PRETEND
From cult leaders to con artists and undercover FBI agents, PRETEND exposes those pretending to be someone they're not.
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S206: The Gambler Part 1 - Art Schlichter
This is the story of disgraced Ohio State quarterback Art Schlichter. In order to understand Art Schlichter’s crimes, you first have to understand how his story ends. Anita Barney, heiress and widow of a former Wendy’s CEO, lost every single penny...
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S205: The Reporter - Vester Flanagan
Warning, this episode may be disturbing for some listeners. It describes a shooting that resulted in the death of two people. While this story is not technically about a mass shooting, it has every characteristic of one. I began working on this...
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S204: The Taker
Karl comes from a long line of con men. He says both his grandfather and father were swindlers. It's only natural that Karl slipped into the family business. In today's episode, Karl talks about bribing corrupt company building managers. He says he...
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S203: The Boy and the Girl
Candis Cox and her husband Adam live in Raleigh, North Carolina. This is their love story. How did I find them? I’m glad you asked. I told my friend Wendy I was looking for a couple profile. She said, “Hang tight. I have the perfect couple for...
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S202: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 2 - Curing Au...
Last time on Pretend Radio, I spoke with a group of women who drink a bleach-type chemical that they claim cures everything from cancer to depression. I soon found out that parents are forcefully giving bleach enemas to kids with autism. As a...
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S201: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 1 - Curing ca...
I stumbled upon a group of people who self-medicate with chlorine dioxide, a bleach-like substance. They claim it cures everything from headaches, lyme disease, malaria, HIV, hepatitis, and cancer. When I first discovered this trend, I...
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S111: The Bigamist
Mary Turner Thomas says she married a bigamist.…
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S110: The Pretender Part 2 - Undercover FBI Age...
The Pretender - Marc Ruskin FBI undercover agent…
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S109: The Pretender Part 1 - Undercover FBI Age...
Before Marc Ruskin was an undercover FBI agent, h…
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S108: The Sculptor
Sharon McConnell-Dickerson is preserving the Miss…
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S107: The Real Estate Agent - Part 2 - Todd Koh...
South Carolina serial killer Todd Kohlhepp confes…
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S106: The Real Estate Agent Part 1 - Todd Kohlhepp
This week’s story is about self-professed serial …
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S105: Birth of a Con Man Part 2 - Opioid epidemic
Previously on Pretend Radio we witnessed the birth of a con man. Erik Torres started his criminal career as a street thug and worked his way up to car insurance scam artist. Here’s how how it works. Erik stages car accidents then the driver...
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S104: Birth of a Con Man Part 1
Imagine, you’re driving on the road when suddenly…
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S103: The Prophet Part 3 - Word of Faith Fellow...
In the Prophet part 3, we’ll look at the Word of …
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S102: The Prophet Part 2 - Word of Faith Fellow...
John Cooper remembers one of the Word of Faith Fe…
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S101: The Prophet Part 1 - Word of Faith Fellow...
The Prophet part 1 explores The Word of Faith Fel…
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