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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 Evan Ratliff investigates how Chikli duped some of the world’s most powerful people into handing over their fortunes. He explores how Chikli evaded the law for years and became a Robin Hood-like hero. More than just a tale of criminal genius, this is a show about the moment we’re living in right now — the golden age of scammers — and the power of seductio...
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A tense account of money, fear, and contested stories around Madame G's beginnings.
Madame G turns early to a relationship that sits close to the story's origins. Six months before Madame G received her first phone call, Shikley met David Atyash in Israel, a figure presented as unusually skilled at moving and hiding large sums of money.
Ashley Flowers and Britt Prawat revisit unsolved murders and cold cases as new evidence surfaces.
Two friends narrate true crime cases, listener stories, and archived live-tour shows.
Multi-part true crime narration, from BTK's Wichita letters to Australian cold-case disappearances.
ABC Audio's Theranos fraud series that also introduces its other true-crime podcasts.
LA Times reporter Christopher Goffard traces con man John Meehan's fraud, abuse, and its Bravo TV adaptation.
Persona's "Madame G" opens Evan Ratliff's investigation into Gilbert Shikli, the French-Israeli con man behind the "L'Arnaque au Président" scam that began in 2005.