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 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 have made four multi-part narrative podcast series for the BBC, including Fake Heiress.

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

  • 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

DEEP-DIVE REPORTING

My investigation into an ‘exorcism’ in rural Nicaragua for BBC News.

The death of Vilma Trujillo exposes the dangers of poor mental health support, rampant misogyny and the misuse of religious power.
Read the full story here.

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

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.

Contact

I now work freelance.

I am currently working on a new investigative podcast 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.