Not Another True Crime Podcast

By Betches Media

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On Betches Media's Not Another True Crime Podcast, hosts Danny Murphy and Sara Levine are your partners in wine, crime, and time as they recap the buzziest true crime documentaries and travel back in history to discuss little-known crimes from the past.

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Murdaugh Murders Ft. Mandy ...

11.27.2023

Sara is joined by journalist Mandy Matney, host of The Murdaugh Murders Podcast, about the current state of journalism, her new book Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty, how systemic sexism fostered the ...

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11.27.2023 Murdaugh Murders Ft. Mandy Matney Sara is joined by journalist Mandy Matney, host of The Murdaugh Murders Podcast, about the current state of journalism, her new book Blood on Their Hands: Murder, Corruption, and the Fall of the Murdaugh Dynasty, how systemic sexism fostered the ...
11.20.2023 Zach Avery and The Biggest Ponzi Scheme You’ve Never Heard of Sara and Danny catch up on the latest RHOSLC drama before diving into this week's story: aspiring actor-turned-scammer Zachary J Horowitz aka Zach Avery. Avery was charged with wire fraud when he used his company, 1inMM Capital LLC, to collect ...
11.13.2023 The FTX Trial Explained Ft. Rex Chatterjee Sara and Danny are joined by attorney Rex Chatterjee, who explains why the FTX case is actually simpler than you might think. He walks Danny and Sara through the basics of wire fraud, how this kind of trial works, Sam ...
11.06.2023 Scams From The Headlines: Defrauding The Lottery, Fake Remote Employment, & Nefarious AI Danny's flying solo this week with another roundup of recent newsworthy scams. First up, a Massachusetts family defrauds the lottery out of $20 million. Then, an Australian woman is the latest victim of an employment scam, losing her life savings. ...
10.30.2023 James Hogue: Runner, Thief, and Teenage Impersonator This week, Sara and Danny cover James Hogue, a champion runner-turned con man, who stole everything from trophies, to bikes, to gemstones - all while posing as a teenage student, despite the fact that he was pushing 30. SOURCES: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2001/09/03/the-runner ...
10.23.2023 The Many Cons Of Barry Minkow, Part 2 In Part 2 of Sara and Danny's deep dive on Barry Minkow, Barry is released from prison and rebrands himself as a pastor, starts a for-profit investigative firm dedicated to uncovering business frauds., and his church parishioners raise funds for ...
10.16.2023 The Many Cons Of Barry Minkow, Part 1 Sara and Danny are back with a deep dive on Barry Minkow, a man with a relentless entrepreneurial spirit for cons and scams. In Part 1, they cover his early start as a child telemarketer, and how his adolescent carpet ...
10.09.2023 Crypto King Pins Ft. Tom Wright Sara and Danny are joined by journalist, NYT bestselling author, and Pulitzer finalist Tom Wright, to talk about his podcast Crypto Kingpins. The podcast covers the rivalry between two titans in the crypto industry: Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX and Changpeng ...
10.02.2023 BS High Ft. Travon Free & Martin Desmond Roe Sara and Danny are joined by Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe to talk about their new HBO documentary BS High, which covers the story of a high school football scandal that made headlines 2021. The Bishop Sycamore Centurions - ...
09.25.2023 Updates on Ashton Kutcher & Mila Kunis, Iggy Azalea, And Russell Brand This week, Sara and Danny recap some recent celebrity news. First up is Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, who were in hot water after their letters to the judge in Danny Masterson's rape case were made public. Ashton subsequently resigned ...
09.18.2023 Telemarketers Ft. Sam Lipman-Stern Sara and Danny are joined by documentary filmmaker Sam Lipman-Stern, to talk about his 3 part HBO docuseries Telemarketers. This two-decades-long project began back when Sam first started working at the Civil Development Group, where he started recording the bizarre ...
09.11.2023 Festival Fiascos: Burning Man, Electric Zoo, & Fyre Fest II Sara and Danny bid a sweaty farewell to summer with a roundup of some recent festival fiascos and one coming down the pipeline. First up is Burning Man, the week-long festival in the Nevada desert, where each year participants erect ...
09.04.2023 The Retrievals Ft. Susan Burton Sara and Danny are joined by writer and reporter Susan Burton, to talk all about her podcast The Retrievals, a 5 part narrative series from The New York Times and Serial. The Retrievals details the story of dozens of women ...
08.28.2023 ‘Stranger Things’ Have Happened: Inside The Wild Catfish Saga, Covid Relief Fraud In Miami, And Ghislane's Religious Pivot This week, Sara and Danny cover the bizarre catfishing case where a romance scammer posed as Stranger Things actor Darce Montgomery to get thousands of dollars in gift cards. Then, a Miami realtor is serving time for misuse of Covid ...
08.21.2023 Inside "The Blind Side" Legal Drama Between Michael Oher, Tuohy Family This week, Danny covers the ongoing legal drama between Michael Oher, and the Tuohy family, best known for their portrayal in the 2009 film The Blind Side (based on a book of the same name). Michael is suing the Tuohys, ...
08.14.2023 SCAMPLING: Scams You Should Be Aware Of Sara and Danny are back with a rundown of some current scams that we all need to be on alert for. First up, people posing as Bank Of America fraud department employees are tricking customers into transferring them money via ...
08.07.2023 Exploring Elder Scams This week, Sara and Danny cover Leah Remini's new harassment and defamation lawsuit against the Church of Scientology. Then, they get into some international elder scams: First, a 73-year-old New York grandmother named Jean, who outsmarted a scammer posing as ...
07.31.2023 The Shien RICO Case And Elon's Potential Trademark Showdown Ft. Intellectual Property Lawyer Joshua Greenberg Sara and Danny are joined by intellectual property entertainment lawyer Joshua Greenberg, who explains the Shien lawsuit and what actually constitutes copyright infringement. They also discuss the potential problems that may arise with Elon's X-branded Twitter pivot. Check out our ...
07.24.2023 Ferdinand Ward: the Best-Hated Man in the United States Sara & Danny are back with a conman from New York history, Ferdinand Ward, who earned himself a reputation worthy of the nickname "Young Napoleon of Finance" - and eventually, the "Best-Hated Man" in the country. Sara and Danny dive ...
07.17.2023 Cassie Chadwick: A Scammer Of Many Names This week, Sara and Danny cover Cassie Chadwick, aka Betty Bigley, aka Madam Marie Rosa, aka Madame Lydia Devere - a scammer with an unbelievable track record of defrauding banks and millionaires. They get into her many crimes and identities ...
07.10.2023 The Villisca Ax Murders Sara and Danny cover a still-unsolved mass murder from 1912, where a family of six and two guests were bludgeoned to death in their Villisca, Iowa home. They get into the events leading up to the murders, the investigation, and ...
07.03.2023 Consulting An Expert Ft. Criminal Defense Attorney Jason Goldman Sara and Danny are joined by criminal defense attorney Jason Goldman, who shares his unique insight and perspective on the justice system, as well as some past and present high profile cases, including the Idaho murders, Natalie Holloway, Scott Peterson, ...
06.26.2023 C.L. Blood & The Laughing Gas Scam This week, Sara and Danny are going back to the 1800s to cover C.L. Blood, a con man who posed as a doctor, and claimed that oxygenized air (aka nitrous oxide) could cure a whole slew of medical ailments. They ...
06.19.2023 Scamanda Ft. Charlie Webster Sara and Danny are joined by broadcast journalist and producer Charlie Webster, to talk all about her true crime podcast Scamanda. The 8 episode series details the story of Amanda Riley, who made headlines in 2022 for faking her cancer ...
06.12.2023 Natalia Grace Docuseries Recap This week, Sara and Danny give their recap and thoughts on the new Max docuseries The Curious Case Of Natalia Grace, which takes a closer look at a bizarre story that NATCP covered back in 2019. They get into the ...
06.05.2023 Armie Hammer, Anna Delvey Updates, & More Ft. Daisy Maskell Danny and Sara are joined by UK radio host, podcaster, and true crime aficionado Daisy Maskell! They get into Daisy's documentary Cheat Detectives which investigates the TikTok "loyalty test" trend, find out her latest true crime obsessions, and share their ...
05.29.2023 Donald Stellwag aka Big Mäck Sara and Danny are back this week with a rundown of the Netflix documentary Big Mäck: Gangsters and Gold, which tells the story of Donald Stellwag - a man who was wrongfully imprisoned for a robbery he did not commit, ...
05.22.2023 Katie Sorensen: The Attempted Kidnapping That Wasn't This week, Sara and Danny cover a recent news story about Katie Sorensen - an "aspiring" Bay Area momfluencer who falsely accused a couple of attempting to kidnap her children in a Michaels store. They get into her QAnon past, ...
05.15.2023 Utah "Grief Author" Kouri Richins, George Santos AKA SCAMtos, And More Headlines Sara and Danny are back with some stories from recent headlines. First up is Utah mother and wife Kouri Richins, who wrote a children's book about grief after her husband died... only to then be revealed as her husband's killer. ...
05.08.2023 Brittany Dawn: Fitfluencer Turned Scammer This week, Sara and Danny delve into the world of fitness and Christianity influencers, with scammer and self-proclaimed "eating disorder solider" Brittany Dawn. They break down how her shady business swindled vulnerable customers and landed her in legal trouble with ...
05.01.2023 HEADLINE ROUND-UP: Elizabeth Holmes, Lori Vallow, Nicholas Alahverdian, & Julia Wendell Sara and Danny are back with a round-up of some current and ongoing stories from the past week's headlines. First up is the ever-present Elizabeth Holmes, who is once again doing whatever it takes to avoid serving her sentence. Next, ...
04.24.2023 Murder of a Millionaire: The Death of Serge Rubinstein This week, Sara and Danny kick off the show with some updates on Billy McFarland and Elizabeth Holmes. Then, they dive into the unsolved murder of Serge Rubenstein - draft dodging, café society denizen who made his millions through currency ...
04.17.2023 Hello, It’s Her: Adele Spitzeder (The First Reported Ponzi scheme) This week, Sara and Danny catch up on the Trump indictment and Jen Shah's prison book list, before discussing the actual OG Ponzi schemer, Adele Spitzeder. An actress, womanizer, dog mom, philanthropist, nepo baby... literally what can't this b*tch do ...
04.10.2023 The Heiress Kidnapping Of Alice Parsons That Was (Or Maybe Wasn't) This week, Sara and Danny examine the unsolved case of Long Island's very own missing heiress, Alice Parsons. They discuss her unhappy marriage to an oil heir-turned squab farmer (turned squab paste manufacturer), and how his affair with a mysterious ...
04.03.2023 The Not So True Story Of Frank William Abignale Jr. Sara and Danny dive into one of the most notorious con men in history: Frank William Abignale. Popularized by Catch Me If You Can, he has been immortailzed as the ultimate jet-setting conman, but as it turns out, we might've ...
03.27.2023 “Ruthless Ruth” & The Murder Of Albert Snyder This week, Sara and Danny kick off the episode with a brief update on the Madeleine McCann story, for which we might be beginning to get some answers for. Then, they dig into the episode, taking us all the way ...
03.20.2023 Did They Solve The Somerton Man? Sara and Danny take a look at one of the most well-known mysteries from Australia, the death of the Somerton Man. They dive into the unexplained circumstances under which the body of the unidentified man was found, and the few ...
03.13.2023 The Ozy Media Scandal This week, Sara and Danny kick off the episode with a quick update on the Murdaugh trial(updates are moving quick, make sure to follow @notanothertruecrime to stay up to date,) before diving into the main story of the week: the ...
03.06.2023 The Death Of William Desmond Taylor Ft. Aly Michalka of Aly & AJ This week, Sara and Danny are joined by Aly Michalka from Aly & AJ to spend a bit of time talking about true crime! They kick things off discussing the recent release from prison of Charles Sobhraj (popularized by the ...
02.27.2023 The Charlatan Of The Ozarks Sara and Danny cover the story of Norman Baker, the magician who later claimed to have the cure for cancer. They start off by exploring his background as a vaudeville performer, inventor, and tramp machinist (yes, that’s a real profession). ...
02.20.2023 The Locked Room Murder Sara and Danny cover the story of Joe Elwell, a tale of murder, mystery and… bridge! They talk all about the life of the conniving con artist in the early 1900s, whose shady dealings ultimately led to his demise. They ...
02.13.2023 The Man Who "Sold" The Eiffel Tower Sara and Danny are back to talk all about infamous scammer extraordinaire Victor Lustig, the Austro-Hungarian who once sold the Eiffel Tower. They cover his laundry list of scams he ran throughout his life in the early 1900’s, and the ...
02.06.2023 The Nolan Sisters Sara and Danny cover the Nolan sisters this week, and the famous Waterford poisoning case that they were invovled in. They start with the story of ther immigration to the United Statates, and along with some interesting facts about their ...
01.30.2023 The Disappearance Of The Beaumont Children Sara and Danny dive in to the disappearance of the Beaumont Children, one of the most infamous cold cases from Australia. They start off with an overview of the Beaumont family from Adelaide, South Australia and quickly get into the ...
01.26.2023 BREAKING UPDATES: Anna Delvey, Elizabeth Holmes, Alec Baldwin, & Brian Walshe Sara and Danny are here with a special bonus episode on some updates in the world of true crime! They cover Anna Delvey's upcoming Dinner Party series, Elizabeth Holmes' apparent attempt to flee the country, Alec Baldwin charges, and new ...
01.23.2023 The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker Sara and Dany are back to cover the story of Kai, the hatchet wielding hitchiker who went viral all the way back in 2013. They talk all about the circumstances of how Kai became involved in the murder of Jett ...
01.16.2023 Scammers Round-Up: Jen Shah, GoFundMe Scam Lady, & Fake Dr. Malachi Love-Robinson Sara and Danny are back with a round-up of various updates to the stories of several scammers in the news recently. They kick things of with Jen Shah of Housewives fame, who was recently sentenced to prison for her involvement ...
01.09.2023 The Lizzie Borden Murders This week, Sara and Danny take us all the way back to the 90's, the 1890's. They breakdown the story of the infamous protagonist of a nursery rhyme Lizzie Borden, who took an axe and gave her mother forty whacks. ...
01.02.2023 The Fake Rockefeller Pt. 2 Sara and Danny are back with the thrilling conclusion of the Fake Rockefeller story. To end the show, they go through their predictions of the year past and find out who is the winner of the NATCP Trivia Championship of ...
12.26.2022 The Fake Rockefeller Pt. 1 Happy Holidays! Sara are Danny are back with Part 1 of the incredible story of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter AKA The Fake Rockefeller. In this first episode, they take us through the beginnings of Christian's life in West Germany, and his ...

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