Con Artists

After the death of her husband, Debby Montgomery Johnson joined an online dating site in hopes of finding love again. Wh... Read more

In the 1990's, young writer Stephen Glass left college and entered the journalism world, quickly becoming a rising star.... Read more

We are thrilled to bring you a brand new episode of Con Artists today and for the foreseeable future. We thank you for y... Read more

In only five years, Frank Abagnale Jr. managed to cause a major stir in the criminal world. After running away from home... Read more

Within 16 years of coming to America, Italian immigrant Carlo Ponzi would build a financial empire based on a massive sc... Read more

After starting a string of failing businesses in the early 1900s, American Oscar Hartzell found himself looking for his ... Read more

A master swindler who operated in the early 1900s, George Graham Rice was a con artist before America even knew the term... Read more

In the 1990s, California native Barry Minkow was finally released from jail. Determined to prove his redemption to the w... Read more

In 1995, Sandra Boss married who she thought was “Clark Rockefeller.” What she didn’t know was that his name was actuall... Read more

In a span of five years, Frank Abagnale Jr. took on various identities: airline pilot, pediatrician, lawyer. He had perf... Read more

In 1914, after two successful Christmas seasons, John Duval Gluck Jr.'s Santa Claus Association had become world-renowne... Read more

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Charles Sobhraj was one of the most elusive con artists in the world. Though his cons... Read more

Born in Germany in the 1960s, Christian Gerhartsreiter had dreams of going to America...conning his way when necessary t... Read more

He cut his teeth swindling victims through a series of card game tricks. Soon Victor Lustig would move onto more elabora... Read more

Here’s one of our listeners’ most requested episodes of 2019: Sante ran cons for the majority of her life and involved b... Read more

Franziska Schanzkowsky always thought she was destined for something bigger than the life of a Polish peasant. In 1921, ... Read more

On Jordan Belfort’s first day as a Wall Street Stockbroker, in October 1987, the market crashed over 500 points. A month... Read more

When a string of military failures under Gregor's leadership led to his exile from South America in 1820, the Scotsman r... Read more

Born into poverty in 17th century England, William Chaloner pulled himself out using a con artist’s tongue and his artis... Read more

In May of 1998, rock-star journalist Stephen Glass tried to break into the burgeoning field of reporting: digital techno... Read more