217 Episodes

  1. Listen Now - Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD

    Published: 9/10/2024

  2. Jack Abramoff: Bringing Down the House Part 1 | 122

    Published: 9/9/2024

  3. Kingdom Con: The Vermont Ski Scam | 121

    Published: 9/2/2024

  4. Abby Lee Miller: Scam Like Nobody's Watching | 120

    Published: 8/26/2024

  5. ENCORE: Brooklyn's Bling Bishop

    Published: 8/19/2024

  6. ENCORE: Chess Cheater

    Published: 8/12/2024

  7. ENCORE: Prep School Perpetrator

    Published: 8/5/2024

  8. Lance Armstrong: Tour De Fraud | 116

    Published: 7/29/2024

  9. Listen Now: Hysterical

    Published: 7/23/2024

  10. The Great British Post Office Scandal | 115

    Published: 7/22/2024

  11. Barbie's Schemehouse | 114

    Published: 7/15/2024

  12. Allen Stanford: The Lord of the Lies | 113

    Published: 7/8/2024

  13. Spiro Agnew: Public Enemy Number Two

    Published: 7/1/2024

  14. Who Wants to Scam a Millionaire

    Published: 6/24/2024

  15. Making Up The Grade: The College Admissions Scandal

    Published: 6/17/2024

  16. Steve Madden: The Cobbler Con | 109

    Published: 6/10/2024

  17. ENCORE: Shot Through the Heart

    Published: 6/3/2024

  18. ENCORE: The Shady Bunch Part 2

    Published: 5/27/2024

  19. ENCORE: The Shady Bunch Part 1

    Published: 5/20/2024

  20. Never Forget, Never Forgive

    Published: 5/13/2024

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