Pretend - a true crime podcast about con artists
By Creative Babble
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Subscribers: 1123
Reviews: 13
Episodes: 191
Rebecca
Feb 18, 2024
Absolutely fascinating! I really enjoy this podcast! I got hooked on "The Stalker" episodes and also strongly recommend "The Real Catch Me If You Can." Check it out!
just gone downhill
Aug 31, 2021
wow, bashing sovereign citizens? I Iiked this podcast until he started judging SC.
out of all the criminals he has interviewed and not judged...he really goes hard at bullying these sovereign citizen people. so negative and harsh. unsubbed
Be brave
Aug 5, 2021
It was a ok listen until the sovereign citizen episode, which reviled how simple minded and submissive the host Havier is.
May 25, 2021
great perspective, great narration, great subjects
Mar 31, 2021
Description
| Episode | Date |
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1702: The Doula part 2
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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1701: The Doula part 1
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Confessions of a Ponzi Schemer
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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The Treasure Hunter Revisited
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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How to find people who don’t want to be found
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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1609: The Truth Experts part 2
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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1608: The Truth Experts part 1
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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1607: The Fake Lawyer
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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HACKED: Internet Hitmen Aren't Really A Thing
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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1606: The Grave Detector (Junk Science Bonus)
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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1605: The Stalker - Case Closed
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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1604: The Grave Detector part 3
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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1603: The Grave Detector part 2
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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1602: The Grave Detector part 1
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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1601: The High School Hoax (Shelby Hewitt)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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1510: How to Disappear Revisited
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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1509: The One Who Got Away - Revisited
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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1508: The Christmas Con
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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1507 - The Stalker - It Will Never End (part 18)
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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1506: The Maury Povich Olive Lady
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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1504: The Red Collar Killer part 2
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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1503: The Red Collar Killer part 1
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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The Stalker - Is this the end?
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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1502: The Stalker - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (part 17)
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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PREVIEW: The Stalker Settlement Conference
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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The Lie Detector Revisited
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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The Babalawo Revisited
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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1413: The Haunted Tourist
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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1412: The Puppet Master
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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1411: The Lost and Found part 2 (Rudy Farias)
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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1410: The Lost and Found part 1 (Rudy Farias)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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1409: The Shit Show (plus Stalker update)
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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1408: The Digital Pickpocket part 2
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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1407: The Digital Pickpocket part 1
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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1405: The Pests part 5
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Criminal Conduct Season 4 - Getting Away with Murder
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Aug 29, 2023 |
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1404: The Pests part 4
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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1403: The Pests part 3
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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1402: The Pests part 2
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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1401: The Pests part 1 (Gang stalking)
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Aug 01, 2023 |
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1311: The Stalker - Interview with the Doctor (part 16)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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1310: Love and Taxes (plus Stalker update)
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Jul 04, 2023 |
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1309: The Pale-Faced Lie part 2
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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1308: The Pale-Faced Lie part 1
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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1307: The Stalker - Fly on the Wall (part 15)
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May 30, 2023 |
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George Santos & The Harbor City Capital Ponzi Scheme (THE PONZI PLAYBOOK)
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May 23, 2023 |
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1305: The Stalker - In Time You'll Get the Truth (part 14)
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May 16, 2023 |
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1304: The Cuban Spy part 2
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May 09, 2023 |
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1303: The Cuban Spy part 1
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May 02, 2023 |
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1302: The Real Catch Me If You Can - The Promissory Note
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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1301: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 9 (update)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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1215- The Proxy part 2
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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1214- The Proxy part 1
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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S1213: The Stalker part 13 (The Arraignment)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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S1212: The Stalker part 12
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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S1211: The Stalker part 11
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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S1210: The Stalker part 10
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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S1209: The Stalker part 9
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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S1208: The Stalker part 8
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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S1207: The Stalker part 7
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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S1206: The Stalker part 6
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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S1205: The Stalker part 5
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Feb 07, 2023 |
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S1204: The Stalker part 4
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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S1203: The Stalker part 3
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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S1202: The Stalker part 2
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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S1201: The Stalker part 1
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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S509: The Santa Claus Man Revisited
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Dec 20, 2022 |
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S505: The Prank Revisited (featured on Netflix Don’t Pick Up the Phone)
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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S401: The One Who Got Away Revisited
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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S101: The Prophet Revisited - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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S806: The Real Vampires Revisited
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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S1108: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 8 (finale)
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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S1107: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 7
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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S1106: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 6
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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S1105: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 5
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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S1104: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 4
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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S1103: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 3
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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S1102: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 2
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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S1101: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 1
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Trailer: The Real Catch Me If You Can
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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S1004: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 2
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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S1003: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 1
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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S1002: The Sperm Donor
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May 24, 2022 |
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S1001: The Dadbot
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May 10, 2022 |
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S908: The Deepfake
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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S907: The Forensic Musicologist
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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PRETEND's 100th Episode
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Javier Interviews a Serial Killer — Criminal Conduct Season 3
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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S905: The Business of Cults part 3
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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S904: The Business of Cults part 2
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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S903: The Business of Cults part 1
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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S902: Cons, Scams, and Flim-flams
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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S901: The KGB Agent
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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S811: The Truth About Santa
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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S810: The Hypnotist part 4 - Alien Abductions and Hypnosis
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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S809: The Hypnotist part 3 - Is hypnosis admissible in court?
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Dec 07, 2021 |
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S808: The Hypnotist part 2
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Nov 23, 2021 |
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S807: The Hypnotist part 1
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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S806: The Real Vampires
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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Bonus: Michael plays air guitar
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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S805: The King of Lies
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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S804: The Ransomware Negotiator
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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S803: The Sovereign Man
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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S802: The Naked Sovereign Surgeon
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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S801: The Sovereign Citizen
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Birth of a Con Man (Revisited)
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Jul 20, 2021 |
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The Hijacker (Revisited)
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Jul 06, 2021 |
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PRETEND turns 4
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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S710: The Sham vol. 1
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May 11, 2021 |
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S709: The Liquor Guy
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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S708: The Constable (Criminal Conduct)
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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S707: The Lie Detector part 2
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Mar 30, 2021 |
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S706: The Lie Detector part 1
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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S705: The Word of Faith Fellowship Update
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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S704: The Confident Woman
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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S703: The Pharmacist
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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S702: The Pill Mill
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Jan 19, 2021 |
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S701: The Real Donnie Brasco
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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S611: The Santa Claus Man (Rebroadcast)
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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S610: The Party Crasher
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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S609: The Treasure Hunter part 4
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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S608: The Treasure Hunter part 3
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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S607: The Treasure Hunter part 2
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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S606: The Treasure Hunter part 1
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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S605: The Inheritance
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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S604: How to disappear part 4
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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S603: How to disappear part 3
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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S602: How to disappear part 2
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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S601: How to disappear part 1
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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S512: COVID-19 Scams: The Rattlesnake King
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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S511: COVID-19 Scams: How to Steal a Stimulus Check
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May 26, 2020 |
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Inside Criminal Conduct
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Criminal Conduct
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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S510: The Joe Schmo Show
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Jan 14, 2020 |
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S509: The Santa Claus Man
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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S508: The Prank Call part 4
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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S507: The Prank Call part 3
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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S506: The Prank Call part 2
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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S505: The Prank Call part 1
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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S504: The Cousins part 2
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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S503: The Cousins part 1
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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S502: The Sugar Daddy part 2
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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S501: The Sugar Daddy part 1
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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S411: The Norco Bank Heist part 2
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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S410: The Norco Bank Heist part 1
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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S409: The Psychic Vampires
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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S408: The Psychic Kids (James Randi and Project Alpha)
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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S407: The Psychic Spy (featuring Uri Geller)
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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S406: The Bounty Hunter Part 2
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May 22, 2019 |
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S405: The Bounty Hunter Part 1
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May 07, 2019 |
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S404: The Soccer Mom
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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S403: The One Who Got Away
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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S402: The Shawcross Letters
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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S401: The Commander
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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S311: The Prophet – Matthew Fenner vs. the Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Part 2
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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S310: The Prophet – Matthew Fenner vs. the Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Part 1
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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S309: The Prophet – Inside the Mind of Cult Leader Jane Whaley
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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S308: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 3
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Nov 14, 2018 |
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S307: The Prophet - Meet Jane Whaley Part 2
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Nov 07, 2018 |
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S306: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 1
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Oct 31, 2018 |
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S305: The Prophet - Brazil and the Word of Faith Cult
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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S304: The Prophet - Allegations of Cult Abuse and Corruption
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Oct 17, 2018 |
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S303: The Prophet - Former Cult Members Speak Out
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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S302: The Prophet - Who is cult leader Jane Whaley?
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Oct 03, 2018 |
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S301: The Prophet - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Revisited
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Sep 28, 2018 |
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S213: The Hijacker, Part 2 - Martin McNally
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Jul 24, 2018 |
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S212: The Hijacker, Part 1 - Martin McNally
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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S211: The Jolly Roger Social Club
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Jul 04, 2018 |
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Pretend Radio Anniversary Bonus Episode
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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S210: The Babalawo - Secrets of Santeria
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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S209: The Good Cop, Bad Cop
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May 22, 2018 |
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S208: The Stranger
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May 09, 2018 |
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S207: The Gambler Part 2 - Art Schlichter
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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S206: The Gambler Part 1 - Art Schlichter
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Mar 07, 2018 |
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S205: The Reporter - Vester Flanagan
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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S204: The Taker
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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S203: The Boy and the Girl
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Feb 14, 2018 |
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S202: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 2 - Curing Autism
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Feb 07, 2018 |
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S201: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 1 - Curing cancer & depression
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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S111: The Bigamist
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Sep 13, 2017 |
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S110: The Pretender Part 2 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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S109: The Pretender Part 1 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin
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Aug 27, 2017 |
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S108: The Sculptor
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Aug 23, 2017 |
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S107: The Real Estate Agent - Part 2 - Todd Kohlhepp
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Aug 10, 2017 |
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S106: The Real Estate Agent Part 1 - Todd Kohlhepp
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Aug 09, 2017 |
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S105: Birth of a Con Man Part 2 - Opioid epidemic
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Jul 27, 2017 |
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S104: Birth of a Con Man Part 1
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Jul 25, 2017 |
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S103: The Prophet Part 3 - Word of Faith Fellowship
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Jun 22, 2017 |
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S102: The Prophet Part 2 - Word of Faith Fellowship
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Jun 20, 2017 |
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S101: The Prophet Part 1 - Word of Faith Fellowship
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Jun 06, 2017 |
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PRETEND Podcast Trailer
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Jun 04, 2017 |