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We Won!

Swindled has been announced as the winner of 'Best True Crime Podcast' and runner-up for 'Best Overall Podcast' in the 2019 Discover Pods Awards. Very cool. Thank you for voting.

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#ThankYouPatrons

Today is Patreon's #ThankYouPatrons day. I just wanted to take a minute to express gratitude for your continued support of this little project. You have legitimately changed my lif...

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BONUS 16: The Puppeteer (Natalia Burgess)

An impostor in New Zealand manipulates young men and women with manufactured digital personas.

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40. The Mine (Crandall Canyon Mine)

A coal mining disaster in Utah places the mine's owner in the media spotlight.

Prelude: The Sago Mine disaster leads to renewed scrutiny on mine safety.

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Go Vote!

Swindled has been named a finalist for 'Best Overall Podcast' and 'Best True Crime Podcast' in the 2019 DiscoverPods Awards. It would mean a lot to me if ...

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39. The Madam (Deborah Jeane Palfrey)

The owner of a Washington D.C. escort agency loses everything after becoming the subject of a federal investigation.

Prelude: Kristin M. Davis, the Manhattan Madam, runs for office after spen...

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38. The Family Business (Doug Pielsticker)

A successful trucking company is destroyed after it is inherited by the boss' greedy son.

Prelude: Hundreds of Falcon Transport employees are blindsided by the company's sudden closure.

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Keychains are here!

All  current ExtraValuedListeners™ ($10+) and those who sign up before October 31, 2019 will be receiving one of these beautiful keychains in the next few weeks. If you are not an EVL™, it...

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BONUS 15: The Bookkeeper (Kim Williams)

Missing money at a nonprofit organization leads to a violent attack on the executive that uncovers the truth.

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37. The Survivor (Tania Head)

A Spanish woman becomes the president of a survivors group in the aftermath of the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001.

Prelude: Fred Parisi, a New York City police officer, crea...

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36. The Fundraiser (Johnny Bobbitt Jr.)

A New Jersey couple raises money on GoFundMe to repay a homeless man for his act of kindness.

Prelude: Ginny Irovando Long organizes a fundraiser for her terminally ill son.

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35. The Whistleblower (Karen Silkwood)

A chemical technician risks her life to expose corporate misdeeds at a nuclear facility in Oklahoma. 

Prelude: Energy mogul Robert S. Kerr becomes the "uncrowned king of the Senate".

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Boston Meet & Greet

A Concerned Citizen will be at Winter Hill Brewing Company on October 4th. Come hang out and try Winter Hill's Swindled-inspired "white-collar" IPA.

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BONUS 14: The Conductor (Kyle Sandler)

A former Google executive establishes a "startup factory" in Opelika, Alabama to scam investors out of $1.9 million.

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34. The Tour (Jered Threatin)

A disastrous European tour reveals that an American rock band manufactured an entire fan base.

Prelude: German R&B duo, Milli Vanilli, are exposed for lip syncing.

Note: There is an...

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33. The Implants (Poly Implant Prothèse)

A French breast implant manufacturing company's method of cutting costs incites a global health scare.

Prelude: Concerns over safety issues related to silicone breast implants leads to a mora...

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Los Angeles Meet & Greet

A Concerned Citizen and musician Trevor Howard from Swindled will be handing out handshakes and high-fives on September 7th at 6th & La Brea Brewery & Rest...

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32. The Match (Simon Leviev)

An international fraudster posing as a wealthy CEO utilizes a popular dating app to scam women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Prelude: Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto, an Australian gran...

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Introducing ExtraValuedListener™

It has always been my goal to provide the ValuedListeners™ with physical rewards along with the digital bonuses. Personally, I think it's nice to have something tactile to show f...

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31. The Socialite (Anna Delvey)

A Russian-born con artist posing as a wealthy German heiress scams businesses and acquaintances in an attempt to develop her own art foundation in New York.

Prelude: Kari Ferrell's Brooklyn e...

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Chicago Meet & Greet

We are having a little festival pre-party meet and greet on Friday, July 12th. It's FREE but there's limited space. RSVP here: 2019-07-02 23:29:04 +0000 UTC View Post

BONUS 13: The Chess Champion (Paul Dozsa)

A Hungarian chess champion's prolific career of 'dining and dashing' spawns an unforgettable viral video.

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Let the countdown begin...


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Season 3 Teaser

Soon.

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BONUS 12: The Portofino Pirate (Larissa Watson)

A 50-year-old artist from Northern Ireland starts a new life (of crime) in Italy.

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BONUS 11: The Vendor (Vendstar)

A business opportunity in the form of a revolutionary vending machine turns out to be a $60 million fraud.

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Newsletter - May 2019

Dear ValuedListeners™,

I hope this finds you well. It's been a while since I've done one of these newsletters, so I thought I would drop-in and tell you what's been happening in the wonderf...

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Q&A w/ A Concerned Citizen #02

Recorded in a hotel in Stockholm.

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30. The Producer (Joe Francis)

A young entrepreneur’s Girls Gone Wild franchise leads to a litany of legal issues related to tax evasion, bribery, and false imprisonment as well as accusations of sexual assault. 

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Meet-up: Ft. Worth, Texas

I'll be attending a meet-up in Ft. Worth, TX this weekend (Saturday, March 30) with a bunch of other cool podcasters. You can find more information about this FREE event here: 2019-03-28 23:23:58 +0000 UTC View Post