Hi, I’m Vicky Baker.

I’m an investigative journalist,
long-form writer and narrative podcast producer.

I mix creative storytelling with complex reporting.

My specialism is extraordinary, people-focused stories, told in a compelling, fair and accessible way.

Contact me to talk story ideas and commissions.

“A journalist with a nose for juicy scandals” - The Guardian

  • I report, host and produce narrative podcasts.

  • I have made four multi-part narrative series for the BBC, including Fake Heiress and Fake Psychic.

  • Fake Heiress - a six-part docudrama - won a BBC Podcast Award for Creativity.

  • I am a former senior news producer for Panorama - a flagship BBC show and the world’s longest running investigative programme. I worked across 100+ investigations.

  • I write tight news scripts, but I also have creative writing skills.

  • I have worked on projects with dramatists and trained with screenwriters, and I have a background as a travel writer for broadsheet newspapers.

  • I am based in London. I was previously based in Buenos Aires and Washington DC.

Fake Heiress cover art - a woman hiding behind sunglasses

Fake Heiress

The rise and fall of Anna Delvey, who conned New York high society into believing that she was a multi-millionaire.
(BBC Sounds / Radio 4 / six-part podcast)

  • “One of [the BBC’s] biggest hits” (Telegraph)

  • “Thrilling true crime podcast without a single dead body” (Prospect)

  • “Gripping, lively, scandalous and comprehensive” (Stylist)

  • “Will keep you hooked” (Elle)

  • More than seven million downloads

Fake Psychic

The stranger-than-fiction story of Lamar Keene, a renowned psychic who confessed to being part of an underground network he called the "psychic mafia"
(BBC Sounds / Radio 4 / six-part podcast)

  • “Wild and gripping” (Stylist)

  • “Unmissable” (Telegraph)

  • “Well-crafted” (Guardian)

  • More than two million downloads

Listen

DEEP-DIVE REPORTING

My investigation into an ‘exorcism’ in Nicaragua for BBC News.
Read the full story here.

ENGAGING INVESTIGATIONS

"We have done a lot of weird things," Ole Anthony (pictured), who ran a private investigators’ office in Dallas, which tried to take down televangelists.

My online investigation - “Preachers getting rich from poor Americans” - was one of the top 100 most-engaging stories of the year worldwide, according to Chartbeat. Read it here.

INTRIGUING PEOPLE

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I now work freelance.

I am currently on a contract working on a new series for Novel / BBC Studios,
but I am keen to talk new projects for the end of 2025.

Please get in touch with story ideas or commissions.