Swindled
Utilizes narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to explore true stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, and corporate evil. From corruption and fraud to Ponzi schemes and environmental disasters, these financially motivated crimes have shaped our world in unimaginable ways. All in the name of greed.
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- Update frequency
- every 15 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 153
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Bonus: The Beach House Sheriff (Todd Entrekin)
A sheriff in Alabama uses the inmate food budget to purchase personal property.
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CONSUME…
00:31:38 |
Sun 01 Aug 2021
68. The Ghost Writer (Anthony Godby Johnson)
A critically ill teenager writes a best-selling book about his abusive childhood. Prelude: New Horizons Youth Ministry opens a child reform program overseas.
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00:59:42 |
Sun 18 Jul 2021
67. The Patriarch (Anthony Todt)
In Celebration, Florida, a family disappears in the wake of the father's physical therapy insurance scam. Prelude: John Chairmonte attempts to burn down his own home.
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00:47:55 |
Sun 04 Jul 2021
66. The Brand (Procter & Gamble)
A multinational consumer goods corporation finds itself mired in controversy. Prelude: The Fenholloway River is classified as an "industrial waterway."
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01:13:19 |
Sun 20 Jun 2021
65. The Bakery (Sandy Jenkins)
A corporate accountant lives luxuriously by embezzling millions from a family-owned bakery. Prelude: Alvin Kennard is sentenced to life in prison on a non-violent robbery charge.
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00:47:06 |
Sun 06 Jun 2021
64. The Ivy Leaguer (Esther Reed)
An intelligent imposter steals the identity of a missing woman to con her way into Columbia University. Prelude: James Arthur Hogue's compulsion leads to a life of crime.
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00:50:32 |
Sun 23 May 2021
63. The Bishop (John P. Tomkins)
An unknown entity attempts to manipulate the stock prices of two companies by mailing threats to investment firms. Prelude: Luke Helder places pipe bombs in mailboxes across the Midwest.
Special tha…
00:50:52 |
Sun 09 May 2021
62. The Well (Walkerton E. coli outbreak)
Unprecedented rainfall in a small Ontario township leads to a public health disaster. Prelude: Thousands fall ill after attending the Washington County Fair in New York.
Special thanks to Mike Alfan…
00:57:48 |
Sun 25 Apr 2021
61. The Atheist (Madalyn Murray O'Hair)
An infamous First Amendment activist becomes the "most hated woman in America" then mysteriously disappears. Prelude: The constitutionality of state-sponsored prayer in public schools is challenged i…
01:12:47 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
Bonus: The Sweepstakes (Pepsi Number Fever)
A soda company's botched promotional game leads to unrest in the Philippines.
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CONSUME: …
00:22:14 |
Sun 06 Dec 2020
60. The Spill (Deepwater Horizon)
An explosion on a deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico leads to the largest oil spill in United States history. Prelude: More than 3.4 million barrels of crude oil leak into the ocean after a…
00:59:52 |
Sun 22 Nov 2020
59. The Downfall (Marcus Schrenker)
The president and chief executive of an Indianapolis wealth management company takes drastic measures to avoid prosecution. Prelude: A Long Island man's plan to escape his debts backfires.
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00:48:40 |
Sun 08 Nov 2020
58. The Pitchman (Don Lapre)
A multi-level marketing salesman advertises his get-rich-quick schemes on television and becomes the "King of Infomercials." Prelude: The founder of a nutrition company is suspected of his wife's mys…
00:52:34 |
Sun 25 Oct 2020
57. The Saint (Mother Teresa)
Critics and former volunteers reveal the disturbing details of a Catholic nun's international mission to help the "poorest of the poor." Prelude: A six-year-old boy's journey to Heaven becomes a best…
00:55:51 |
Sun 11 Oct 2020
56. The Space Program (Challenger Disaster)
The organizational culture of the United States space program leads to one of the deadliest disasters in aeronautics history. Prelude: Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov embarks on a doomed mission to…
00:55:41 |
Sun 27 Sep 2020
55. The I.M.O.M. (Peter Foster)
An Australian con artist is arrested on multiple continents while indulging in "millions, models, and mayhem". Prelude: Novy Chardon disappears amid a divorce dispute with her millionaire husband.
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00:48:30 |
Sat 12 Sep 2020
54. The Barefoot Bandit (Colton Harris Moore)
A teenager from the Pacific Northwest embarks on an international burglary spree. Prelude: Joshua Paul Calhoun becomes the East Texas "Superthief".
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PATRE…
00:55:30 |
Sun 30 Aug 2020
53. The Treatment (Bayer AG)
A multinational pharmaceutical company with a dark past becomes the central figure of a contaminated blood product crisis. Prelude: Ryan White is banned from school after contracting HIV.
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00:53:32 |
Sun 16 Aug 2020
52. The Referee (Tim Donaghy)
A professional basketball referee uses his knowledge of the inner workings of the league to place bets on the games. Prelude: Joe Gagliano recruits Arizona State University's star basketball player t…
00:56:45 |
Mon 03 Aug 2020
51. The Vigilante (Pat Johnson)
A towing industry watchdog patrols the streets of Austin, Texas in search of a serial rock thrower. Prelude: Joe Stack exacts revenge against the Internal Revenue Service.
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00:54:35 |
Sun 19 Jul 2020
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