Chameleon
We are living in a golden age of deception. It feels like everyone has an angle and that, everywhere you turn, someone’s trying to scam you. Chameleon is a new weekly show from veteran journalist Josh Dean (co-creator and host of The Clearing, Hooked, White Devil, and the original Chameleon season, Hollywood Con Queen) that takes you inside an incredible, stranger-than-fiction story about someone—or some people—pretending to be something they aren’t. Are you obsessed with cons, frauds, and impostors? Then this is the podcast for you. Get your new weekly true crime obsession every Thursday from Campside Media and Audiochuck.

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Engineering to Deceive: The Talented Coder Who Just Keeps Getting Jobs

Engineering to Deceive: The Talented Coder Who Just Keeps Getting Jobs

When one tech founder tweets a warning about a seemingly prolific engineer named Soham Parekh, it sets off an avalanche. Turns out, Soham has been hired and paid by dozens of start-ups, sometimes work...

29 Jan 28min

Memoir Mystery: The Blockbuster True Story That Maybe Wasn't True At All

Memoir Mystery: The Blockbuster True Story That Maybe Wasn't True At All

When the book The Salt Path was published, readers were moved by the story of a couple who, after losing everything, rebuilt their lives through nothing more than determination, their love for one ano...

22 Jan 43min

Introducing: 13th Juror

Introducing: 13th Juror

When Liberty German and Abigail Williams, two young girls from a small Indiana town, tragically lost their lives in February 2017, a nationwide manhunt ensued for the “man on the bridge.” After a five...

16 Jan 11min

The Author Trap: Inside The Scheme Selling Lies to Hopeful Writers

The Author Trap: Inside The Scheme Selling Lies to Hopeful Writers

Brent Crane is being chased through a mall in the Philippines. He's on the trail of Page Turner, the company that has been accused of stealing $44 million from hopeful writers in one of the most braze...

15 Jan 35min

White Lies: The Scammer Who Left Brides In The Lurch And Couldn't Stop

White Lies: The Scammer Who Left Brides In The Lurch And Couldn't Stop

Michael Esposito hired 50 journalists, promised them a dream job, and disappeared without paying a dime. Years later, he resurfaced under various new names, taking tens of thousands from couples on th...

8 Jan 35min

The de Kooning Job: Teachers Turned Thieves

The de Kooning Job: Teachers Turned Thieves

In 1985, a priceless painting vanished from a university museum in Arizona. The FBI had no leads. 32 years later, it turned up behind a bedroom door in a suburban New Mexico home. Turns out the retire...

1 Jan 31min

Gay Girl in Damascus: A Viral Kidnapping And An Internet Fantasy

Gay Girl in Damascus: A Viral Kidnapping And An Internet Fantasy

The story of a Syrian-American blogger whose posts during the Arab Spring captured hearts around the world—including a woman in Montreal who believed she was falling in love. But Amina Arraf, the auth...

25 Des 202542min

Fake It 'Til You Graduate: The Honor Student Who Conned a Town

Fake It 'Til You Graduate: The Honor Student Who Conned a Town

In 2012, a Ukrainian man enrolled at a high school in Pennsylvania, pretending to be a teenage prodigy named Asher Potts. He made the honor roll and became a local hero. Until the day police showed up...

18 Des 202535min

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