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The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 2

The Stalker: Police Say They Found Who Was Sending the Messages, Part 21

The Gypsy Rose Obsession, Part 1

The Gypsy Rose Obsession | Official Trailer

He Turned His Own Father In. Then Built a Career Catching Con Artists.

How Edward Smog Scammed a Retired Nurse Out of $150K

Chain of Command: An Inside Man Speaks

The Greatest Footballer Who Never Played Revisited

Javier Stops by the Hot Mess Happy Hour Podcast 🍸

Introducing: 'Hardcore Con' with Johnathan Walton

Chain of Command part 7

Chain of Command part 6

Chain of Command part 5

The Lottery Curse with Murder: True Crime Stories

Chain of Command part 4

Chain of Command part 3

Chain of Command part 2

The Raid | From Deep Cover: The Family Man

Chain of Command part 1

Operation Cockblock Revisited

The Greatest Podcast Episodes Ever Made (Bonus)

I Beg Your Pardon part 6: The MAGA Granny

I Beg Your Pardon part 5

I Beg Your Pardon part 4

Introducing Season Seven of Nobody Should Believe Me

I Beg Your Pardon part 3

I Beg Your Pardon part 2

I Beg Your Pardon part 1

Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey Revisited

Update on “The Hand That Held Me”

The Pests part 3 & 4 Revisited

The Pests part 1 & 2 Revisited

2505: State of Corruption: The School That Didn't Exist

Introducing Everything They Missed

2504: How to Spot a Fake ICE Agent

Listener Reaction: Didn't See It Coming Part 3

2503: Didn't See It Coming (Part 3)

Listener Reaction: Didn't See It Coming part 2

2502: Didn't See It Coming (Part 2)

Listener Reaction: Didn't See That Coming Part 1

2501: Didn't See It Coming (Part 1)

2408: PRETEND Live AMA

2407-Licensed to Kill Revisited

2406: The Real Life Grinch

Listener Reaction: Matthew Fenner vs. Ted Bell (Bonus)

2405: The Prophet: Matthew Fenner vs Ted Bell

Off Script: Pretend, Murder She Told & Sins and Survivors Spill the Tea (BONUS)

2404: Open Enrollment, Open Season for Scammers

2403: The Cancer Sympathy Machine part 3

Listener Reaction: The Cancer Sympathy Machine

2402: The Cancer Sympathy Machine part 2

2401: The Cancer Sympathy Machine part 1

Dakota Spotlight: Meanwhile in Mankato

2309: From Smallville to NXIVM: The Psychology Behind Allison Mack

Bonus: The Psychology Behind Parasocial Relationships (Cracks in the Fandom)

The Hypnotist - Alien Abductions

The Haunted Tourist

The Real Vampires

2304: Cracks in the Fandom part 4

2303: Cracks in the Fandom part 3

2302: Cracks in the Fandom part 2

2301: Cracks in the Fandom part 1

2210: The High School Hoax Update

The Stalker: Rick Fernandez’s Guilty Plea

2208: The Monster

2208: State of Corruption: Ohio part 2

2207: State of Corruption: Ohio part 1

The Real Donnie Brasco - FBI Case File Review

2205: Who’s Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey Part 18: The 911 Caller

2204: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 17

"Nobody Should Believe Me" — When the Advocate Is the Abuser

2203: The Playwright part 3

2202: The Playwright part 2

2201: The Playwright part 1

BONUS: The Digital Trail to Epstein’s Island

The Pale Faced Lie Revisited

The Stalker - New Charges part 21

2110: Cocaine Air

2109: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 4

2108: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 3

2107: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 2

2106: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 1

2105: The Man Who Stole 200 Million Identities

2104: The Digital Pickpocket Revisted

2103: LaDonna's Easter Egg Hustle

2102: Faking Insanity

2101: My Wife, the Ponzi Schemer

2013: I Married a Narcissist part 3

2012: I Married a Narcissist part 2 Listener Reactions

2011: I Married a Narcissist part 1

2010: The Keepsake Scandal

2009: The Gambler Revisited

2008: Licensed to Kill part 2

2007: Licensed to Kill part 1

2006: Operation Cock Block

2005: The Telepathy Tapes B-side part 3

2004: The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 2

2003: The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 1

Criminal Conduct S5: The Life and Death of Buffalo Jim

2002: DNA Deception

2001: Drone Hysteria

1914: BONUS: Grapes, Grifts, and Gavel

1913: The Christmas Con Revisited

1912: BONUS: Affirmative Pretend Bullsh**

1911: Love and Taxes Revisited

1910: The Maury Povich Olive Lady - Revisited

1909: The Woman Who Almost Stole Graceland

BONUS: How to Spot a Con Artist on the First Date and When to Walk Away

1908: LaDonna's Surrogates part 4

1907: LaDonna's Surrogates part 3

1906: LaDonna's Surrogates part 2

1905: LaDonna's Surrogates part 1

1904: The White Collar Support Group

1903: The Naked Surgeon Revisited

1902: The Greatest Footballer Who Never Played

The Return of the Stalker part 20

1816: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 16

1815: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 15

1814: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 14

LADONNA BONUS: A Swing and a Miss

1813: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 13

1812: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 12

1811: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 11

1810: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 10

1809: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 9

1808: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 8

1807: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 7

1806: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 6

1805: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 5

1804: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 4

1803: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 3

1802: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 2

1801: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 1

TRAILER: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey

1705: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 2

1704: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 1

1703: The Doula BREAKING NEWS

1702: The Doula part 2

1701: The Doula part 1

Confessions of a Ponzi Schemer

The Treasure Hunter Revisited

How to find people who don’t want to be found

1609: The Truth Experts part 2

1608: The Truth Experts part 1

1607: The Fake Lawyer

1606: The Grave Detector (Junk Science Bonus)

The Stalker - Case Closed part 19

1604: The Grave Detector part 3

1603: The Grave Detector part 2

1602: The Grave Detector part 1

1601: The High School Hoax (Shelby Hewitt)

1510: How to Disappear Revisited

1509: The One Who Got Away - Revisited

1508: The Christmas Con

The Stalker - It Will Never End part 18

1506: The Maury Povich Olive Lady

1504: The Red Collar Killer part 2

1503: The Red Collar Killer part 1

The Stalker - Is this the end?

The Stalker - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt part 17

PREVIEW: The Stalker Settlement Conference

The Lie Detector Revisited

The Babalawo Revisited

1413: The Haunted Tourist

1412: The Puppet Master

1411: The Lost and Found part 2 (Rudy Farias)

1410: The Lost and Found part 1 (Rudy Farias)

1409: The Shit Show (plus Stalker update)

1408: The Digital Pickpocket part 2

1407: The Digital Pickpocket part 1

1405: The Pests part 5

Criminal Conduct Season 4 - Getting Away with Murder

1404: The Pests part 4

1403: The Pests part 3

1402: The Pests part 2

1401: The Pests part 1 (Gang stalking)

The Stalker - Interview with the Doctor part 16

1310: Love and Taxes (plus Stalker update)

1309: The Pale-Faced Lie part 2

1308: The Pale-Faced Lie part 1

The Stalker - Fly on the Wall part 15

George Santos & The Harbor City Capital Ponzi Scheme (THE PONZI PLAYBOOK)

1305: The Stalker - In Time You'll Get the Truth (part 14)

1304: The Cuban Spy part 2

1303: The Cuban Spy part 1

1302: The Real Catch Me If You Can - The Promissory Note

1301: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 9 (update)

1215- The Proxy part 2

1214- The Proxy part 1

S1213: The Stalker part 13 (The Arraignment)

S1212: The Stalker part 12

S1211: The Stalker part 11

S1210: The Stalker part 10

S1209: The Stalker part 9

S1208: The Stalker part 8

S1207: The Stalker part 7

S1206: The Stalker part 6

S1205: The Stalker part 5

S1204: The Stalker part 4

S1203: The Stalker part 3

S1202: The Stalker part 2

S1201: The Stalker part 1

S509: The Santa Claus Man Revisited

S505: The Prank Revisited (featured on Netflix Don’t Pick Up the Phone)

S401: The One Who Got Away Revisited

S101: The Prophet Revisited - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult

S806: The Real Vampires Revisited

S1108: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 8 (finale)

S1107: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 7

S1106: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 6

S1105: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 5

S1104: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 4

S1103: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 3

S1102: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 2

S1101: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 1

Trailer: The Real Catch Me If You Can

S1004: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 2

S1003: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 1

S1002: The Sperm Donor

S1001: The Dadbot

S908: The Deepfake

S907: The Forensic Musicologist

PRETEND's 100th Episode

Javier Interviews a Serial Killer — Criminal Conduct Season 3

S905: The Business of Cults part 3

S904: The Business of Cults part 2

S903: The Business of Cults part 1

S902: Cons, Scams, and Flim-flams

S901: The KGB Agent

S811: The Truth About Santa

S810: The Hypnotist part 4 - Alien Abductions and Hypnosis

S809: The Hypnotist part 3 - Is hypnosis admissible in court?

S808: The Hypnotist part 2

S807: The Hypnotist part 1

S806: The Real Vampires

Bonus: Michael plays air guitar

S805: The King of Lies

S804: The Ransomware Negotiator

S803: The Sovereign Man

S802: The Naked Sovereign Surgeon

S801: The Sovereign Citizen

Birth of a Con Man (Revisited)

The Hijacker (Revisited)

PRETEND turns 4

S710: The Sham vol. 1

S709: The Liquor Guy

S708: The Constable (Criminal Conduct)

S707: The Lie Detector part 2

S706: The Lie Detector part 1

S705: The Word of Faith Fellowship Update

S704: The Confident Woman

S703: The Pharmacist

S702: The Pill Mill

S701: The Real Donnie Brasco

S611: The Santa Claus Man (Rebroadcast)

S610: The Party Crasher

S609: The Treasure Hunter part 4

S608: The Treasure Hunter part 3

S607: The Treasure Hunter part 2

S606: The Treasure Hunter part 1

S605: The Inheritance

S604: How to disappear part 4

S603: How to disappear part 3

S602: How to disappear part 2

S601: How to disappear part 1

S512: COVID-19 Scams: The Rattlesnake King

S511: COVID-19 Scams: How to Steal a Stimulus Check

Inside Criminal Conduct

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Criminal Conduct

S510: The Joe Schmo Show

S509: The Santa Claus Man

S508: The Prank Call part 4

S507: The Prank Call part 3

S506: The Prank Call part 2

S505: The Prank Call part 1

S504: The Cousins part 2

S503: The Cousins part 1

S502: The Sugar Daddy part 2

S501: The Sugar Daddy part 1

S411: The Norco Bank Heist part 2

S410: The Norco Bank Heist part 1

S409: The Psychic Vampires

S408: The Psychic Kids (James Randi and Project Alpha)

S407: The Psychic Spy (featuring Uri Geller)

S406: The Bounty Hunter Part 2

S405: The Bounty Hunter Part 1

S404: The Soccer Mom

S403: The One Who Got Away

S402: The Shawcross Letters

S401: The Commander

S311: The Prophet – Matthew Fenner vs. the Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Part 2

S310: The Prophet – Matthew Fenner vs. the Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Part 1

S309: The Prophet – Inside the Mind of Cult Leader Jane Whaley

S308: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 3

S307: The Prophet - Meet Jane Whaley Part 2

S306: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 1

S305: The Prophet - Brazil and the Word of Faith Cult

S304: The Prophet - Allegations of Cult Abuse and Corruption

S303: The Prophet - Former Cult Members Speak Out

S302: The Prophet - Who is cult leader Jane Whaley?

S301: The Prophet - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Revisited

S213: The Hijacker, Part 2 - Martin McNally

S212: The Hijacker, Part 1 - Martin McNally

S211: The Jolly Roger Social Club

Pretend Radio Anniversary Bonus Episode

S210: The Babalawo - Secrets of Santeria

S209: The Good Cop, Bad Cop

S208: The Stranger

S207: The Gambler Part 2 - Art Schlichter

S206: The Gambler Part 1 - Art Schlichter

S205: The Reporter - Vester Flanagan

S204: The Taker

S203: The Boy and the Girl

S202: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 2 - Curing Autism

S201: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 1 - Curing cancer & depression

S111: The Bigamist

S110: The Pretender Part 2 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin

S109: The Pretender Part 1 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin

S108: The Sculptor

S107: The Real Estate Agent - Part 2 - Todd Kohlhepp

S106: The Real Estate Agent Part 1 - Todd Kohlhepp

S105: Birth of a Con Man Part 2 - Opioid epidemic

S104: Birth of a Con Man Part 1

S103: The Prophet Part 3 - Word of Faith Fellowship

S102: The Prophet Part 2 - Word of Faith Fellowship

S101: The Prophet Part 1 - Word of Faith Fellowship

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