Kath tells Pat the story of a French woman living in England who's tale of being catfished has some surprising twists and turns.

The information in this episode comes from Jeff Maysh's article "A Catfishing With A Happy Ending", published October 2017 in The Atlantic. You can read it here.

Pat tells Kath some stories involving enterprising individuals exploiting various loopholes - through gambling, insurance fraud, and even the KFC app.

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We all know grocery prices are going up. But is it all just "inflation"? Or are mega-corporations dictating the price of our pepsis? Take a guess (hint: Ronald Reagan is involved)! Pat tells Kath about some shady dealings that affect the cost of groceries.

Kath tells Pat the story of a scam from the height of America's sweepstakes craze, featuring a cast of unusual characters and a cameo by Donald Trump himself.

The reporting in this episode comes from Jeff Maysh, an incredible documenter of scams, who wrote about Chuck Seidman and CBS in the New Yorker in 2022. You can read his reporting here.

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Pat tells Kath about the real life inspiration for Tony and AJ Soprano, who's short-lived, mob-connected Connecticut hockey team has become the stuff of legend.

Pat tells Kath about a wrongful death case in his beloved Myrtle Beach involving a complicated stand your ground law, corrupt cops, a child custody battle, and more hallmarks of the Southern USA.

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Kath returns to the main podcast feed with a story about celebrity impersonators running romance scams on older women, and the efforts being made to stop them.

Much of the info in this episode comes from Rebecca Keegan's Hollywood Reporter Article, "Not Keanu, Not Costner: Inside the Billion Dollar Celebrity Impersonation Bitcoin Scam", published in July 2025.

at talks to friends of the show Holly Hart and Katrina Walters about the emerging trend of social media influencers being influenced by dark money media groups.

Pat talks to friends of the show Zac Brooks and Nick Saverino about the questionable legal status and murky outcomes that occur when professional athletes gamble on sports. They cover current scandals such as Shohei Ohtani as well as the granddaddy of them all: the 1919 World Series.

Kath tells Pat about a crypto criminal who's corruption caused (yet another) scandal in the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department.