The Original TINDER SWINDLER - He Scammed Them For MILLIONS!
·2 hr 1 min·5 clips
He claimed terrorists would kidnap and harm his family unless she sold everything to pay a ransom.
This episode features Mary Turner Thompson, a victim of serial conman William Allen Jordan, detailing her traumatic experience on the True Geordie Podcast. Host Brian Davis guides the conversation with Thompson, who authored a book about the predator. The episode examines Jordan's sophisticated manipulation tactics and the extensive damage he inflicted on numerous women.
Mary Turner Thompson explains how Jordan, using the alias "Will Jordan," romantically pursued her with intense love-bombing, including sending a dozen roses to her workplace. He falsely claimed to be a CIA operative working undercover to establish his need for secrecy and financial demands. Jordan fabricated a story about a terrorist threat against his fictional family, claiming a former asset knew their location and would kidnap and mutilate his children. To pay the demanded ransom and fund his supposed operations, Thompson sold her flat, car, life insurance policy, and piano, totaling £198,000. She later discovered Jordan had also fraudulently taken out credit cards in her name, leaving her with £56,000 of debt. His scheme unraveled when another fiancée reported him for using her credit card without permission, leading to his arrest. Authorities also charged Jordan for failing to register his address under the Sex Offenders Act, revealing his status as a convicted pedophile.
A shocking insight is that Jordan maintained dozens of simultaneous wives and fiancées, fathering many children while conning them out of millions collectively. The episode reveals he committed crimes beyond fraud, including molesting the child of one victim. Thompson's account underscores how effectively Jordan weaponized fabricated international espionage narratives to create urgency and compliance. His rapid proposal within two weeks of meeting Thompson demonstrates the accelerated timeline typical of such cons. The sheer scale of his deception, blending romance, fake government service, and terrorism threats, illustrates a highly calculated predatory operation. The financial and emotional devastation is starkly quantified by Thompson's total loss of assets and subsequent crippling debt.
The tone is a direct, interview-style conversation focused on narrative revelation and emotional testimony. The style is investigative and revelatory, structured to unpack the chronological steps of the con. Listeners interested in true crime, psychological manipulation, and detailed survivor stories would find this episode compelling. Those sensitive to stories involving financial ruin, sexual offenses, and child exploitation may wish to skip it.
