Scamfluencers

Many listened to the Dirty John podcast, which introduced the world to John Meehan, a dangerous serial predator who infiltrates the life of Debra Newell and ultimately dies at the hand of her daughter, Terra. But there was an overlooked story that’s now being told, in full, for the first time.
In The First Wife: John Meehan’s Reign of Terror, Tonia Bales recounts her harrowing experiences as John’s wife of 10 years and the mother of their daughters, Emily and Abby. Highlighting new details and revelations, Tonia shares the abuse she suffered from the man she once believed to be her soulmate, but who ultimately revealed himself as a coercive and controlling terrorist. Through exclusive archival materials and all-new interviews with the people who knew her and John best, uncovering long-held secrets and including perspective from their daughters, Tonia embarks on a re-investigation of the man she thought she knew. The multiple bombshells she unearths include one that will change her and her daughters’ lives forever.
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Buford Pusser was a small-town Tennessee sheriff who conned an entire country into believing he was a hero. He inspired a film franchise, folk songs, and multiple books – all painting him as a fearless vigilante taking on organized crime. But behind the legend lies a trail of abuse, corruption, and a grisly murder that raised questions everyone in Buford’s orbit had been too scared to ask. And when the Hollywood shine wears off, the lie people wanted to believe becomes harder to protect.
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Elizabeth Holmes checks off so many 21st century buzzwords: girlboss, tech founder, media darling, and fraudster. Now, she’s the subject of one of the buzziest documentaries in decades. Just a month before she was set to begin serving her 11-year sentence, Holmes welcomed comedian and prankster Nathan Fielder and documentarian Lance Oppenheim into her home to film everything – her emails, her journal, her family, her unwavering insistence that she did nothing wrong. More than three years later, the resulting documentary, You Can See Everything, is a box-office success and a masterclass in the question every scam story comes down to: who’s really fooling whom. We’re breaking it all down with New York Magazine features writer Alex Barasch, who recently published a profile of co-director Lance Oppenheim.
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A Hollywood stuntwoman turned personal injury attorney. A handsome disbarred lawyer with a dark past. And an elaborate scheme that leads to murder.
Vanessa Motta gives up a career of fake car crashes for real ones. But her law career in New Orleans gets off to a rocky start — until she meets Sean Alfortish, a charming man who offers her the perfect space for her law office. Vanessa and Sean fall hard for each other, and as a former lawyer himself, Sean becomes her mentor. So, what if he's done some prison time for fraud?
When Sean introduces Vanessa to one of the city's most prolific case runners, Cornelius Garrison, the money starts rolling in. Cornelius brings her a steady stream of accident victims looking to sue. There's just one problem: the accidents aren't real. And once the secret gets out, someone will have to pay.
Reported and hosted by Mitch Moxley, Over My Dead Body: Operation Sideswipe is a six-part series about greed, betrayal, and who gets thrown under the bus when everything is on the line.
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When Nevin Shapiro becomes a booster for his beloved Miami Hurricanes, he doesn’t just want to root for his favorite team – he wants to be their go-to guy. To one who leads the football team out of the tunnel by day, then rolls up to the club with the players at night. But that lifestyle doesn’t come cheap.  And as Nevin struggles to keep up with the lavish gifts, wild parties, and cash bonuses, he finds another way to fund it all: a good, old fashioned Ponzi scheme.
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