Lie, Cheat, & Steal

In an episode recorded in person in Austin, Pat tells Kath about the scandal currently rocking the world of competitive chess. Check our youtube channel for a video version of this episode! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3EUZEYJC1gNlyNq-GznYZQ

Kath tells Pat about an unorthodox insurance scam involving a family, a fugitive, and real injuries.

Pat tells Kath about the recent scandal that has rocked the competitive fishing world, as well as altered the rest of the world to the fact that there's a "competitive fishing world": scandal and intrigue on the Lake Erie Walleye Trail.

Kath tells Pat a tale of southern white entitlement that ends in multiple murders.

Pat tells Kath about Brett Favre's plans to use Mississippi's welfare money to build his daughter a volleyball court, and other ways Mississippi's elites robbed its poor blind.

Kath takes Pat on a trip through the Mormon imagination in this episode about the famous scared straight bestseller, Go Ask Alice.

Kath tells Pat about a grifter in the world of extreme travel in this episode, recorded in-person in Austin.

Pat tells Kath about the hysteria surrounding fentanyl that's causing cops to become even dumber than they already were.

Kath tells Pat about a would-be tech entrepreneur who swindled a small Alabama town.

Pat tells Kath about the subject of Goodfellas and the origin of a common LCS expression, Henry Hill.

Kath tells Pat about a celebrity doctor who seduced an American women as well as Europe's medical establishment under false pretenses.

In an episode recorded in person in NYC, Pat tells Kath about how Annie Dookhan, a superstar employee of a Massachusetts drug lab, managed to undermine the convictions of thousands of defendants.

Pat tells Kath about a wannabe actor who used showbiz promises to run a lucrative ponzi scheme.

Kath tells Pat about a gold mine in Borneo that was too good to be true.

Pat tells Kath about a scandal in the South Pacific that implicates huge numbers of US Naval officers.

Kath tells Pat about Filippo Bernardini, the recently caught culprit in a series of manuscript thefts with a mysterious motive.

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.