19 Sep 2021 20:00