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PRETEND
Creative Babble
Show • 304 episodes
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From cult leaders to con artists and undercover FBI agents, PRETEND exposes those pretending to be someone they're not.
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2207: State of Corruption: Ohio part 1
Episode • Sep 2
State of Corruption: Ohio part 2
Episode • Sep 2
The Real Donnie Brasco - FBI Case File Review
Episode • Aug 28
2205: Who’s Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey Part 18: The 911 Caller
Episode • Aug 19
Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 17
Episode • Aug 12
"Nobody Should Believe Me" — When the Advocate Is the Abuser
Episode • Aug 5
2203: The Playwright part 3
Episode • Jul 29
Listen Now: Business Wars
Episode • Jul 23
2202: The Playwright part 2
Episode • Jul 22
2201: The Playwright part 1
Episode • Jul 15
BONUS: The Digital Trail to Epstein’s Island
Episode • Jul 9
The Pale Faced Lie Revisited
Episode • Jul 1
2111: The Stalker - New Charges part 21
Episode • Jun 24
Listen Now: The Rise & Fall of Diddy: The Federal Trial
Episode • Jun 17
Cocaine Air
Episode • Jun 10
2109: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 4
Episode • Jun 3
2108: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 3
Episode • May 28
2107: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 2
Episode • May 20
2106: The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 1
Episode • May 14
2105: The Man Who Stole 200 Million Identities
Episode • May 10
2104: The Digital Pickpocket Revisted
Episode • May 6
2103: LaDonna's Easter Egg Hustle
Episode • Apr 29
2102: Faking Insanity
Episode • Apr 22
2101: My Wife, the Ponzi Schemer
Episode • Apr 15
2013: I Married a Narcissist part 3
Episode • Apr 8
2012: I Married a Narcissist part 2 Listener Reactions
Episode • Apr 1
2011: I Married a Narcissist part 1
Episode • Mar 25
2010: The Keepsake Scandal
Episode • Mar 21
2009: The Gambler Revisited
Episode • Mar 11
2008: Licensed to Kill part 2
Episode • Mar 4
2007: Licensed to Kill part 1
Episode • Feb 25
2006: Operation Cock Block
Episode • Feb 19
2006: Operation Cock Block
Episode • Feb 19
2005: The Telepathy Tapes B-side part 3
Episode • Feb 11
2004: The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 2
Episode • Feb 4
2003: The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 1
Episode • Jan 28
Criminal Conduct S5: The Life and Death of Buffalo Jim
Episode • Jan 21
Nobody Should Believe Me: Sophie Saves Zambia
Episode • Jan 14
2002: DNA Deception
Episode • Jan 7
2001: Drone Hysteria
Episode • Dec 31, 2024
1914: BONUS: Grapes, Grifts, and Gavel
Episode • Dec 26, 2024
1913: The Christmas Con Revisited
Episode • Dec 24, 2024
1912: BONUS: Affirmative Pretend Bullsh**
Episode • Dec 23, 2024
1911: Love and Taxes Revisited
Episode • Dec 18, 2024
1910: The Maury Povich Olive Lady - Revisited
Episode • Dec 11, 2024
1909: The Woman Who Almost Stole Graceland
Episode • Dec 3, 2024
BONUS: How to Spot a Con Artist on the First Date and When to Walk Away
Episode • Nov 26, 2024
1908: LaDonna's Surrogates part 4
Episode • Nov 19, 2024
1907: LaDonna's Surrogates part 3
Episode • Nov 12, 2024
1906: LaDonna's Surrogates part 2
Episode • Nov 5, 2024
1905: LaDonna's Surrogates part 1
Episode • Oct 29, 2024
1904: The White Collar Support Group
Episode • Oct 22, 2024
1903: The Naked Surgeon Revisited
Episode • Oct 15, 2024
1902: The Greatest Footballer Who Never Played
Episode • Oct 8, 2024
1901: The Return of the Stalker
Episode • Oct 1, 2024
1816: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 16
Episode • Sep 24, 2024
1815: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 15
Episode • Sep 17, 2024
1814: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 14
Episode • Sep 10, 2024
LADONNA BONUS: A Swing and a Miss
Episode • Sep 3, 2024
1813: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 13
Episode • Aug 27, 2024
1812: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 12
Episode • Aug 20, 2024
1811: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 11
Episode • Aug 13, 2024
1810: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 10
Episode • Aug 6, 2024
1809: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 9
Episode • Jul 30, 2024
1808: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 8
Episode • Jul 23, 2024
Listen Now: Hysterical
Episode • Jul 22, 2024
1807: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 7
Episode • Jul 16, 2024
1806: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 6
Episode • Jul 9, 2024
1805: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 5
Episode • Jul 2, 2024
1804: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 4
Episode • Jun 25, 2024
1803: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 3
Episode • Jun 18, 2024
1802: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 2
Episode • Jun 11, 2024
1801: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 1
Episode • Jun 4, 2024
TRAILER: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey
Episode • May 31, 2024
Introducing: White Devil from Campire Media
Episode • May 20, 2024
1705: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 2
Episode • May 14, 2024
1704: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 1
Episode • May 7, 2024
1703: The Doula BREAKING NEWS
Episode • May 2, 2024
Introducing: MURDER HOMES
Episode • Apr 26, 2024
1702: The Doula part 2
Episode • Apr 23, 2024
1701: The Doula part 1
Episode • Apr 22, 2024
Confessions of a Ponzi Schemer
Episode • Apr 9, 2024
The Treasure Hunter Revisited
Episode • Apr 2, 2024
How to find people who don’t want to be found
Episode • Mar 26, 2024
1609: The Truth Experts part 2
Episode • Mar 19, 2024
1608: The Truth Experts part 1
Episode • Mar 12, 2024
1607: The Fake Lawyer
Episode • Mar 5, 2024
HACKED: Internet Hitmen Aren't Really A Thing
Episode • Feb 27, 2024
1606: The Grave Detector (Junk Science Bonus)
Episode • Feb 20, 2024
1605: The Stalker - Case Closed
Episode • Feb 15, 2024
1604: The Grave Detector part 3
Episode • Feb 13, 2024
1603: The Grave Detector part 2
Episode • Feb 6, 2024
1602: The Grave Detector part 1
Episode • Jan 30, 2024
1601: The High School Hoax (Shelby Hewitt)
Episode • Jan 23, 2024
1510: How to Disappear Revisited
Episode • Jan 16, 2024
1509: The One Who Got Away - Revisited
Episode • Jan 2, 2024
1508: The Christmas Con
Episode • Dec 24, 2023
1507 - The Stalker - It Will Never End (part 18)
Episode • Dec 12, 2023
1506: The Maury Povich Olive Lady
Episode • Dec 5, 2023
1504: The Red Collar Killer part 2
Episode • Nov 28, 2023
1503: The Red Collar Killer part 1
Episode • Nov 21, 2023
The Stalker - Is this the end?
Episode • Nov 20, 2023
1502: The Stalker - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (part 17)
Episode • Nov 14, 2023
PREVIEW: The Stalker Settlement Conference
Episode • Nov 10, 2023
The Lie Detector Revisited
Episode • Nov 7, 2023
The Babalawo Revisited
Episode • Oct 31, 2023
Listen Now: New Podcast “Ghost Story”
Episode • Oct 27, 2023
1413: The Haunted Tourist
Episode • Oct 24, 2023
1412: The Puppet Master
Episode • Oct 17, 2023
1411: The Lost and Found part 2 (Rudy Farias)
Episode • Oct 10, 2023
Listen Now—Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen
Episode • Oct 5, 2023
1410: The Lost and Found part 1 (Rudy Farias)
Episode • Oct 3, 2023
Listen Now: 48 Hours
Episode • Sep 28, 2023
1409: The Shit Show (plus Stalker update)
Episode • Sep 26, 2023
1408: The Digital Pickpocket part 2
Episode • Sep 19, 2023
1407: The Digital Pickpocket part 1
Episode • Sep 12, 2023
1405: The Pests part 5
Episode • Sep 5, 2023
Listen Now: Sports Explains the World
Episode • Sep 1, 2023
Criminal Conduct Season 4 - Getting Away with Murder
Episode • Aug 29, 2023
1404: The Pests part 4
Episode • Aug 22, 2023
1403: The Pests part 3
Episode • Aug 15, 2023
1402: The Pests part 2
Episode • Aug 8, 2023
1401: The Pests part 1 (Gang stalking)
Episode • Aug 1, 2023
1311: The Stalker - Interview with the Doctor (part 16)
Episode • Jul 18, 2023
Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark
Episode • Jul 17, 2023
The Undercover White Supremacist (FBI Retired Case File Review)
Episode • Jul 11, 2023
1310: Love and Taxes (plus Stalker update)
Episode • Jul 4, 2023
Up In Arms, from Alphabet Boys
Episode • Jul 3, 2023
1309: The Pale-Faced Lie part 2
Episode • Jun 13, 2023
Wondery & Bloomberg Present - Spellcaster: The Fall of Sam Bankman-Fried
Episode • Jun 8, 2023
1308: The Pale-Faced Lie part 1
Episode • Jun 6, 2023
1307: The Stalker - Fly on the Wall (part 15)
Episode • May 30, 2023
George Santos & The Harbor City Capital Ponzi Scheme (THE PONZI PLAYBOOK)
Episode • May 23, 2023
1305: The Stalker - In Time You'll Get the Truth (part 14)
Episode • May 16, 2023
1304: The Cuban Spy part 2
Episode • May 9, 2023
1303: The Cuban Spy part 1
Episode • May 2, 2023
1302: The Real Catch Me If You Can - The Promissory Note
Episode • Apr 25, 2023
1301: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 9 (update)
Episode • Apr 18, 2023
1215- The Proxy part 2
Episode • Apr 11, 2023
1214- The Proxy part 1
Episode • Apr 4, 2023
S1213: The Stalker part 13 (The Arraignment)
Episode • Mar 28, 2023
S1212: The Stalker part 12
Episode • Mar 21, 2023
INTRODUCING: Against the Odds: Alaska Bear Attack
Episode • Mar 16, 2023
S1211: The Stalker part 11
Episode • Mar 14, 2023
S1210: The Stalker part 10
Episode • Mar 7, 2023
S1209: The Stalker part 9
Episode • Feb 28, 2023
S1208: The Stalker part 8
Episode • Feb 21, 2023
S1207: The Stalker part 7
Episode • Feb 14, 2023
S1206: The Stalker part 6
Episode • Feb 14, 2023
S1205: The Stalker part 5
Episode • Feb 7, 2023
S1204: The Stalker part 4
Episode • Jan 31, 2023
S1203: The Stalker part 3
Episode • Jan 24, 2023
Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
Episode • Jan 23, 2023
S1202: The Stalker part 2
Episode • Jan 17, 2023
S1201: The Stalker part 1
Episode • Jan 10, 2023
SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow
Episode • Jan 9, 2023
S509: The Santa Claus Man Revisited
Episode • Dec 20, 2022
S505: The Prank Revisited (featured on Netflix Don’t Pick Up the Phone)
Episode • Dec 6, 2022
S401: The One Who Got Away Revisited
Episode • Nov 22, 2022
Suspect: Vanished in the Snow
Episode • Nov 11, 2022
S101: The Prophet Revisited - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult
Episode • Nov 8, 2022
S806: The Real Vampires Revisited
Episode • Oct 25, 2022
Introducing: Last Resort
Episode • Oct 18, 2022
S1108: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 8 (finale)
Episode • Oct 11, 2022
Wondery Presents: The ReWatcher: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Episode • Oct 3, 2022
S1107: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 7
Episode • Sep 27, 2022
From Death of an Artist: Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre
Episode • Sep 23, 2022
S1106: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 6
Episode • Sep 13, 2022
Wondery Presents: American Scandal: Snowden
Episode • Sep 5, 2022
S1105: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 5
Episode • Aug 30, 2022
Wondery Presents: Blood Ties Season 3
Episode • Aug 28, 2022
S1104: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 4
Episode • Aug 16, 2022
S1103: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 3
Episode • Aug 2, 2022
S1102: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 2
Episode • Jul 19, 2022
S1101: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 1
Episode • Jul 5, 2022
Trailer: The Real Catch Me If You Can
Episode • Jul 4, 2022
Who Rules Porn? From Hot Money
Episode • Jun 28, 2022
S1004: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 2
Episode • Jun 21, 2022
Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley
Episode • Jun 20, 2022
Introducing Smoke Screen "Puppy Kingpin”
Episode • Jun 16, 2022
S1003: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 1
Episode • Jun 7, 2022
Introducing PERSONA: THE FRENCH DECEPTION
Episode • Jun 6, 2022
S1002: The Sperm Donor
Episode • May 24, 2022
S1001: The Dadbot
Episode • May 10, 2022
Wondery Presents: Blood Ties Season 3 – “Strange Days
Episode • May 9, 2022
S908: The Deepfake
Episode • Apr 19, 2022
Wondery Presents: Scamfluencers
Episode • Apr 11, 2022
From Cautionary Tales: Death on the Floor
Episode • Apr 8, 2022
S907: The Forensic Musicologist
Episode • Apr 5, 2022
PRETEND's 100th Episode
Episode • Mar 22, 2022
Introducing American Hostage
Episode • Mar 17, 2022
Javier Interviews a Serial Killer — Criminal Conduct Season 3
Episode • Mar 8, 2022
S905: The Business of Cults part 3
Episode • Feb 22, 2022
S904: The Business of Cults part 2
Episode • Feb 14, 2022
S903: The Business of Cults part 1
Episode • Feb 8, 2022
Introducing Deep Cover: Mob Land
Episode • Jan 31, 2022
Chameleon: Wild Boys
Episode • Jan 28, 2022
S902: Cons, Scams, and Flim-flams
Episode • Jan 25, 2022
S901: The KGB Agent
Episode • Jan 11, 2022
S811: The Truth About Santa
Episode • Dec 24, 2021
S810: The Hypnotist part 4 - Alien Abductions and Hypnosis
Episode • Dec 21, 2021
Lost Hills: Dead in the Water
Episode • Dec 15, 2021
S809: The Hypnotist part 3 - Is hypnosis admissible in court?
Episode • Dec 7, 2021
S808: The Hypnotist part 2
Episode • Nov 23, 2021
S807: The Hypnotist part 1
Episode • Nov 9, 2021
S806: The Real Vampires
Episode • Oct 26, 2021
Hemingway's Picasso
Episode • Oct 20, 2021
Bonus: Michael plays air guitar
Episode • Oct 12, 2021
S805: The King of Lies
Episode • Sep 28, 2021
S804: The Ransomware Negotiator
Episode • Sep 14, 2021
S803: The Sovereign Man
Episode • Aug 31, 2021
S802: The Naked Sovereign Surgeon
Episode • Aug 17, 2021
S801: The Sovereign Citizen
Episode • Aug 4, 2021
Birth of a Con Man (Revisited)
Episode • Jul 20, 2021
The Hijacker (Revisited)
Episode • Jul 6, 2021
PRETEND turns 4
Episode • Jun 22, 2021
Introducing Fool Me Twice Season 2
Episode • Jun 21, 2021
Bonus: Jackie and Javier watch Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Episode • Jun 8, 2021
Bonus: The Real I Love You Phillip Morris
Episode • May 25, 2021
S710: The Sham vol. 1
Episode • May 11, 2021
S709: The Liquor Guy
Episode • Apr 27, 2021
S708: The Constable (Criminal Conduct)
Episode • Apr 13, 2021
S707: The Lie Detector part 2
Episode • Mar 30, 2021
S706: The Lie Detector part 1
Episode • Mar 16, 2021
S705: The Word of Faith Fellowship Update
Episode • Mar 2, 2021
S704: The Confident Woman
Episode • Feb 16, 2021
S703: The Pharmacist
Episode • Feb 2, 2021
S702: The Pill Mill
Episode • Jan 19, 2021
S701: The Real Donnie Brasco
Episode • Jan 4, 2021
S611: The Santa Claus Man (Rebroadcast)
Episode • Dec 22, 2020
S610: The Party Crasher
Episode • Dec 9, 2020
S609: The Treasure Hunter part 4
Episode • Nov 25, 2020
S608: The Treasure Hunter part 3
Episode • Nov 11, 2020
S607: The Treasure Hunter part 2
Episode • Oct 30, 2020
S606: The Treasure Hunter part 1
Episode • Oct 16, 2020
S605: The Inheritance
Episode • Oct 2, 2020
S604: How to disappear part 4
Episode • Sep 18, 2020
S603: How to disappear part 3
Episode • Sep 4, 2020
S602: How to disappear part 2
Episode • Aug 21, 2020
S601: How to disappear part 1
Episode • Aug 7, 2020
Introducing Smoke Screen: Fake Priest
Episode • Jul 30, 2020
S512: COVID-19 Scams: The Rattlesnake King
Episode • Jun 16, 2020
S511: COVID-19 Scams: How to Steal a Stimulus Check
Episode • May 26, 2020
Inside Criminal Conduct
Episode • Mar 16, 2020
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Criminal Conduct
Episode • Feb 3, 2020
S510: The Joe Schmo Show
Episode • Jan 14, 2020
S509: The Santa Claus Man
Episode • Dec 18, 2019
S508: The Prank Call part 4
Episode • Dec 4, 2019
S507: The Prank Call part 3
Episode • Nov 20, 2019
S506: The Prank Call part 2
Episode • Nov 6, 2019
S505: The Prank Call part 1
Episode • Oct 23, 2019
S504: The Cousins part 2
Episode • Oct 9, 2019
S503: The Cousins part 1
Episode • Sep 25, 2019
S502: The Sugar Daddy part 2
Episode • Sep 11, 2019
S501: The Sugar Daddy part 1
Episode • Aug 28, 2019
Bonus: For Keeps - Paul Goresh, the Beatles Collector Who Befriended John Lennon
Episode • Aug 14, 2019
S411: The Norco Bank Heist part 2
Episode • Jul 31, 2019
S410: The Norco Bank Heist part 1
Episode • Jul 19, 2019
S409: The Psychic Vampires
Episode • Jul 3, 2019
S408: The Psychic Kids (James Randi and Project Alpha)
Episode • Jun 19, 2019
S407: The Psychic Spy (featuring Uri Geller)
Episode • Jun 5, 2019
S406: The Bounty Hunter Part 2
Episode • May 22, 2019
S405: The Bounty Hunter Part 1
Episode • May 7, 2019
S404: The Soccer Mom
Episode • Apr 24, 2019
S403: The One Who Got Away
Episode • Apr 10, 2019
S402: The Shawcross Letters
Episode • Feb 20, 2019
S401: The Commander
Episode • Jan 30, 2019
S311: The Prophet – Matthew Fenner vs. the Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Part 2
Episode • Dec 4, 2018
S310: The Prophet – Matthew Fenner vs. the Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Part 1
Episode • Nov 27, 2018
S309: The Prophet – Inside the Mind of Cult Leader Jane Whaley
Episode • Nov 20, 2018
S308: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 3
Episode • Nov 14, 2018
S307: The Prophet - Meet Jane Whaley Part 2
Episode • Nov 7, 2018
S306: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 1
Episode • Oct 31, 2018
S305: The Prophet - Brazil and the Word of Faith Cult
Episode • Oct 24, 2018
S304: The Prophet - Allegations of Cult Abuse and Corruption
Episode • Oct 17, 2018
S303: The Prophet - Former Cult Members Speak Out
Episode • Oct 10, 2018
S302: The Prophet - Who is cult leader Jane Whaley?
Episode • Oct 3, 2018
S301: The Prophet - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Revisited
Episode • Sep 28, 2018
S213: The Hijacker, Part 2 - Martin McNally
Episode • Jul 24, 2018
S212: The Hijacker, Part 1 - Martin McNally
Episode • Jul 18, 2018
S211: The Jolly Roger Social Club
Episode • Jul 4, 2018
Pretend Radio Anniversary Bonus Episode
Episode • Jun 19, 2018
S210: The Babalawo - Secrets of Santeria
Episode • Jun 6, 2018
S209: The Good Cop, Bad Cop
Episode • May 22, 2018
S208: The Stranger
Episode • May 9, 2018
S207: The Gambler Part 2 - Art Schlichter
Episode • Mar 13, 2018
S206: The Gambler Part 1 - Art Schlichter
Episode • Mar 7, 2018
S205: The Reporter - Vester Flanagan
Episode • Feb 28, 2018
S204: The Taker
Episode • Feb 20, 2018
S203: The Boy and the Girl
Episode • Feb 14, 2018
S202: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 2 - Curing Autism
Episode • Feb 7, 2018
S201: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 1 - Curing cancer & depression
Episode • Jan 31, 2018
S111: The Bigamist
Episode • Sep 13, 2017
S110: The Pretender Part 2 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin
Episode • Sep 5, 2017
S109: The Pretender Part 1 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin
Episode • Aug 27, 2017
S108: The Sculptor
Episode • Aug 23, 2017
S107: The Real Estate Agent - Part 2 - Todd Kohlhepp
Episode • Aug 10, 2017
S106: The Real Estate Agent Part 1 - Todd Kohlhepp
Episode • Aug 9, 2017
S105: Birth of a Con Man Part 2 - Opioid epidemic
Episode • Jul 27, 2017
S104: Birth of a Con Man Part 1
Episode • Jul 25, 2017
S103: The Prophet Part 3 - Word of Faith Fellowship
Episode • Jun 22, 2017
S102: The Prophet Part 2 - Word of Faith Fellowship
Episode • Jun 20, 2017
S101: The Prophet Part 1 - Word of Faith Fellowship
Episode • Jun 6, 2017
PRETEND Podcast Trailer
Episode • Jun 4, 2017
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