Chameleon: The Michigan Plot
In the fall of 2020, 14 men were arrested across three states in a series of FBI raids that shocked the nation. The government alleged that these men conspired to kidnap, and possibly even kill, the sitting governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. But is that really what happened? On season 7 of Chameleon, we’ll explore that notorious plot to kidnap governor Whitmer from its inception by taking listeners on an unprecedented journey inside the investigation. Through hundreds of hours of wire recordings that have never been heard by the public, you’ll ride along in the pocket of an FBI informant posing as a militia member, as he infiltrates an anti-government group that seems dangerous. But are they? Was the plot to kidnap governor Whitmer the sophisticated plan the government said it was, or just the stoned fantasies of a group of down-on-their-luck gun nuts? Did the FBI stop a dangerous plot in motion…or did it help to create it? Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Chameleon show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, this is Season 7 of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts.
Episodes
Witnessed: 19 Days - The Hunt for the Elusive Austin Serial Bomber
On March 2, 2018, an anonymous and deadly package bomb detonated on the doorstep of a home in Austin, Texas. Soon after - another was discovered, and another—each one a little more sophisticated than the last, and each target seemingly more and more random. Confusion and panic set in across the city - who was this elusive serial bomber? Why were they planting these bombs? And why were they so hard to track down? Find out on Witnessed: 19 Days - The story behind the frantic race to catch the Austin serial bomber. Join host Sean Flynn as he traces the case from its origins to its shocking conclusions. Available now wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Witnessed: 19 Days right now, completely ad-free.
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01/04/24•3m 46s
The Michigan Plot I 7. Words Are Words
The men accused of conspiring to kidnap Governor Whitmer stand trial. Some face life in prison. Will they answer for the things they said?
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14/03/24•58m 58s
The Michigan Plot I 6. To Catch The Devil, You Have To Go To Hell
Long before Dan Chappell joined the Wolverine Watchmen, the FBI was using informants to infiltrate groups and attempt the impossible: To stop acts of terror before they happen.
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07/03/24•48m 19s
Infamous on New Cold Plunge Deaths
The podcast Infamous is covering how, in the last decade, the “Iceman” Wim Hof (a.k.a. Justin Bieber’s “Breathwork Santa”) has become a household name. Orlando Bloom to Oprah Winfrey have practiced his method, which includes daily cold plunges and hyperventilation breath work. But despite intense success, is Wim Hoff responsible for encouraging practices known to be dangerous—and even deadly? In this episode, Vanessa interviews investigative journalist Scott Carney, Wim’s former ghostwriter, who has been looking into deaths related to Wim’s method.
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29/02/24•5m 33s
The Michigan Plot I 5. Overt Acts
Watchmen members host a pot-fueled gun jamboree in the northern Michigan town of Luther. With Dan’s help, it’s time for them to stop talking and actually do something.
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29/02/24•48m 57s
The Michigan Plot I 4. Far From Stupid
Storming the governor’s home by boat? A two-helicopter relay carried out by a guy who claims to be an ex-Navy Seal? An elected official set adrift on Lake Michigan? Dan works with Adam to mold a wad of dumb ideas into a real plan.
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22/02/24•47m 18s
The Michigan Plot I 3. What’s The Plan?
A secret meeting in the Vac-Shack basement leads to the somewhat reluctant union of Adam Fox and the Wolverine Watchmen. But can these guys put the bong down long enough to come up with a real plan?
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15/02/24•54m 1s
The Michigan Plot I 2. Wolverines!
In the Spring of 2020, as COVID lockdowns hit the country, a family in South-Central Michigan formed a militia group called the Wolverine Watchmen. An Iraq War veteran joins and takes their skills to new heights. He also changes their lives forever.
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08/02/24•43m 25s
The Michigan Plot I 1. The Man in the Vac-Shack Basement
On October 7th, 2020, the FBI arrests 14 men in a three-state sweep. Their crime: conspiring to kidnap the Governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. We take you back to where it all started: with an unlikely romance sparked in the basement of a vacuum cleaner store.
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01/02/24•46m 17s
Introducing Season Seven of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot
In the fall of 2020, 14 men were arrested across three states in a series of FBI raids that shocked the nation. The government alleged that these men conspired to kidnap, and possibly even kill, the sitting governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. But is that really what happened?
On season 7 of Chameleon, we’ll explore that notorious plot to kidnap governor Whitmer from its inception by taking listeners on an unprecedented journey inside the investigation. Through hundreds of hours of wire recordings that have never been heard by the public, you’ll ride along in the pocket of an FBI informant posing as a militia member, as he infiltrates an anti-government group that seems dangerous. But are they?
Was the plot to kidnap governor Whitmer the sophisticated plan the government said it was, or just the stoned fantasies of a group of down-on-their-luck gun nuts? Did the FBI stop a dangerous plot in motion…or did it help to create it?
From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, this is Season 7 of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot.
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18/01/24•3m 54s
Hiding in Plain Sight - An Infamous Fugitive & His Decades of Secrets, Revealed
Meet Ashley Randele.
Ashley’s Dad, Thomas Randele, was her favorite person in the world. A great dad, a great golfer and the love of her Mum’s life. Ashley thought she knew him better than anyone. But at 38 years old, that notion would be shattered. Ashley’s dad wasn’t Thomas Randele, he was Ted Conrad - a wanted fugitive who had evaded authorities for over half a century. The mystery of Ted Conrad haunted law enforcement for decades, and now, for the first time, the secrets of his story are finally being revealed.
Join host Jonathan Hirsch as he teams up with Ashley herself to unravel the truth behind her fathers secretive past on Smoke Screen: My Fugitive Dad.
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04/12/23•8m 12s
Introducing *Crime Waves: Cold Truth*
How far would you go to save the world from itself?
Dr. Eugene Mallove believed that a new form of world-changing free energy — cold fusion — was just around the corner. Even when his work was pushed to the fringes, he dreamed of a brighter future. But before Dr. Mallove could usher in that future, he was found dead in the driveway of his childhood home. Everyone had their own ideas of who killed him, and investigators were looking in all the wrong places.
From QCODE and Faceplant, in association with No Smiling, Crime Waves: Cold Truth is a story about one man's quest to expose the truth, the lengths he would go to save the world, and how his dream caught up with him.
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01/12/23•3m 11s
Investigating the Satanic Panic on ‘Infamous’
Listen to Infamous HERE. For Kelly Michaels, all of history is a Tolkien-like battle between a small number of heroes and villains. Most of us are just hobbits — the in-between folks, just trying to get by. Kelly, who’s getting by working at Wee Care Nursery School in Maplewood, New Jersey, considers herself an ordinary hobbit. That is, until she — like Frodo — gets swept up in a battle, as panic sweeps nation over a surge in Satanism.
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16/11/23•4m 29s
The Mysterious Disappearance of Gary Devore
When LA screenwriter Gary Devore mysteriously disappears in the summer of 1997, weird coincidences lead family and friends to believe he may have been a victim of foul play -- possibly because of his mysterious ties to the CIA. Gary was on the way home from finishing his latest script, which was allegedly going to be based in part on real events that occurred during the American invasion of Panama, and that script vanished along with him and his vehicle. In Season 5 of Witnessed: Fade to Black, host Josh Dean — along with journalist Evan Wright and producer Megan Donis — investigates one of the most infamous missing person cases in Hollywood history.
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06/11/23•7m 34s
Gallery of Lies | 6. Changes
As our story concludes, Helge is on the verge of closing one of the biggest deals of his life. If he succeeds, what does that mean for his remaining years and his legacy? What does his story say about the art world—and beyond?
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10/10/23•31m 59s
Gallery of Lies | 5. Illusions
A documentary film on Helge has just been released. It should be a moment of triumph for him. An old enemy has other ideas.
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03/10/23•37m 18s
Gallery of Lies | 4. Borders
Helge says he wants to be a different person in his post-prison life. And a new organization he’s launched suggests he may make good on that desire. Not everyone, however, trusts him.
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26/09/23•44m 4s
Gallery of Lies | 3. Trials
Painting classes. Choir practice. Weekly chats with a wise priest. Dark thoughts. An up-close look at Helge’s life inside a German prison. And what will happen when he gets out.
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19/09/23•45m 59s
Gallery of Lies | 2. Collages
Over four decades, Helge builds a brilliant career. Then he rips off the wrong guy. In mere seconds, everything is lost.
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12/09/23•44m 40s
Gallery of Lies | 1. Openings
Traveling from a splashy Manhattan gallery opening to a remote Spanish island, we meet Helge Achenbach and trace his unlikely rise as an art world power player. But is he already spinning his story? And trying to control ours?
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05/09/23•46m 1s
Introducing Season Six of Chameleon: Gallery of Lies
He partied with Andy Warhol. He helped Jeff Koons create a 43-foot-tall puppy made out of flowers. Commissioned a daring Keith Haring mural. He made millions, owned several homes, and dozens of vintage classic cars.
And then he lost it all.
Get ready to meet the most famous criminal you’ve never heard of.
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22/08/23•2m 46s
The Dark Secrets of the "White Devil" - Witness Smoke Screen: Betrayal on the Bayou
For almost two decades, DEA Special Agent Chad Scott ruled the streets just North of New Orleans. He controlled a network of snitches by convincing people he arrested to work for him as informants. Chad would stop at nothing to put drug dealers behind bars. His successes won awards at the DEA, but his willingness to bend the rules earned him a terrifying reputation on the streets. Some called him the Golden Boy. Others called him the White Devil. But when one of guys on Chad's team is caught dealing drugs, Chad’s life is overturned. His right-hand men betray him and confess everything to the FBI. Investigators go over his career with a fine-toothed comb, asking the question: is Chad Scott the greatest DEA Agent in the South, or is he a criminal?
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08/08/23•6m 42s
Dr. Dante | 8. The Comeback Show
When Dr Dante ghosts on his own comeback show, Bradley is forced to chase him down. Just when it seems like the show won’t go on, Bradley convinces Dante to step on stage one final time.
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20/02/23•49m 16s
Dr. Dante | 7. The Documentary
Now in his 70s, Dr Dante walks out of prison (again) determined to solidify his legacy. He attracts the attention of Bradley, a documentary filmmaker keen to capture his final act.
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13/02/23•37m 4s
Dr. Dante | 6. The Troubleshooter
When a local TV news investigative team gets a tip about a fake university, they set out on what becomes a multi-year pursuit to find the man behind one of the largest degree mills in history.
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06/02/23•42m 35s
Dr. Dante | 5. The University
After a close call with the Federal Trade Commission, Dante is forced to abandon permanent makeup and come up with his most lucrative scheme yet: He starts a university.
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30/01/23•39m 38s
Dr. Dante | 4. Permanent Makeup
With zero training, Dr Dante and Bobby become unlikely pioneers of the beauty industry, teaching salon owners the art of permanent makeup. What could go wrong?
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23/01/23•45m 19s
Dr. Dante | 3. The Church of Dante
After serving a short prison sentence, Dr. Dante returns to the hypnotism scene at a surprising venue: a family theme park. With the help of a young protege, his godson Bobby Gold, he plans his first large-scale con.
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16/01/23•48m 46s
Dr. Dante | 2. The Rival
When a sudden tragedy brings Dr. Dante to San Diego to care for a loved one, he’s forced to reconnect with an old foe. Their rivalry ends in attempted murder.
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09/01/23•40m 5s
Dr. Dante | 1. The Hypnotist
When a mysterious man approaches one of the most famous actresses in the world and asks her to dance, she falls for him almost immediately. He’s a stage hypnotist, he tells her. But after they tie the knot, she learns that his illustrious career on the stage pales in comparison to his other career: con man.
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09/01/23•49m 19s
Introducing Season Five of Chameleon: Dr. Dante
Dr. Ronald Dante is a talented hypnotist (and not an actual doctor) whose mind-bending schemes span decades. Dante worked the smoke-filled nightclubs of 1960s Hollywood and rode the self-help craze of the 1980s and 90s, hypnotizing women out of their fortunes, taking out hits on his rivals and opening up one of the biggest fake universities in history. Host Sam Mullins tracks Dante through yacht clubs, prison cells, trailer parks and theme parks to uncover the unbelievable true story of the greatest con man you’ve never heard of.
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15/12/22•4m 46s
Scam Likely | 8. Hunt the Masterminds
Host Yudhijit and producer Johnny travel to Ahmedabad, India to find the fugitives who got away and finally unearth the whole truth.
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12/09/22•39m 33s
Scam Likely | 7. Take the Deal
The arrested scammers start to plead guilty, but can Dave, Kris, and Dylan get their hands on the biggest mastermind of all?
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05/09/22•38m 16s
Scam Likely | 6. Get the Bad Guys
DHS investigators Dave, Kris, and Dylan have tracked the scam for three years. Now it's time to take it down.
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29/08/22•37m 48s
Scam Likely | 5, Tell the Cops
Scam callers Pawan and Jayesh decide to turn on their bosses and inform American authorities, but it turns out an Indian police officer is already hot on the trail.
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22/08/22•39m 59s
Scam Likely | 4. Find the Evidence
Investigators Dave, Kris, and Dylan finally get a complete picture of the scam—but will anyone help them go after the criminals at the center of it?
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15/08/22•42m 12s
Scam Likely | 3, Meet the Callers
Two young Indian men, Pawan and Jayesh, get a job offer that seems too good to be true, and soon find themselves in the middle of the scam.
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08/08/22•38m 8s
Scam Likely | 2. Chase the Runners
Dave and Kris, now with the help of fellow investigator Dylan, surveille the on-the-ground scammers in the U.S. and get closer to unraveling the conspiracy.
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01/08/22•39m 36s
Scam Likely | 1. Follow the Money
DHS investigators Dave and Kris investigate a rash of scam calls and find out the plot is far bigger and more complicated than they could have ever imagined.
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01/08/22•40m 38s
Introducing Season Four of Chameleon: Scam Likely
When a small team of government investigators learns that ordinary citizens all around the U.S. are losing their life savings to scam callers, they go on the hunt for the shadowy multinational mob behind the con, unraveling their plot from strip malls in suburban Texas to office towers in one of India's largest cities. In the latest season of Chameleon, host Yudhijit Bhattacharjee retraces the steps of the cops and the crooks, and goes deep into the Indian underworld looking for the alleged masterminds who got away.
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20/07/22•3m 51s
Wild Boys | 9. Eternal Life
In the season finale of Wild Boys, host Sam Mullins sets out to answer a question anyone who's ever heard of this story has had: whatever became of those Bush Boys?
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15/03/22•38m 19s
Wild Boys | 8. Out of the Woods
For the first time, the Horn brothers tell the true story of their time in Canada.
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08/03/22•47m 30s
Wild Boys | 7. Kyle
After Roen jumps a fence to elude authorities, he enlists the help of the one person he trusts with his life – his big brother Kyle. The two hatch a plan and they head for the Canadian border.
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01/03/22•38m 23s
Wild Boys | 6. Roen
Seventeen years after the Wild Boys turned host Sam Mullins’s hometown upside down, he sets out to find the brothers and their family, and get the full story for the first time.
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22/02/22•40m 33s
Wild Boys | 5. Intermission
Our story is about to take a big turn ... next week. But for now, season 1 co-host Josh Dean and Rajiv Golla, the hosts of our biweekly "Art of the Con" subscriber-only talk show sit down with Wild Boys host Sam Mullins to talk about the origins of this incredible story, and what it was like for Sam to make something in and about his hometown.
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15/02/22•31m 3s
Wild Boys | 4. The Truth
Someone claiming to be the boys’ older brother contacts the journalist who scrambles to assemble the key players for a dramatic confrontation. The boys’ true identities surface and their elaborate deception is revealed.
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08/02/22•46m 7s
Wild Boys | 3. The Journalist
Will is apprehended and forcibly hospitalised, and a journalist convinces the boys to tell their story on national TV. The interview airs, and the community finally gets their first glimpse of the boys.
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01/02/22•33m 32s
Wild Boys | 2. The Skeptic
The boys are confronted by their first true skeptic — a local cop determined to verify their identities. Tami tries to shelter them from the police and prying media and urges Will to get help with his plummeting weight.
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25/01/22•40m 16s
Wild Boys | 1. Arrival
Two strange brothers, Will and Tom Green, blow into a small Canadian town, telling an unbelievable story about their upbringing. The community, led by a hockey Mom named Tami, rallies to help them. But the boys have a secret.
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25/01/22•41m 1s
Introducing Season Three of Chameleon: Wild Boys
In 2003, two half-starved brothers emerged from the wilderness, telling an incredible story of survival. A small Canadian community took them in. The only problem? The boys weren't who they said they were. Hosted by Sam Mullins.
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11/01/22•4m 55s
Chapter 10: Exiled
Emile returns to Las Vegas. His brother Gus loses everything.
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Chameleon- Season Two- High Rollers is a production of Campside Media.
The show is hosted by Trevor Aaronson.
Executive Producers are Vanessa Grigoriadis and Adam Hoff.
Fact-Checking by Alex Yablon.
Margot Williams, research.
Original theme song by Mark McAdam.
Sam Leeds provided production support.
Project Management by Doug Slawin.
The Executive Producers at Campside Media are Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, and Matt Shaer.
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10/08/21•37m 54s
Chapter 9: Play the Part
Is anyone going to be punished for Operation Botox? Trevor meets Gus’s friend from jail, and Chuck Ro leaves Las Vegas.
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03/08/21•43m 5s
Chapter 8: Better Call Paul
During the sting, Emile discussed with an undercover agent a plot to hire a hitman to harm a Las Vegas lawyer. But that local lawyer may have other connections to the FBI’s case.
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27/07/21•39m 58s
Chapter 7: House Edge
From behind bars in the Nevada desert, Gus reaches out for help.
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20/07/21•44m 52s
Chapter 6: Pahrump
Emile and Gus are arrested at the Las Vegas airport. They find Emile’s friend Mary at the detention facility.
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13/07/21•43m 40s
Chapter 5: Dirty Money
Emile introduces Michel and Dennis to his friends and associates, including his girlfriend Kim and his brother Gus.
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06/07/21•39m 56s
Chapter 4: Chuck and Dennis
Chuck and Dennis are good friends. Emile isn’t the first man they’ve lured into an elaborate trap.
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29/06/21•39m 12s
Chapter 3: The Sting
Michel and Dennis are bringing piles of cash to Emile’s weight loss clinic. But the two aren’t the wealthy businessmen they appear to be.
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22/06/21•34m 48s
Chapter 2: The Count
A Moroccan man named Michel and a wealthy man of the world named Dennis discuss business opportunities with Emile.
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15/06/21•31m 16s
Chapter 1: What Happens In Vegas
Emile Bouari, owner of a diet clinic, is out there hustling, trying to win in the city of sin. But he’s no stranger to the FBI.
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15/06/21•42m 45s
Introducing Season Two of Chameleon: High Rollers
The stranger-than-fiction tale of a two-year FBI undercover sting in Las Vegas that went bust, with no one convicted of crimes. Hosted by Trevor Aaronson. A production of Campside Media.
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13/05/21•2m 55s
Hollywood Con Queen | 11. Epilogue
An update on the arrest, plus two voices from Gobind's distant past speak up to help us understand this mysterious man.
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10/12/20•32m 8s
Hollywood Con Queen | 10. Curtain Call
Friends, classmates, even prison officials help us assemble a story of the Con Queen suspect that goes all the way back to his childhood.
Chameleon has been a production of Campside Media
Chameleon was developed, created, and written by Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis.
The Executive Producer is Mark McAdam.
The Associate Producer is Abukar Adan.
Fact checking by Callie Hitchcock
Editorial support by Doug Slawin, Natalia Winkelman, Rod Sherwood, and Ashleyanne Krigbaum.
Our technical consultant and disinfo specialist is Ben Decker, of Memetica.
Our theme song is “Bad Checks” by Houses.
Sound design and additional music by Mark McAdam.
Our Consulting Producers are Andy Horwitz at Atlas Entertainment
and Charles Mastropietro, at Circle of Confusion
The Executive Producers at Campside Media are Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, and Matt Shaer.
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03/12/20•50m 58s
Hollywood Con Queen | 9.5. The Psychology of the Scam
What makes con artists tick. In this special episode, we speak with author/journalist Maria Konnikova and psychoanalyst Alexander Stein.
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26/11/20•28m 17s
Hollywood Con Queen | 9. Inside the Walls
At long last, the team penetrates the scammer's inner circle — and zeroes in on the Con Queen's identity.
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19/11/20•45m 10s
Hollywood Con Queen | 8. Hunting the Hunter
The hunt for the scammer continues, and frustration is at an all-time-high — until our team gets the big break it's been looking for.
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12/11/20•39m 10s
Hollywood Con Queen | 7. Ghosted
With no sign of the case being resolved, and the Con Queen very much still racking up victims, the team decides to go hunting for this elusive scammer.
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05/11/20•38m 28s
Hollywood Con Queen | 6. Day Player
Just when you thought the Con Queen scam couldn't get any more mind-boggling, a new twist emerges — one that makes the depravity of this scammer abundantly clear.
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29/10/20•37m 35s
Hollywood Con Queen | 5. Turning the Tables
The scam has a whole other set of victims — the female producers and studio execs who had their names and reputations damaged by the Con Queen. Josh goes to visit Deb Snyder, one of the biggest film producers in Hollywood, and finds that she has some very interesting things to share about our scammer.
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22/10/20•39m 15s
Hollywood Con Queen | 4. Cat and Mouse
Nicole, the private investigator, joins us inside the rabbit hole, and begins to chip away at some of the scammer's defenses. That work also uncovers one incredible secret.
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15/10/20•34m 51s
Hollywood Con Queen | 3. Into the Rabbit Hole
The Hollywood Con Queen scam is far bigger and more complicated than anyone recognized. Each victim seems to lead to five more victims, and the more Josh and Vanessa unpack this baffling con, the weirder things get.
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08/10/20•37m 35s
Hollywood Con Queen | 2. Heather
Eddie wasn't the first person to fall into this fake movie trap. Not even close. Two years before Eddie got that call, Heather, a make-up artist in London, heard from a different producer, about a different movie, also in Indonesia. But Heather's trip was far more harrowing. She feared for her life. And her story pulls us deeper into the tangled web of the Hollywood Con Queen scam.
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01/10/20•47m 14s
Hollywood Con Queen | 1. The Hook
Eddie, an aspiring film industry trainer, gets a call from a powerful producer offering him the opportunity of a lifetime -- a major film project, in Indonesia. But when Eddie gets to Jakarta, there is no movie. And after some friends back home do a little sleuthing, Eddie realizes that he's been pulled into something far bigger than just a little scam.
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01/10/20•48m 23s
Introducing Season One of Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
The incredible true story of the Hollywood Con Queen scam, and the hunt for the sick mastermind behind it. With Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis. A production of Campside Media.
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17/09/20•4m 45s
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