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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...

Wealthy heiress Anna Delvey was one of the international jetset. Her Instagram account was a window on a glamorous world, filled with art launches, champagne brunches, VIP parties and stays in high-end hotels. Due to come into a $67m trust fund on her 26th birthday, she planned to establish the Anna Delvey Foundation, a multi-million dollar visual-arts centre in the heart of New York and wined and dined the city’s wealthy elite to secure investment for her project.

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...

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 They all really happened, and were taken from firsthand accounts, newspaper reports, or historical documents found in public libraries.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!

Advanced AI technology is now able to create video of people doing things they never did, in places they have never been, saying things they never said. In the hands of rogue states, terrorists, criminals or crazed individuals, they represent a disturbing new threat to democracy and personal liberty. Deep Fakes can be misused to shift public opinion, swing Presidential elections, or blackmail, coerce, and silence individuals. 

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.

Bunk traces the history of the hoax as a peculiarly American phenomenon, examining what motivates hucksters and makes the rest of us so gullible. Disturbingly, Young finds that fakery is woven from stereotype and suspicion, race being the most insidious American hoax of all. He chronicles how Barnum came to fame by displaying figures like Joice Heth, a black woman whom he pretended was the 161-year-old nursemaid to George Washington.

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.

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.

Lucien Graves exposes the psychological tricks and manipulation tactics fake psychics use to deceive audiences. From cold reading techniques to engineered environments and exploiting grief, each episode reveals exactly how modern mediums manufacture convincing illusions. Learn to spot these deceptive practices and protect yourself from emotional manipulation. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

A fascinating and often amusing look at art crime!