Lie, Cheat, & Steal

Pat tells Kath about the NYC couple who somehow found time to steal billions of dollars of bitcoin while one of them pursued a career as a white rapper.

Kath tells Pat about Damon Baehrel, the most exclusive restaurant in the world (maybe).

Kath tells Pat about an early 20th century con artist who learned his trade on Coney Island and traveled across the western world, charming heiresses, pretending to be indigenous, and hoovering up cocaine.

Pat tells Kath about a man who throughout his life managed to embody all three of the words in our podcast title: Ghislaine Maxwell's dad, Robert Maxwell.

Kath tells Pat about Black Oxygen Organics, a Canadian pseudo-health cure MLM that blew up during the pandemic before crashing and burning last month.

Pat tells Kath about a possible hate crime against cops (?) that wasn't what it seemed.

Kath tells Pat about John Spano, a businessman who briefly conned his way into owning the Islanders hockey team.

Pat continues his series on gullible presidents by presenting the scams perpetrated on, and in the name of, Warren G Harding.

Kath tells Pat about a phone scam targeting psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers in the bay area, and talks about a time she was scammed herself.

Pat tells Kath about the Bishop Sycamore High School football scandal.

Kath tells Pat about Oscar Hartzell, the most prolific of the Sir Francis Duke inheritance scammers, and possibly the inventor of junk mail.

Kath tells Pat about Byron McLaughlin, the former major league baseball pitcher who found his true calling as a shoe counterfeiter.

Kath tells Pat about the king of the "Yahoo Boys", aka the new generation of Nigerian internet scammers.

Pat tells Kath about a serial Bigfoot hoaxer and introduces us to a slew of strange characters within the bigfoot tracking community.

Kath tells Pat about a German forger and nazi enthusiast who tricked a bunch of people, including Rupert Murdoch, with a fake diary purported to be written by Adolph Hitler.

Kath tells Pat about an especially American scam: investments in the Iraqi dinar.

Pat tells Kath about Dreamworld, the crowdfunded MMORPG that wasn't.

Pat tells Kath about an art heist at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner museum, which remains unsolved to this day.

Kath tells Pat about Jeff Jarrett, professional wrestling's last carny.

Kath and Pat meet in person (!) to discuss Milli Vanilli, the iconic late 80s lip syncers.

Kath tells Pat about the Quadro Tracker, a device sold to police departments and school districts that claimed to detect drugs, firearms, and even missing persons (spoiler alert: it did not do that).

Kath tells Pat about James Hammes, an embezzler (and possible murderer) who hid out on the Appalachian Trail for more than 5 years.

Pat tells Kath about a startup that convinced the city of Philadelphia that it should run a COVID vaccination site. Subscribe to our patreon for two bonus episodes a month! patreon.com/liecheatandsteal

Kath tells Pat about Madison Cawthorn, the youngest member of the house of representatives, possible white nationalist, and compulsive liar.

In an unfortunately topical episode, Pat tells Kath about another time in our nation's history when some rich people attempted to trick regular folks into attempting a coup. Check our our patreon for bonus episodes: patreon.com/liecheatandsteal