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Weâll be back soon with all new episodes. In the meantime, enjoy this episode about Rod Blagojevich, the infamous governor of Illinois who used his office to line his pockets.
Rod Blagojevich is an ambitious son of immigrants who knows how to win over a crowd. After marrying the daughter of a powerful alderman, he rises through the ranks of Illinois politics. He gets elected governor in 2002, and immediately starts wheeling and dealing, leveraging his influence for his own personal gain. But when he gets wrapped up in a scheme to sell Barack Obamaâs U.S. Senate seat, heâs faced with the campaign of his life.
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Dr. John Schneider rode into town like a character out of a Western: an outsider on a Harley-Davidson, in trademark cowboy boots. He promised relief to patients suffering in Wyoming and Montana. He seemed like the hero they needed. But when surgeries go wrong and a strange letter exposes a bitter feud, medical professionals and government officials search for the truth about this cowboy doctor. They discover claims of broken bodies, bullying, fraud, and lawsuits.
From Audible, the fifth season of the hit series Dr. Death returns with The Cowboy: the story of a surgeon who took advantage of a broken system and the fight to bring him to justice.
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Weâll be back soon with new episodes. In the meantime, enjoy this episode about Jho Low, the fraudster who charmed Hollywoodâs elite while allegedly stealing over $4 billion from one of Malaysiaâs sovereign wealth funds.
Jho Low, a Malaysian-born businessman, will do anything to climb the social ladder. After attending Wharton business school, he establishes himself as a globe-trotting playboy with a celebrity entourage. He uses his money to get near Leonardo DiCaprio, Miranda Kerr, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, and Kim Kardashian. But the source of Jho Lowâs seemingly endless cash is a mysteryâŠ. Until one of his former associates decides to blow the whistle.
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Kyle Sandler spent much of his life searching â for an identity, for a purpose, for a place where he fit in. But when he discovers he has a gift for sales, everything changes. Kyle takes his talents to a small town in Alabama, where he opens Round House, a startup incubator that promises to put his new community on the tech map. Armed with big-name drops â including an alleged connection to Google â Kyle dazzles wide-eyed investors into opening their wallets. But as the money pours in, cracks begin to form â and an entire town is about to learn just how much their visionary has been taking them for.
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Is whatâs happening on OnlyFans real? Or is it only a fantasy?
In this provocative investigation into OnlyFansâthe adult platform where subscribers around the world spent more than $7 billion in 2024âjournalist Leon Neyfakh teams up with comedian and OnlyFans creator Gracie Canaan for a one-of-a-kind exploration into the current state of human connection. Throughout, they discover that the site originally built for spicy adult content has quietly and surprisingly become something more complicatedâ an emotional marketplace where desire, performance, care, fantasy, and vulnerability seemingly blur together.
As Neyfakh and Canaan navigate timely questions about autonomy, performance, and profit, a question emerges: is connection mediated by a screen still authentic? To find the answer, they meet creators building lucrative businesses, subscribers who believe theyâve found something real, professional âchattersâ who are paid to simulate affection, and pioneers who have helped engineer intimacy at scale.
Captivating and tender, OnlyFantasy is ultimately about the cost of loneliness, the seductive power of desire, and how the rules of human intimacy are being rewritten online.
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For years, globe-trotting con artist Marianne Smyth used her charm to manipulate the people closest to her â including her own daughters. Her scam was a classic: she told people she was an Irish heiress with millions on the way, and all she needed was to borrow a little cash to unlock her fortune. People believed her â over and over again. But when she targets reality TV producer Jonathan Walton, she picks the wrong mark. Once he realizes heâs been played, Jonathan doesnât just walk away â he launches an obsessive crusade to bring Marianne down and get justice for every victim she left in her wake.
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Efraim Diveroli and David Packouz were two Miami Beach stoners with zero military experience and absolutely no background in military procurement â but they had audacity to spare. The childhood friends hustled their way into nearly $300 million in Pentagon contracts, supplying ammunition to the Afghan army. They raked in millions along the way, blowing their profits on bayfront condos, luxury cars, and Miami clubs. But when you build a weapons empire on hustle, bravado, and a lot of weed⊠sooner or later, someone will notice the smoke.
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Bess Myerson rose to fame as the first - and still only - Jewish Miss America, antisemitism on the pageant circuit. She parlayed this visibility into a successful television career, then made the leap into New York City politics in the 1970s. But in the 1980s, her carefully built reputation began to unravel in a sensational scandal involving her married boyfriend, his divorce judge, and allegations of bribery. The saga was splashed across headlines as the âBess Messâ â and threatened to eclipse her trailblazing legacy.
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Eddie Antar was the king of the deal, the man whose ads screamed at you from your TV set promising prices so low they were practically insane. He turned Crazy Eddie into a retail phenomenon, making himself and his family incredibly wealthy by hawking stereos, TVs and electronics at seemingly unbeatable prices. The brand's wildly memorable commercials became some of the most iconic ads in TV history. But behind the blaring deals and larger-than-life persona was a tangled web of fraud â including tax evasion, insurance scams, and bitter family betrayals. Even though his empire eventually came crashing down, somehow Eddie never stopped being a New York City icon.
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William Neil Gallagher has been called the Bernie Madoff of North Texas. But while both men defrauded millions of people, William added an evangelical twist. Presenting himself as a devout man of God, he promised his flock financial security â then quietly stole their retirement accounts and savings, transforming from a shepherd into a wolf. When the truth finally emerged, the faithful learned the man the trusted most had been preying on them all along.
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When Sean Kinsgston burst onto the music scene as a teenager, he seemed like a feel-good success story â an upbeat, clean-cut star collaborating with artists like Justin Bieber. But behind the glossy image was a far darker reality. Before Seanâs career even took off, his mother and sister had served time for identity theft. And when the money from his music could no longer cover the familyâs bills, Sean steps into the same world of fraud. Using his name â and the names of his celebrity friends â he racks up hundreds of thousands of dollars in luxury goods and unpaid debts, convincing vendors that payment is always just around the corner. For a while, his reputation opens doors. But eventually, the goodwill runs out, the bills come due, and the fame that once helped Sean get whatever he wanted begins to close in on him.
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In the late â90s, Dana Giacchetto wasnât just managing money, he was managing access. As a financial advisor to Hollywoodâs elite, he moved in the same orbit as rising stars like Leonardo DiCaprio. But Danaâs real addiction wasnât wealth â it was the scene. Positioning himself as a punk rock money manager, Dana blurred the line between business and nightlife, chasing clout as much as returns. Seduced by fame and proximity, he began dipping into client funds â mixing accounts, backing risky deals, and using their money to finance his own lavish lifestyle. What started as access turned into a con, where trust was the currency â and Dana spent it fast.
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Weâll be back next week with new episodes. In the meantime, enjoy this episode about the college admissions scandal that swept up some of the richest families in Hollywood.
Rick Singer is a college admissions consultant whose elaborate, secretive network of college coaches and admissions officers can rig the system to get rich kids into top tier schools of their parentsâ choosing⊠for a price. But when the feds start listening in, Rick will fail the ultimate test, and expose the dark side of the American education system.
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Weâll be back in two weeks with brand new episodes. In the meantime, hereâs one of our favorite episodes, about a wannabe media magnate whose big vision ran on even bigger lies.
Carlos Watson is a Stanford Law School graduate with big Silicon Valley connections and even bigger dreams. When he pitches investors on his idea for a Millennial-focused news website called Ozy Media, it seems like a sure bet. Itâs the early 2010s, and online media start-ups have generated tons of buzz â and more importantly, tons of clicks. But Carlos doesn't actually know what heâs doing. And when Ozy fails to attract the readers heâs promised his investors, he decides to ditch the business of truth-telling and go rogue.
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Weâll be back soon with brand new episodes â but for now, revisit the story of an Australian financial planner who swindled those closest to herâŠ.and then disappeared without a trace.
Melissa Caddick has always dreamed of doing big things. When she becomes a high-powered financial planner, sheâs finally able to buy a huge house, take extravagant vacations, and live the life of an Australian jet-setter. But all that cash isnât just coming from her paycheck. When her friends and family find out her secret source of income, they feel hurt and betrayed. But by that point, Melissa has mysteriously vanished.
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Born into staggering wealth, Doris Duke lived a life that dazzled the public and confounded those closest to her. She was pursued by society figures, fortune hunters, and even a dictator or two. But in her final years, the real drama unfolded behind closed doors. As Dorisâs health declined, a bitter power struggle erupted for control of her fortune, her legacy and her trust. At the center of it all was her controversial butler, Bernard Lafferty, whose intense devotion to Doris raised as many questions as it answered â and whose relentless battle for her millions would end up costing him dearly.
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In the 1980s, Pat Nolan was one of Californiaâs most powerful conservative lawmakers â pushing to shrink the government and expand the death penalty, while quickly climbing the political ladder. He was ambitious, disciplinedâŠand according to the FBI, dirty. Behind closed doors Pat took illegal campaign donations in a scheme so blatant it became the centerpiece of a sweeping federal sting operation that took down an entire generation of right-wing California politicians. What started as a power grab turned into a full-blown corruption crackdown. But prison wasnât the end of Patâs story. Because after his fall, the former tough-on-crime crusader comes out preaching something very differentâŠand pulls off one of the most unexpected rebrands in Scamfluencers history.
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In 2018, a previously unknown writer named Sally Walker became a literary sensation in the UK under the pseudonym Raynor Winn. Her memoir â a stirring account of walking the South West Coast Path with her terminally ill husband â struck a cultural nerve. It was gritty, inspirational, and defiantly hopeful. Readers embraced its message of resilience and redemption, and the book went on to generate more than $12 million in sales. But as âRaynor Winnâsâ star rises, people from Sallyâs past begin to recognize her â and question the story that made her famous. And the deeper journalists and skeptics begin to dig, the more cracks appear in Sallyâs narrative. What began as an uplifting survival story becomes something far murkier â a tale about reinvention, reputation, and the fragile line between truth and storytelling.
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Since its launch in 1987, McDonaldâs Monopoly game has become a cultural obsession, with millions of people buying Big Macs and fries, convinced they might be one peel away from a million-dollar payday. But for nearly a decade, the jackpot was unwinnable. The man responsible for distributing the pieces, Jerry Jacobson, was quietly stealing them and selling them for profit. And like every Monopoly game, it eventually ended â only this time, when Jerryâs game was over, the house rules no longer protected him.
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When Matt Bergwall arrives at the University of Miami in the spring of 2021, heâs young, tech-savvy, and bored. After discovering a vulnerability in corporate refund systems, he turns it into a multimillion dollar scam that quietly siphons money from some of the worldâs biggest corporations. Matt spends the stolen cash on designer clothes, luxury goods, and lavish vacations. But as the scheme grows, it catches the attention of a scammer-turned-FBI-informant tracking refund fraud online, setting off a chain of events that leads to Mattâs arrest and the collapse of his high-flying lifestyle.
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