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Chameleon: Gallery of Lies

Chameleon: Gallery of Lies

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For years, Helge Achenbach has been among the world’s most successful art dealers. But with one treacherous move he lands in prison. In Season 6 of Chameleon, Gallery of Lies, host Bijan Stephen sets out on the international trail of the most famous criminal you’ve never heard of. With unprecedented access to an ex-con, Bijan attempts to solve the riddle of who Helge really is — and who he might become.

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The incredible true story of the Hollywood Con Queen scam, and the hunt for the sick mastermind behind it. With Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis. A production of Campside Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The stranger-than-fiction tale of a two-year FBI undercover sting in Las  Vegas that went bust, with no one convicted of crimes. Hosted by Trevor  Aaronson. A production of Campside Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In 2003, two half-starved brothers emerged from the wilderness, telling  an incredible story of survival. A small Canadian community took them  in. The only problem? The boys weren't who they said they were. Hosted  by Sam Mullins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
When a small team of government investigators learns that ordinary citizens all around the U.S. are losing their life savings to scam callers, they go on the hunt for the shadowy multinational mob behind  the con, unraveling their plot from strip malls in suburban Texas to office towers in one of India's largest cities. In the latest season of  Chameleon, host Yudhijit Bhattacharjee retraces the steps of the cops and the crooks, and goes deep into the Indian underworld looking for the alleged masterminds who got away.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dr. Ronald Dante is a talented hypnotist (and not an actual doctor)  whose mind-bending schemes span decades. Dante worked the smoke-filled  nightclubs of 1960s Hollywood and rode the self-help craze of the 1980s  and 90s, hypnotizing women out of their fortunes, taking out hits on his  rivals and opening up one of the biggest fake universities in history.  Host Sam Mullins tracks Dante through yacht clubs, prison cells, trailer  parks and theme parks to uncover the unbelievable true story of the  greatest con man you’ve never heard of. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
For almost two decades, DEA Special Agent Chad Scott ruled the streets just North of New Orleans. He controlled a network of snitches by convincing people he arrested to work for him as informants. Chad would stop at nothing to put drug dealers behind bars. His successes won awards at the DEA, but his willingness to bend the rules earned him a terrifying reputation on the streets. Some called him the Golden Boy. Others called him the White Devil. But when one of guys on Chad's team is caught dealing drugs, Chad’s life is overturned. His right-hand men betray him and confess everything to the FBI. Investigators go over his career with a fine-toothed comb, asking the question: is Chad Scott the greatest DEA Agent in the South, or is he a criminal? Subscribers to The Binge can listen to all episodes of Smoke Screen: Betrayal On The Bayou right now, completely ad-free. Catch new episodes of Smoke Screen: Betrayal On The Bayou every week wherever you get your podcasts or subscribe to The Binge and unlock all episodes ad-free today. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Smoke Screen show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. A Neon Hum & Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
He partied with Andy Warhol. He helped Jeff Koons create a 43-foot-tall puppy made out of flowers. Commissioned a daring Keith Haring mural. He made millions, owned several homes, and dozens of vintage classic cars. And then he lost it all. Get ready to meet the most famous criminal you’ve never heard of. Subscribe now to unlock all shows on The Binge and you’ll be the first to access Chameleon: Gallery of Lies as soon as it drops on September 1st. A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment Production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The  podcast Infamous covers the confusing, scary early days of the COVID-19  pandemic, one question captured the imagination of millions: Does New  York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo have nipple rings? In this two-part  Infamous series, Vanessa dives into the strange tale of Andrew Cuomo —  how he helped build his family's political dynasty, how he emerged  untouched by major scandals, and how a single virus launched him to  worldwide celebrity. But after a  potentially fatal nursing home policy, a lucrative book deal, and a  slate of alleged harassment allegations — which scandal will finally  take down America’s governor? From Sony and Campside Media, listen here:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/americas-governor-part-1/id1652941051?i=1000627001407 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eddie, an aspiring film industry trainer, gets a  call from a powerful producer offering him the opportunity of a lifetime  -- a major film project, in Indonesia. But when Eddie gets to Jakarta,  there is no movie. And after some friends back home do a little sleuthing, Eddie realizes that he's been pulled into something far bigger than just a little scam.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Eddie wasn't the first person to fall into this fake movie trap. Not even close. Two years before Eddie got  that call, Heather, a make-up artist in London, heard from a different  producer, about a different movie, also in Indonesia. But Heather's trip  was far more harrowing. She feared for her life. And her story pulls us deeper into the tangled web of the Hollywood Con Queen scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The Hollywood Con Queen scam is far bigger and more complicated than anyone recognized. Each victim seems to lead to five more victims, and the more Josh and Vanessa unpack this baffling con, the weirder things get. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Nicole, the private investigator, joins us inside the rabbit hole, and begins to chip away at some of the scammer's defenses. That work also uncovers one incredible secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The scam has a whole other set of victims — the female producers and studio execs who had their names and reputations damaged by the Con Queen. Josh goes to visit Deb Snyder, one of the biggest film producers in Hollywood, and finds that she has some very interesting things to share about our scammer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Just when you thought the Con Queen scam couldn't get any more mind-boggling, a new twist emerges — one that makes the depravity of this scammer abundantly clear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
With no sign of the case being resolved, and the Con Queen very much still racking up victims, the team decides to go hunting for this elusive scammer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
The hunt for the scammer continues, and frustration is at an all-time-high — until our team gets the big break it's been looking for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
At long last, the team penetrates the scammer's inner circle — and zeroes in on the Con Queen's identity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What makes con artists tick. In this special episode, we speak with author/journalist Maria Konnikova and psychoanalyst Alexander Stein. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Friends, classmates, even prison officials help us assemble a story of the Con Queen suspect that goes all the way back to his childhood. Chameleon has been a production of Campside Media Chameleon was developed, created, and written by Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis. The Executive Producer is Mark McAdam. The Associate Producer is Abukar Adan. Fact checking by Callie Hitchcock Editorial support by Doug Slawin, Natalia Winkelman, Rod Sherwood, and Ashleyanne Krigbaum. Our technical consultant and disinfo specialist is Ben Decker, of Memetica. Our theme song is “Bad Checks” by Houses. Sound design and additional music by Mark McAdam. Our Consulting Producers are Andy Horwitz at Atlas Entertainment and Charles Mastropietro, at Circle of Confusion The Executive Producers at Campside Media are Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, and Matt Shaer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
An update on the arrest, plus two voices from Gobind's distant past speak up to help us understand this mysterious man. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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murray

If mom would have properly raised her kids in the first place, free of the rampant dereliction of thought in their family, her son wouldn't have had his well-being neglected long enough for him to have "made his bed" and expected by CPS to lie in it. She's a grown woman who thinks she knows so much better than the majority of humans yet she didn't know how CPS works and thought it would be better to involve CPS than to work with doctors to save her child. These people are pathetic.

Aug 6th
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murray

Forget about the village idiot... this is a village OF idiots. No wonder these kids conned an entire town - they grew up believing untruths their entire lives and took their freak show on tour.

Aug 1st
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Shannon Compton

why is there silence for 10 minutes of this podcast?

Jul 20th
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Non Dairy Canary

I rather wish I'd stopped listening after episode 4. The more I learn about the boys and their parents - a weird combination of stupidity, ignorance, arrogance, lack of ethics, baseless and infantile conspiracy theories - the more unlikeable I find them.

Jul 12th
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Podcastfeind

I’m so sad for Roen, his unresolved trauma is ruling him. He’s wasting the life he has and is doing the opposite of living. His parents need to be ashamed of themselves for paving this dead end road both their children are on.

Jun 9th
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Rebecca Butcher

Great series.

Feb 21st
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Susan Silver

Apparently saying thank you and being grateful to the people who helped you is also a value that was not instilled in these boys. Too much time talking about flat earth and fake moon landings and not enough time taking about common courtesy and gratitude. Next time I open a gift I guess I dont need to say thank you because it was the gift givers choice to give it to me. crazy.

Jan 18th
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Susan Silver

conspiracy theories are this family's hobby. this is the result. Betting mom and dad are Qanon die hards.

Jan 18th
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God of Misery

you dog father

Dec 18th
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Sheon McLeod

i went to South America

Dec 15th
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Sheon McLeod

everyone

Dec 15th
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Katheryn Rowell

Lol! I love his YouTube!

Oct 16th
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Becky Mai Linsey

The mum is completely out of touch with the real world. So are the boys.

Oct 13th
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Denise Nichols

This sounds like it will be great!!!

Oct 3rd
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PG

is it just me, or is there a droning noise in the background? like one chord of music playing continuously... it kinda makes me think I'm going crazy, like there's something oddly off about what I'm hearing. am I the only one who notices this type of background music?

Sep 26th
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Michael Covert

birds

Sep 16th
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Brandy C.

These people totally tried to scam me! But lucky for me I'm horrible at money management so I always choose high with holding rates and my degree doesn't put me in a high wage category so I knew it was a scam immediately and started laughing at the lady. She hung up but the calls continued for almost a month.

Aug 22nd
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Olga Koleshchuk

Amazing how interesting topic like this can be made so boring.

Aug 10th
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Prophet Doc

Prepaid cards are very sketch.

Aug 8th
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Prophet Doc

With all the things people usually comment on, I'm surprised no one has commented on this subject. Thank you for this. It's very informative. SMFH

Aug 8th
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