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Sinopse
Incredible con-artists, liars, cheats, fraudsters, scammers and more: each week we will take you through a different true case of deception from how the lie began to how they managed to pull it off, and how (or if) they were eventually caught.Twitter: @connedcastInstagram: @connedcastWebsite: connedcast.com
Episódios
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The Cottingley Fairies
10/04/2019 Duração: 26minIn 1917 two schoolgirls managed to take some photographs that clearly showed fairies. The images became famous around the world and were used as 'evidence' of the existence of fairies for over 60 years, convincing even some of the greatest minds.
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The Fake Victim
03/04/2019 Duração: 32minEveryone will remember where they were on September 11th 2001. Unbelievably, one person saw the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in New York as an opportunity to achieve respect, sympathy and profile. This is the story of 9/11's Fake Victim.
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The Missing Boy
27/03/2019 Duração: 34minIn 1994 Nicholas Barclay was 13 years old. He was walking home from playing with his friends when he vanished without a trace. He wasn't seen again until 3 years later when he incredibly reappeared... however not everything was as it seemed.
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King Con: The Doctor & Lawyer
20/03/2019 Duração: 27minPaul Bint was a chameleon. Throughout the 80s and 90s he adopted the persona of many highly qualified people and performed jobs all over the UK, including regularly walking into hospitals and practicing as a doctor.
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The Stamps Scam
13/03/2019 Duração: 22min'Ponzi Schemes' are sadly not uncommon. They are one of the biggest and most serious forms of corporate fraud, but what are they? And who is 'Ponzi' that they have come to be named after?
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The Lottery Winner
06/03/2019 Duração: 21minWhen financial difficultly was likely to result in divorce, Howard Warmsley told a lie: 'I'VE WON THE LOTTERY'. For months thereafter he was forced to live the life of a multi-millionaire, all the while compounding his already crippling debt.
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The Man who Sold the Eiffel Tower
13/02/2019 Duração: 24minOne of the most audacious con artists of all time was undoubtedly Victor Lustig. Throughout the early 20th century he pulled off scams across Europe and the US including, successfully, selling of the Eiffel Tower... as scrap!