Baby Broker | 7. Gotcha Day
Mon, 17 Mar 2025
Tara Lee has her day in court, and her victims show up to face her. But it’s not over. An unforese...
Baby Broker | 6. Don’t F**k With Parents
Mon, 10 Mar 2025
Parents sick and tired of Tara Lee’s lies join a Facebook group to share evidence and bring her do...
Baby Broker | 5. The Last Adoption
Mon, 03 Mar 2025
Tara Lee pressures a couple to hand over her final payment, moments after their son is born. They st...
Baby Broker | 4. We All Became Investigators
Mon, 24 Feb 2025
The Mathenys arrive in Detroit praying their adoption is on—when two women contact them with grave...
Baby Broker | 3. The Birth Mothers
Mon, 17 Feb 2025
When the family from Chicago meets their daughter’s birth mom, Sarah, they discover she’s living...
Baby Broker | 2. Three Babies
Mon, 10 Feb 2025
A family from Chicago working with Tara Lee has agreed to adopt two babies when Tara Lee tries to ro...
Baby Broker | 1. You Cannot Tell Anyone
Mon, 03 Feb 2025
In 2018, Tara Lee matches Teresa and Mike Matheny of Atlanta with a pregnant woman in Detroit who is...
Introducing… Baby Broker
Mon, 27 Jan 2025
Imagine if you were about to become a parent and someone ripped away your dream. Tara Lee ran an ado...
Scary Terri | 1. The Mysterious Death of Devereaux Cleaver
Mon, 02 Dec 2024
In 1979, 14-year-old Devereaux Cleaver vanished at sea. Was it an accident? Or part of a sick and de...
Scary Terri | 2. The Last Will
Sun, 01 Dec 2024
Two more women, under Terri’s influence, die. But, how can you hold her accountable, if they die b...
Scary Terri | 3. Marital Issues
Sat, 30 Nov 2024
In the early days of Conscious Development of Body, Mind and Soul, if you dared to question Terri, s...
Scary Terri | 4. Becoming Mrs. Hoffman
Fri, 29 Nov 2024
Terri didn’t just convince people to take their own lives. She was a cancer on whole families. The...
Scary Terri | 5. The White Pill
Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Terri’s manipulation is evolving with horrible consequences. She’s now telling her followers tha...
Introducing: Scary Terri
Mon, 25 Nov 2024
Coming soon to The Binge, it's Scary Terri. A tragic double suicide. A teenager suspiciously drown...
Scary Terri | 6. “I need some money, honey.”
Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Facing pressure from wrongful death suits, Terri filed for bankruptcy, claiming she had no money. Bu...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 1. Stay With Me
Thu, 10 Oct 2024
For almost 50 years, Karen Falasca searched for the man who killed her sister, Denise. Host Anthony ...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 2. The Memory Palace
Tue, 08 Oct 2024
Karen remembers the bizarre events leading up to her sister’s murder, and all the people she never...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 3. The Torso Killer
Mon, 07 Oct 2024
Host Anthony Scalia looks into the unsolved murders of young women in Bergen County. Could their dea...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 4. The Girl On Old Hook Road
Sun, 06 Oct 2024
Karen pressures Bergen County detectives to look into who she believes murdered her sister. But th...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 5. The Broken Road
Sat, 05 Oct 2024
A serial killer’s confession leaves Karen with more questions than answers. Binge all episodes ...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 6. A Word That Starts With C
Fri, 04 Oct 2024
Karen writes to a notorious serial killer in prison, hoping to finally come to terms with what happe...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 7. Evil Nice Guy
Thu, 03 Oct 2024
Host Anthony Scalia builds a relationship with a notorious serial killer and finally hears the full ...
Denise Didn't Come Home | 8. The Truth Is Good
Wed, 02 Oct 2024
Host Anthony Scalia finally gets his hands on Denise’s case file, and starts to question the perso...
Introducing: Denise Didn't Come Home
Tue, 24 Sep 2024
Smoke Screen is now The Binge Cases - new name, same home for thrilling true crime stories. Catch th...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 8. The Last Letter
Thu, 19 Sep 2024
The defense attorneys for the man behind the scam argue the Duval scheme is no more deceptive than a...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 7. Call Me Blade
Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Our host writes a handwritten letter to the mastermind behind the Duval letters in 2023. He’s impr...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 6. DNA of a Scammer
Thu, 05 Sep 2024
The mastermind behind the Maria Duval scam is revealed. Who is he and how did he operate one of the ...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 5. The Runner
Thu, 29 Aug 2024
U.S. Postal Inspector Clayton Gerber discovers that the letters are entering the country via Albany,...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 4. The Swiss Swindlers
Thu, 22 Aug 2024
To find out how the scheme is operating in the present, we go back to how it all started. We know th...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 3. One Man's Trash
Thu, 15 Aug 2024
The Maria Duval letter scam began in Europe—so how did it make its way to America? U.S. Postal Ins...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 2. Psychic to the Stars
Thu, 08 Aug 2024
Who was Maria Duval? Her son says she had a gift, an ability to see people’s futures. She helped l...
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 1. Your Devoted Friend
Thu, 01 Aug 2024
What would you do if you got a mysterious letter promising to restore your health and vitality? Dore...
Introducing: The Greatest Scam Ever Written
Thu, 25 Jul 2024
What would you do if one handwritten letter promised to change your life forever? All of us want ...
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 6. Unfinished Business
Mon, 08 Jul 2024
Despite promises made by the police, the killer faces the death penalty for his crimes. Donna confes...
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 5. Donna
Mon, 01 Jul 2024
In the present day, Steve tracks down Donna, the killer’s daughter, who he first met when she was ...
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 4. The Exclusive
Mon, 24 Jun 2024
Steve secures his exclusive interview with the killer, who reveals what he considers the “real rea...
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 3. Take Us To The Bodies
Mon, 17 Jun 2024
On the strangest road trip ever, the confessed killer leads detectives, a prosecutor, and a medical ...
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 2. Confessions
Mon, 10 Jun 2024
Steve dives deeper into the details of the killer’s life, reaching out to his wife and daughter in...
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 1. Local Man
Mon, 03 Jun 2024
Steve Fishman is an intern at his local Connecticut newspaper and a regular hitchhiker. When one of ...
Introducing: My Friend, the Serial Killer
Tue, 28 May 2024
What would you do if someone you knew turned out to be a serial killer? In the 1970s, Steve Fi...
The Most Dangerous Man You've Never Heard Of - Who is John Todd?
Mon, 06 May 2024
In the 1970s, John Todd exploded onto the evangelical scene with a shocking claim: a secret group of...
Introducing The Runaway Princesses from In The Dark and The New Yorker
Fri, 02 Feb 2024
The wives and daughters of Dubai’s ruler live in unbelievable luxury. So why do the women in Sheik...
My Fugitive Dad | 6. Settling Accounts
Mon, 08 Jan 2024
Tom’s identity is discovered by the world. The press mobs their home. And the U.S. Marshal Pete El...
My Fugitive Dad | 5. Tom's Very Last Round
Mon, 01 Jan 2024
Ashley realizes her Dad has been hiding a diagnosis from her and her mother. Time is running out for...
My Fugitive Dad | 4. The Ringer
Mon, 25 Dec 2023
Tom was a scratch golfer. Good enough he could have gone pro. So why didn’t he? How did being a wa...
My Fugitive Dad | 3. The Last Randele
Mon, 18 Dec 2023
At a social security office in Boston, Ted Conrad is reborn as Thomas Randele. It was the first time...
My Fugitive Dad | 2. The Hunt
Mon, 11 Dec 2023
Introducing the Elliotts, the father-son pair who spent the better part of their lives with the sing...
My Fugitive Dad | 1. Becoming Thomas Crown
Mon, 04 Dec 2023
The summer of 1968 one of the most iconic heist movies ever made came out. The Thomas Crown Affair s...
Introducing: My Fugitive Dad
Fri, 17 Nov 2023
Ashley’s Dad was her favorite person in the world. He drove fast cars and sold them for a living. ...
Introducing *Crime Waves: Cold Truth*
Wed, 08 Nov 2023
How far would you go to save the world from itself? Dr. Eugene Mallove believed that a new form o...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 8. Approximation of Justice
Mon, 18 Sep 2023
Chad is charged on a long list of counts related to corruption. He isn’t just going to plead guilt...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 7. Inside the War Room
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
FBI Agent Chip Hardgrave and Chad Scott have a lot in common – they even went to the same high sch...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 6. Cops to Canaries
Mon, 04 Sep 2023
This is the story of how Chad’s team gets caught. Rose Graham is a grandmother who becomes Johnny’...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 5. Deal at the DoubleTree
Mon, 28 Aug 2023
Boobie is an informant for Chad but all the while he’s making over $300,000 a month dealing cocain...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 4. A Sign of Good Faith
Mon, 21 Aug 2023
Chad’s luck is finally running out. The beginning of Chad’s downfall centers around Frederick “...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 3. Kid Gloves
Mon, 14 Aug 2023
Ron Woods is a Black DEA supervisor who landed in New Orleans and found himself in the perils of the...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 2. The A-Team
Tue, 08 Aug 2023
Meet the A-Team, that’s what Chad called his ragtag group, also known as a DEA Task Force. Karl Ne...
Betrayal on the Bayou | 1. The White Devil
Tue, 01 Aug 2023
Chad Scott made an incredible number of cases by getting drug dealers to work for him as informants....
Introducing: Betrayal on the Bayou
Tue, 18 Jul 2023
For almost two decades, DEA Special Agent Chad Scott ruled the streets just North of New Orleans. He...
Assassins, Heists, & Nazis - The Untold Story of the Abortion Pill in America
Mon, 10 Jul 2023
You may have heard of the abortion pill, especially in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade la...
Just Say You’re Sorry | 6. Closure Doesn’t Exist
Mon, 05 Jun 2023
Driskill’s lawyers discover that he is theoretically eligible for parole after serving seven years...
Just Say You’re Sorry | 5. The Serial Killer Whisperer
Mon, 29 May 2023
A young law student called Ashely is the first to read Driskill’s letter and becomes obsessed with...
Just Say You’re Sorry | 4. Memory, Taste and Odor
Mon, 22 May 2023
Driskill is in jail ahead of a potential court case when an informant comes forward with information...
Just Say You’re Sorry | 3. The Grand Canyon
Mon, 15 May 2023
It's Day 2 of Holland’s interrogation of Driskill. Over the course of several hours Holland uses a...
Just Say You’re Sorry | 2. The Word of God
Mon, 08 May 2023
Chammah investigates the cop at the centre of the story – James Holland is so celebrated as an int...
Just Say You’re Sorry | 1. Not That I Recall
Mon, 01 May 2023
Texas Ranger James Holland approaches Air Force veteran Larry Driskill and asks him for help with a ...
Introducing: Just Say You're Sorry
Mon, 24 Apr 2023
Texas Ranger James Holland is celebrated as the ‘serial killer whisperer’, solving dozens of mur...
Deadly Cure | 8. The Rattlesnake King
Wed, 15 Mar 2023
Genesis II has recently gained a significant following in some South American countries, according t...
Deadly Cure | 7. Doing Time
Wed, 08 Mar 2023
From prison in Colombia, to a detention facility in Texas to federal detention in Florida, the Greno...
Deadly Cure | 6. The Raid
Wed, 01 Mar 2023
In the summer of 2020, the government raided Grenon's compound and arrested two of Mark Grenon’s s...
Deadly Cure | 5. Operation Quack Hack
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
As MMS continued its rise, so did the Federal Drug Administration’s attention on the so-called cur...
Deadly Cure | 4. The Limelight
Wed, 15 Feb 2023
Self-appointed archbishops Jim Humble and Mark Grenon begin hosting seminars around the world, and c...
Deadly Cure | 3. The Martyr
Wed, 08 Feb 2023
What starts for Daniel Smith as an attempt to regain trust in medicine quickly becomes "Project Gree...
Deadly Cure | 2. The Bleach Hunters
Wed, 01 Feb 2023
Fiona O'Leary is a fearless firebrand, and mother of four autistic children. She is also an online v...
Deadly Cure | 1. Genesis
Wed, 01 Feb 2023
Meet Mark Grenon, Jim Humble, and the Genesis II church. Mark Grenon, a missionary in the Dominican ...
Introducing: Deadly Cure
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
Smoke Screen: Deadly Cure is a podcast about a family on the fringe who convinced tens of thousands ...
A New Investigation: The Last Days of the NXIVM Sex Cult
Thu, 05 Jan 2023
Behind every infamous news story is a journalist trying to hold power to account. Join reporters V...
GOING UNDERCOVER
Thu, 04 Aug 2022
Alex Schuman, host of Puppy Kingpin, spoke to Deborah Howard, the president of CAPS, the Companion A...
A New Case: The Criminal Empire of Scam Calls
Mon, 01 Aug 2022
Chameleon: Scam Likely host, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, sits down with Alex Schuman to chat about the n...
A Q&A with Smoke Screen host Alex Schuman
Fri, 22 Jul 2022
Spectacle: True Crime host, Mariah Smith, sits down with Alex Schuman to chat all things about the n...
Puppy Kingpin | 7. Consequences
Thu, 21 Jul 2022
Jolyn Noethe faces a class action lawsuit that accuses her of a federal crime and might cost her up ...
Puppy Kingpin | 6. License to Sell
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
The Iowa AG’s lawsuit against Jolyn comes to a conclusion as she faces challenges from multiple si...
Puppy Kingpin | 5. Small Town Secrets
Thu, 07 Jul 2022
Alex heads to Britt, Iowa where Jolyn Noethe grew up and her for-profit enterprise, J.A.K.’s Puppi...
Puppy Kingpin | 4. A Kind of Identity Theft
Thu, 30 Jun 2022
Multiple lawsuits now accuse Jolyn Noethe of creating rescues to sell commercially-bred puppies wher...
Puppy Kingpin | 3. Hobo K9
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
Authorities learn of unusual “rescue puppies” starting to turn up in Chicago and begin an invest...
Puppy Kingpin | 2. Inside a Puppy Mill
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
Alex sets out to learn more about Jolyn Noethe, but ends up getting an inside look at a puppy mill a...
Puppy Kingpin | 1. Follow the Puppies
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
When Mindi Callison finds out a local pet shop might be selling puppies from a puppy mill, she takes...
Coming Soon: Puppy Kingpin
Wed, 25 May 2022
Americans are used to being on the lookout for a scam, but authorities are warning of a new kind of ...
Bonus episode: Where's my money?
Fri, 20 May 2022
Last year, as the final episodes of The Sellout aired, LA TACO got a tip from a listener: for years,...
The Sellout | 9: There's A Fire
Tue, 14 Dec 2021
Mariah talks to the Boyle Heights residents who watched as FBI agents raided Huizar’s home and off...
The Sellout | 8: The Downfall
Tue, 07 Dec 2021
Huizar’s carelessness starts to catch up with him. After more than a dozen all-expenses paid trips...
The Sellout | 7: The Coverup
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
Huizar’s downfall started with a sexual harassment lawsuit. He didn’t have the hundreds of thous...
The Sellout | 6: The Heyday
Tue, 23 Nov 2021
Gentrification comes in waves. Over years, a piece of downtown LA transformed from Skid Row, to a b...
The Sellout | 5: How Downtown Was Won
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
No man is an island. Huizar couldn’t have pulled off the alleged corruption scheme without help. H...
The Sellout | 4. Progress Over People
Tue, 09 Nov 2021
When fancy new developments like The Gold Line expansion get proposed, residents of Boyle Heights wo...
The Sellout | 3. Red Flags
Tue, 02 Nov 2021
Alvin Parra worked for Huizar when he first got elected. He saw early warning signs that Huizar wasn...
The Sellout | 2. Gentrification is Warfare
Tue, 26 Oct 2021
A militant organization called Defend Boyle Heights protests encroaching gentrification, by any mean...
The Sellout | 1. The Gem of Boyle Heights
Tue, 26 Oct 2021
As a working-class Latinx neighborhood in Los Angeles faces gentrification, residents are ready to f...
Introducing The Sellout and Smoke Screen Plus
Fri, 22 Oct 2021
Jonathan Hirsch, Neon Hum CEO and host of I Am Rama, introduces this season of Smoke Screen (it's ca...
Coming Soon: The Sellout
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
Jose Huizar grew up in Boyle Heights – a working-class Latinx neighborhood in L.A. Eventually, he ...
I Am Rama | 10. Legacy
Tue, 17 Aug 2021
In this episode, we explore all that Rama left behind: students, a charitable foundation, music, boo...
I Am Rama | 9. Conscience Bay
Tue, 10 Aug 2021
Power trips to paradise and never-before shared knowledge -- were these golden times, or Rama’s wa...
I Am Rama | 8. Public Opinion
Tue, 03 Aug 2021
As Rama’s image took a hit in the public sphere, his students circled the wagons around their teac...
I Am Rama | 7. Accused
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
Multiple women accuse Rama of sexual misconduct and emotional manipulation. Many of Rama’s student...
I Am Rama | 6. Deprogramming
Tue, 20 Jul 2021
Rama finds himself in the crosshairs of the Cult Awareness Network, a group dedicated to extricating...
I Am Rama | 5. Brenda
Tue, 13 Jul 2021
A young woman follows Rama to New York, and mysteriously vanishes, leaving behind many to wonder wha...
I Am Rama | 4. Spiritual Contract
Tue, 06 Jul 2021
Will Arntz is a man of many talents, from filmmaker to laser physicist. In this episode, Will relive...
I Am Rama | 3. California Dreaming
Tue, 29 Jun 2021
Rama’s growth as a spiritual teacher in the mid-80s starts in California but takes him and his stu...
I Am Rama | 2. Becoming
Tue, 22 Jun 2021
This episode follows Frederick Lenz III from his early days and education through his introduction t...
I Am Rama | 1. Golden Light
Tue, 22 Jun 2021
Rama was a man of many faces: teacher, tech entrepreneur, friend - and to some, a scam artist. This ...
Coming Soon: I Am Rama
Tue, 08 Jun 2021
Rama was a spiritual teacher in the 80s and 90s who inspired many of his students while helming what...
Fake Priest | 9. How To Get Away With Fraud
Thu, 08 Oct 2020
Until now, Father Ryan has mostly escaped punishment for stealing money from followers under false p...
Fake Priest | 8. Origin Story
Thu, 01 Oct 2020
Alex Schuman finally has his showdown with Father Ryan. But things don't go as planned because Fathe...
Fake Priest | 7. Two Dead Priests
Thu, 24 Sep 2020
In his autobiography, Father Ryan connects himself to two priests who died suspiciously. One he accu...
Fake Priest | 6. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Thu, 17 Sep 2020
The father-daughter investigator team discovers the cop who arrested Father Ryan may have an ulterio...
Fake Priest | 5. Meet The Browns
Thu, 10 Sep 2020
A sheriff deputy arrests Father Ryan for taking more than $70,000 from an elderly follower. It's loo...
Fake Priest | 4. Llama Drama
Thu, 03 Sep 2020
After Father Ryan steals a follower's money, her property and even her husband's ashes, she hires a ...
Fake Priest | 3. The Teacher
Thu, 27 Aug 2020
Even con artists need mentors. Meet the false prophet who teaches Father Ryan how to perfect his con...
Fake Priest | 2. Coming Home
Thu, 20 Aug 2020
Alex tracks down Father Ryan’s son, Jonathan Brady, and discovers Father Ryan was a scammer and ma...
Fake Priest | 1. An Unholy Priest
Thu, 13 Aug 2020
Investigative reporter Alex Schuman hears about a guy accused of swindling millions who has travelle...
Introducing Smoke Screen: Fake Priest
Fri, 31 Jul 2020
For 30 years, a man claimed to be a priest. He performed baptisms and took confession. Every time he...