Lie, Cheat, & Steal

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.

Pat brings Kath a rundown of the year in scams, including some superlative awards for the finest scammers. This one was going to be a bonus but we decided to make it free in honor of the new year!

This week, Pat tells Kath about a big name in the world of true crime that turned out to be a fraud himself.

Kath tells Pat about Pageturner Press and Media, one of many fraudulent "author services" companies based in the Philippines and targeting self published authors.

Most of the info in this episode comes from the July 2025 Bloomberg article by Brent Crane titled "Pageturner's 44 million dollar fraud casts a spotlight on author services". You can read it here.

Kath and Pat discuss "Chatfishing", the name The Guardian has coined for people who use Chat GPT to help with (deceive?) their matches on dating apps.

The information in this episode comes from the Guardian article on Chatfishing, by Alexandra Jones, which you can read here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps