Series 1: 8. I take my book back

Josh retraces Sam’s steps in Syria and asks could she have been an ISIS supporter all along? He meets her old neighbours in Raqqa, visits the infamous torture prison where she says she was held and meets an Islamic State group member who knew her personally.

This episode includes references to violence.

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

“I’m Not a Monster” is a collaboration between BBC Panorama and FRONTLINE (PBS) and is a BBC Radio Current Affairs production for BBC Sounds.