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In this episode, Mary Carole parlays a television career into the creation of her own flagship business, Bellum Entertainment. Bellum earned apparent success through nationally syndicated true crime shows, but a closer look would reveal unpaid loans, bounced checks, and misclassifying employees as independent contractors to avoid tax responsibilities. Was Bellum the victim of bank fraud, as Mary Carole claimed, or was the success of the company a house of cards? Listen to find out. You won't want to miss this. Follow us on social media @DirtyMoneyMoves. Check out MURDERISH, a True Crime podcast, hosted by Jami Sources for this episode can be found at murderish.com. Today’s Sponsor: BetterHelp- Special offer for Dirty Money Moves listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/DIRTYMONEY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enter “the heiress,” Mary Carole McDonnell, who managed to hustle Banc of California out of $15 million. But that money grab, as it turns out, was not her first. In this episode, Jami digs into Mary Carole’s past and discovers a strange career path that was peppered with financial misconduct. Jami explores Mary Carole’s upbringing, the tragic death of her sister, and some of the factors that may have motivated her to reinvent herself on a foundation of lies. If she wasn’t the heiress to the McDonnell Douglas fortune as she claimed, then who was she really? This episode peels back the first layer of that onion, so you don’t want to miss it. Today’s Sponsor - BetterHelp - Special offer for Dirty Money Moves listeners: get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/DIRTYMONEY Sources: https://www.nexttv.com/news/exclusive-mcdonnell-departing-raycom-focus-bellum-133160 www.law360.com/insurance-authority/articles/1367864/print?section=insurance-authoriyy/general-libility https://deadline.com/2014/08/raycom-media-vet-mary-carole-mcdonnell-exiting-to-her-bellum-entertainment-819152/ https://tvnewscheck.com/uncategorized/article/hearst-argyle-television-going-private/ , https://www.newspapers.com/image/574659117/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/574653693/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/139621261/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/139645309/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/140741027/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/140805056/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/560459458/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/351911763/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/357252978/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/261123442/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/140308456/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/142128031/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/148563177/. https://www.newspapers.com/image/141724933/. https://pr.mo.gov/embalmers-licensee-search-detail.asp?passkey=1208064 www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/old-time-market-in-kirkwood-closes/article_8702beef-09fe-5faf-8d3a-24aa4b9673ac.html. https://www.courts.mo.gov/casenet/cases/header.do?inputVO.caseNumber=21491826&inputVO.courtId=CT21: , (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/90241471:61846 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/65248155:60382 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/16604206:1170 https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/262595262:62209 https://www.newspapers.com/image/141493216 https://www.truthfinder.com/dashboard/reports/ca:lacanadaflintridge:91011:1336sugarloafdr https://www.truthfinder.com/dashboard/reports/al:montgomery:36117:8349longneedledr https://www.truthfinder.com/dashboard/reports/f724344a-4030-4310-83af-d2e9ed384c43 https://www.truthfinder.com/dashboard/reports/ca:losangeles:90077:15430milldaledr https://principia.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PYB01/id/14465/rec/88 https://principia.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PYB01/id/14664/rec/89 https://principia.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/PYB01/id/25328/rec/97 https://www.accountingtools.com/articles/check-kiting.html https://www.talkovlaw.com/what-is-a-lis-pendens-california/ https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/img-src-http-www-joplinglobeonline-com-images-zope-election-gif-border-0-9-00-a/article_f9a19a94-4f92-584a-b983-080836b0014f.html https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/missouri/famous-mo-homicides/ https://www.timesnewspapers.com/webster-kirkwoodtimes/news/art-mcdonnell-named-2016-greentree-grand-marshal/article_32bff096-9126-50bc-9c41-85e03b5d390f.html. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyy1Llkearw for more details, follow & contact us on Instagram @dirtymoneymoves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this premiere episode of the new podcast, Bravo’s Most Wanted, hosts Jami Rice and Katie Ginella open up and share details about their lives before they became friends and co-hosts. The ladies answer a few questions submitted by their followers, dive into their personal and professional backgrounds, and also share how they met and became friends. They also get into some Bravo hot topics and give listeners a taste of what they can expect on future episodes. Follow Jami and Katie on social media: Jami Rice @jamionair Katie Ginella @katie.ginella Listen and subscribe to all episodes of Bravo's Most Wanted on Apple & Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since we concluded our season 1 investigative series on Mary Carole McDonnell, the phony Hollywood heiress, in July 2022 there haven't been any material updates in her case. It’s been crickets for the past few years until early December 2025 when Mary Carole was added to the FBI’s Most Wanted list. Suddenly, Mary Carole’s case was making headlines with every news outlet you can think of. Jami, host of Dirty Money Moves, began doing some digging to satisfy her curiosity about what may have prompted this action by the FBI. She found something interesting in the Dubai court system. It was a Public Notice of Appeal filed by Jeffrey John Nilles, Mary Carole’s husband. He’d filed an appeal in June 2024 in response to an unfavorable civil judgment against him in Dubai. There were three people named as notified parties to the appeal, one of them being a woman named Thili. A few weeks after finding this information, Jami received a DM from Thili indicating she’d befriended Mary Carole McDonnell and Jeffrey Nilles in Dubai and that they’d attempted to get their hands on her money. Thili agreed to an interview and provided a lot of insight on who Mary Carole McDonnell and Jeffrey Nilles are, and what they’re up to in Dubai. Follow Jami @JamiOnAir on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube! If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s other podcast MURDERISH. Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media. Executive Producers are: Jami Rice and Sim Sarna If you enjoy MURDERISH and Dirty Money Moves, please do us a favor and give the podcast a 5-star rating and review in Apple Podcasts, Spotify or any podcast player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the previous episode of Dirty Money Moves, we learned about Barry Rothman, Mary Carole’s infamous entertainment lawyer and longtime associate. We also learned that he and Mary Carole had something in common…unbelievable financial troubles. Barry also operated a complex network of foreign bank accounts and Panamanian shell companies, which he allegedly used to hide certain assets. This was the person Mary Carole aligned herself with in 2017 as Bellum Entertainment fell apart. She found herself in desperate need of a ton of money to fend off creditors, and Barry was the man she turned to for help. Shockingly, Mary Carole was so brazen, that she baked homemade pies for bank employees and hand delivered them, just before she pulled off the biggest money grab of her crooked career. That, and Barry would be dead before the bank even realized they’d been scammed. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Go to betterhelp.com/dirtymoney for 10% off your first month of therapy Follow us @DirtyMoneyMoves on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. If you enjoy Dirty Money Moves, please leave us a positive rating and review wherever you listen to podcasts. Dirty Money Moves is a collaboration between MURDERISH and Cloud10 Media. Executive producers are Jami Rice and Sim Sarna. Research and writing by Gina Mazzolini. Matt Provenzano does the audio mixing and editing. Josh Cooke composed the music. Brian Stefanik created the podcast cover art. If you’re into true crime podcasts, check out Jami’s podcast MURDERISH. Visit murderish.com for a list of sources used for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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