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REVISITED: The Undead Tour: How The Fake Zombies Fooled America

A British band called The Zombies had a smash hit single in America with ‘Time of the Season’ in the late 60s. Shortly afterwards, four handsome Texans hit the road prete

A View To Deceive: An Artist Goes Undercover To Expose The Uber Rich

The views from New York's luxury high-rise apartments can be spectacular. And the higher up you go, the more exclusive, and expensive the properties become. An artist bec

The Artist of Cons: The Unbelievable but Totally Real Life of Milwaukee’s Most Interesting Man

As a teenager in Milwaukee, Art Rapkin became a hustler, karate champion and a fake Bob Dylan. Then he started smuggling cocaine, before ending up in a Mexican prison, wh

Lie in The Sky: Is Frank Abagnale Jr's story too good to be true?

Frank Abagnale Jr. became America's most famous con artist. He said he stole millions of dollars, posed as a pilot, a doctor and a lawyer, before working for the FBI. His

Cultivated: The Self-Proclaimed Prophet Hiding In Plain Sight

In the summer of 1991, a young woman walks into a police station in Ogden, Utah. She claims that just blocks away, amongst the manicured suburban sprawl, a self-proclaime

The Archangel Made Me Do It: The French Mayor And The “Fortune Teller” Who Has His Ear

The mayor of an idyllic seaside town in France had seemingly fallen under the spell of a glamorous mystic who claimed she could speak to the dead. Their relationship soon

Big Man on Campus: The Hoops Phenom Who Tried High School Twice

A promising high school basketball star seemed to appear out of nowhere—a talented homeless kid trying to rebuild his life after Hurricane Harvey. But Rashun Richardson w

Going Places: The College Art Students Who Fooled a Nation

In the late 1990s, a group of art students from Leeds, England, announce a week in Spain as their latest “conceptual artwork” — and Britain’s tabloids lose their collecti

The Wannabe Pilot: Fish Swim, Birds Fly, and Randy Lies

His friends, family and a string of partners all believed a version of the same thing. That Randy was a former marine who now flew commercial airliners. But as the people

For The Love Of Dogs: The Scam Shelters Abusing Animals For Clicks

A network of animal shelters in Uganda started posting heartbreaking videos of starving, mutilated dogs on social media, begging for donations from animal lovers. But as

REVISITED: The Kid Who Couldn’t Stop Playing Cop

In 2009, Vincent Richardson walked into a Chicago police station and reported for duty. No one noticed he wasn’t actually a cop. No one noticed he was 14 years old. This

Mother of All Stories Part 2: Mom On The Run

When Heidi Cloud was twelve years old, she became the first child in America to be sent to jail for refusing a court-ordered visit with her father. As she grew up, Heidi

Mother of All Stories Part 1: A Daughter Falls Under A Spell

Heidi Cloud's childhood never stood a chance of being normal. A mother with a warped way of seeing the world keeps the family on the run and embroiled in an impossible cu

Mr 10 Percent: The Suburban Dad Who Fleeced Global Soccer

He rode a mobility scooter through Central Park with a parrot on his shoulder. He also helped pull off one of the biggest financial scams in sports history. This is Chuck

Fetal Attraction: The Reality Star And The Woman He Wished He’d Never Met

When Clayton Echard’s season of The Bachelor ended, he thought the public humiliation was behind him. Then a woman he barely knew claimed she was carrying his twins — som

Laundry Man: The Wild Ride of the Pig Butcher's Banker

A swashbuckling South African expat, Benjamin Mauerberger, rose up as a boiler-room stock hustler in Southeast Asia, then reappeared years later with a diplomatic passpor

Introducing: Crimeless

Join your Chameleon host Josh Dean and his partner in (dumb) crime, comedian Rory Scovel, as they dive into the incredible story of a shady Swami who scammed Newark, New

Dumpster Fire Phoenix: The “Festival” Organizer Who Just Can’t Stop Himself

Fyre Festival was sold as the most exclusive party on earth — a luxury music festival in the Bahamas for influencers, celebrities, and the ultra-wealthy. It became one of

Catch Him if You Ken: The Dating Scammer Who Targeted Influencers

The story of a mild-mannered guy who charmed his way into the lives—and bank accounts—of women on two continents by posing as a wealthy heir with big crypto dreams. But K

Whiteout: The Olympic Snowboarder Who Became A Cocaine Kingpin

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder should have been a footnote—a guy who raced once, finished 24th, and faded away. But in early 2026, Ryan Wedding resurfaces as a fug