Pretend Podcast

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Tag: Female con artists

Posted in: Episodes Season 7
The Confident Woman (Bonny Lee Bakley)

The Confident Woman (Bonny Lee Bakley)

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Remembering the life and cons of Bonny Lee Bakley.  Tori Telfer, author of Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of […]

Posted in: Episodes Get Started Season 6
Mair Smyth - Inheritance Scam

The Inheritance

A man says his best friend scammed him out of almost $100,000. Now, he’s getting revenge. Johnathan Walton fell for […]

Posted in: Episodes Season 4
Psychic Grief Vampires-Susan Gerbic

S407: The Psychic Vampires

Susan Gerbic says that psychics are grief vampires—taking advantage of our broken hearts. She asks, “Why isn’t anybody doing something […]

Posted in: Episodes Season 4
Susan Marie Walsh AKA Susan LeFevre the Fugitive Mom

S402: The Soccer Mom – Susan Marie Walsh

Every night, Marie Walsh had the same nightmare. If only she could roll over and tell her husband the truth. […]

Posted in: Episodes Get Started Season 3 Word of Faith Fellowship
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S301: The Prophet – Word of Faith Fellowship Revisited

Season 3: The Prophet – Word of Faith Fellowship Revisited   I’m back with a whole new season of Pretend […]

Posted in: Episodes Season 2
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S202: Snake Oil Salesman, Part 2 – MMS and Kerri Rivera

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Last time on Pretend, I spoke with a group of women who drink MMS, a bleach-type chemical, to cure everything from […]

Posted in: Episodes Season 2
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S201: The Snake Oil Salesman

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People are drinking a bleach-type substance called MMS to cure autism, depression, HIV, and cancer.

About PRETEND Podcast:
PRETEND podcast is consistently in the top 100 True Crime Podcasts in US, UK, Canada, and Australia. It has been featured in the New York Times, the BBC, and New York Magazine and Vulture named PRETEND in their top 52 True Crime podcast list.
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