The Vampire Catfish: A Message Board And The Boy Who Believed
Michael was 16, lonely, and stuck in a small Southern town when he met someone called Dennis on a vampire-themed online message board. What began as a thrilling, romantic connection soon spiraled into...
26 Feb 40min
Goodfellas: The Country Bar Theme Scheme
When an Arizona reporter starts looking into a flurry of closures at country music-themed restaurants, he thinks it’s just another boring business story. But he uncovers a collapsing franchise empire ...
19 Feb 33min
Face Plant: The Woman With A Thousand Boyfriends
What's it like to have your image used as the bait in thousands of online romance scams? This is what happened to Janessa Brazil—whose image has been hijacked and used to con hundreds, maybe thousands...
12 Feb 39min
The Velvet Sundown: The band that’s not quite Human, not quite machine.
They were a hot new band and storming up the charts. But something seemed off about Velvet Sundown. Was this the work of AI? When someone behind the band came out denying it, this looked like mystery ...
5 Feb 39min
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
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
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
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
