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Persona: The French Deception

What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? This is the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the greatest con artists of all time. Host and award-winning journalist Eva... Read more

Warning: This podcast is a series podcast

This means episodes are recommended to be heard in order from the very start. Here's the 10 best episodes of the series anyway though!

Ranked #1

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Introducing - Persona: The French Deception

Introducing - Persona: The French Deception

What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? This is the story of Gilbert Chikli, on... Read more

23 May 2022

2mins

Ranked #2

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Madame G | 1

Madame G | 1

In Paris, a banker receives a bizarre call from her boss. He says she'll soon be contacted by a secret agent about a con... Read more

6 Jun 2022

36mins

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Genius | 2

Genius | 2

Gilbert Chikli was known to friends and family in Israel as a flamboyant local celebrity, a Robin Hood figure, and an in... Read more

6 Jun 2022

46mins

Ranked #4

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Copycats | 3

Copycats | 3

When a young graphic designer is detained crossing the Bulgarian border, he finds himself inside a nightmare that lasts ... Read more

13 Jun 2022

42mins

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The Tiger Dossier | 4

The Tiger Dossier | 4

A series of mysterious phone calls to French embassies around the world prompt the authorities to start a new investigat... Read more

20 Jun 2022

36mins

Ranked #6

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The Mask | 5

The Mask | 5

As a new scam emerges in the south of France, investigators stumble upon a tantalizing new clue. Meanwhile, reports begi... Read more

27 Jun 2022

37mins

Ranked #7

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The Fat One | 6

The Fat One | 6

The French police are on the trail of a leader of the Le Drian affair, but all they have to go on is a nickname, “the Fa... Read more

4 Jul 2022

46mins

Ranked #8

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The Voice | 7

The Voice | 7

Gilbert Chikli finally appears in court. The evidence appears stacked against him, including forensic comparisons of his... Read more

11 Jul 2022

49mins

Ranked #9

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Cards on the Table | 8

Cards on the Table | 8

In the season finale, a confounding clue in Gilbert Chikli’s case sends Evan back to the dossier to see if someone else ... Read more

18 Jul 2022

59mins

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After the Deception | 9

After the Deception | 9

Reporter Evan Ratliff joins the hosts of Wondery’s ongoing series Scamfluencers, Scaachi Koul and Sarah Hagi, to discuss... Read more

1 Aug 2022

38mins

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