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Women the world over are brought up to hope, even expect, to find the man of their dreams, marry and live happily ever after. When Stephanie Wood meets a sweet man who owns a farm and property, she embarks on an exhilarating romance with him. He seems compassionate, truthful and loving. He talks about the future with her. She falls in love. She also becomes increasingly beset by anxiety at the lavish three-act plays he offers her in the form of excuses for frequent cancellations and no-shows. She begins to wonder, who is this man?

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn't be deported because he had a pet cat? Are unelected judges truly enemies of the people? Most of us think the law is only relevant to criminals, if we...

The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks' feature film of the same name, from the author of Scam Me If You Can. Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was...

In the early 1980s on a remote part of the Sudanese coast, a new luxury holiday resort opened for business. Catering for divers, it attracted guests from around the world. Little did the holidaymakers know that the staff were undercover spies, working for the Mossad - the Israeli secret service. Providing a front for covert night-time activities, the holiday village allowed the agents to carry out an operation unlike any seen before. What began with one cryptic message pleading for help, turned into the secret evacuation of thousands of Ethiopian Jews....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF TIME’S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Sex and the City meets Bad Blood and Catch Me if You Can in this riveting true crime memoir that tells the astonishing firsthand story of Anna Delvey—the fake heiress who conned New York’s elite—and the friend she...

The third of a trilogy, this collection features 16 of the world's most outrageous scams and hoaxes. They all really happened, and were taken from firsthand accounts, newspaper reports, or historical documents found in public libraries. They date as far back as the late 1800s, but most are more recent. However, you won't find any defrauded widows or orphans in these stories; the victims are institutions or corporations quite capable of defending themselves, and the crooks who match wits with them are just as savvy. You could almost call it a fair fight!

Ehrlich währt am längsten, bekommt man als Kind ständig eingebläut. Und trotzdem: Immer wieder ist von Fakes im großen Stil die Rede, schummelt jemand oder wird betrogen. "Ggf. wahr!" ist der Original Podcast, der vom schönen Schein, von halben Wahrheiten und von echten Lügen erzählt. Von Menschen, deren Identität gestohlen wird, die Weinfälschern auf die Schliche kommen oder an Verschwörungstheorien glauben. Menschen, die lügen, weil sie können oder müssen. Unsere Reporterinnen treffen Spaßvögel und Hochstapler, Schummlerinnen und Betrügerinnen.

Ehrlich währt am längsten, bekommt man als Kind ständig eingebläut. Aber unehrlich geht einfacher und macht mehr Spaß. Warum sonst mogeln wir uns ständig irgendwo durch und geben etwas vor, was vielleicht gar nicht so ist? "Ggf. wahr!“ ist der Original Podcast, der vom schönen Schein, von halben Wahrheiten und von echten Lügen erzählt. Von Menschen, die eine Scheinehe führen, sich als Politiker_innen ausgeben oder ganze Firmen erfinden.

Journalist and author Michael Grothaus has spent years researching and writing about the dark side of the internet, from online trolls and pornography to sex-trafficking. This is his quest to pull back the curtain on deep fake pornography. Who's making it? Who's affected by it? Who's trying to stop it? And what happens next?

Join host Glenys and special comedian guests as they explore wild tales of hoaxes, scams, con-artists and all things deceptive. Follow us: Instagram- @fakesandfraudspod Twitter - @fakesandfrauds Logo by Molly Bland.

When World War II began, seventeen-year-old Letty from a rigid Orthodox Jewish family in Belgium is trapped in a resort nestled in the French Pyrenees with her mother and two sisters. Her oldest sister disowns the family to save herself as her mother’s distress turns into violent panic attacks. Ahead of Letty lay razzias, the French police round-ups of Jews, Nazi aircraft, young love, and uncertainty about who to trust or where to go in a country hell-bent on capturing her. Now her family’s fate, whether triumph or catastrophe, hinges on Letty’s escape plan.

Bruce Springsteen und Bill Gates haben es getan. Die exzentrische Modeschöpferin Elsa Schiaparelli hat es getan. Die legendäre Kriegsreporterin Martha Gellhorn. Sogar der seriöse Komponist Franz Xaver Frenzel. Sie alle bedienten sich des Fakes. An einem bestimmten Punkt ihrer Karriere ließen sie den Schein dem Sein vorangehen. Nicht, um zu betrügen. Sondern um ein legitimes Ziel zu erreichen. Sie besorgten sich gewissermaßen bei der Zukunft ein Darlehen. Hören Sie in diesem Hörbuch die höchst vergnüglichen Geschichten dieser und weiterer Faker.

Na světě existuje více než 50 000 true crime podcastů. Je jenom otázkou času, kdy zásoba kriminálních případů dojde. Jedinou možností zůstává vydat se na vlastní kriminální dráhu a doplnit tak zásobu nových příběhů. Anebo začít improvizovat...Láďa a Jáchym pro vás v unikátním zcela improvizovaném podcastu objasní několik záhadných případů. A ten největší zločin je, že se nikdy nestaly. Žádný scénář, žádná jistota, jen vy, živý publikum a fantazie, která je většinou vyšinutější než ti nejhorší vraždící maniaci.Láďa Karda...

The one real difference between the American press and the Soviet state newspaper Pravda was that the Russian people knew they were being lied to. To expose the lies our media tell us today, controversial journalist James O'Keefe created Project Veritas, an independent news organization whose reporters go where traditional journalists dare not. Their investigative work - equal parts James Bond, Mike Wallace, and Saul Alinsky - has had a consistent and powerful impact on its targets.

One phone call in December 2005 begins the compelling, unpredictable story of Fake Missed Connections. A child of divorce with an already fragile sense of trust, Lauer unravels at the betrayal, begins divorce proceedings, and moves back to Brooklyn, where he spends too much time alone, fixated on the idea that a murderer from 1898 might be haunting his apartment. Eventually, as he starts to peruse online dating profiles, he becomes obsessed with "missed connections" precisely because they provide what online dating doesn't: a story.

Do you know any four-time felons who’ve built groundbreaking rockets for SpaceX? You do now. His name is Zack Hose. During the day, the former career criminal is a respected structural specialist in aeronautics. Off the clock, unbeknownst to most coworkers, Hose is a modern funk music icon: Zackey Force Funk. The narrator of cholo-approved lowrider anthems, his helium-pitched croons and sensual whispers chronicle drug-fueled parties, romance, and recklessness. Gleaming synths and body rocking bass score every gritty detail.

The hypocrisy of the current Christian Nationalist Movement is examined from the perspective of a former Catholic schoolgirl who saved her diaries. Fake Christians details the emotional and physical abuse of children by self-professed "holy" people who didn't practice what they preached. In fact, their actions were quite the opposite.

Raised By Whoops is a weekly fake radio show (or podcast, if you insist). Think of our show like a real radio show, but with more swearing, fewer commercials, zero traffic reports, and lots of stories. We think of it as a comb-over for the bald spots in our artistic expression, but you shouldn’t be burdened with that. Enjoy narrated short stories from your hosts and listeners like you! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Fake Crime Fridays is a long-form improv show where Cedar and a guest orchestrate a plot based on submissions from listeners just like you. These submissions, similar in style to Mad Libs, are thoroughly blended through various programs to create a loose script. The actors take it from there and use improv strategies in a desperate attempt to make the episode logical. By listening, you are an integral part of this audio experiment. To send in your own submissions, get access to behind the scenes content, and support us, we humbly ask that you consider following us on Patreon