World's Greatest Con

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Brian Brushwood (Scam School, Modern Rogue, Scam Nation) brings you the hidden stories behind the most audacious con jobs, swindles and heists in history. Email the show at Worlds Greatest Con at Gmai... more

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World's Greatest Con episodes:

November 27, 2024 Crazy Eddie - Part II
Eddie has a plan to make millions. It leaves him an international fugitive.
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43min
November 27, 2024 Crazy Eddie - Part I
A New York City upstart becomes a legend in the city that never sleeps. But his greed leaves him teetering on the edge of fame, wealth and death.
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37min
August 26, 2024 Q Ships
The Germans have invented an aquatic killing machine the likes of which the world has never known. If you are one of its victims, how do you trick sure death? By pulling an all-in audacious scheme that only works if you have the element of surprise. How long can the Royal Navy keep the Q Ship con going before time runs out?

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39min
July 15, 2024 The Greatest Magic Show of all Time was a Lie
The true story of how Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin is called out of retirement to help quell an uprising in French Colonial Algeria. What happens next is the most famous, high stakes magic performance in history.

What the unbelievable story of Houdin tells us about or desire to believe and the distractions that lead con artists to take advantage.

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47min
November 22, 2023 EPCOT - Part II
Walt is dead. His dream of EPCOT isn't.

Roy Disney puts off his own retirement to attempt to finish his brother's final plan. In his way is a new hostile governor and the bewildered residents of Orlando who have no idea what to expect from incoming Disney empire.

The drive to make EPCOT a reality... just might be the World's Greatest Con.

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48min
November 22, 2023 EPCOT - Part I
Walt Disney doesn't want to expand, he wants to build his masterpiece.

He doesn't want to sell more popcorn, he wants to defeat communism.

He doesn't want Disneyland East, he is driven to build EPCOT.

Far from the adult binge drinking paradise we know in Orlando today, the original idea of EPCOT is a planned community that requires massive land acquisition and never-before-seen government permissions. And by the way, you need to do it in secret.

Walt Disney's quest for total control just might be... the World's Greatest Con.

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56min
July 17, 2023 Uri Geller hijacks the New York Times, An Interview with Michael Shermer
Brian and Justin discuss an article in the New York Times alleging that magic has forgiven it's 50-year grudge with Uri Geller. Considering the subject matter of our Project Alpha investigation... World's Greatest Con disagrees.

Also, an interview with Michael Shermer of Skeptic Magazine discussing the science and shame of being taken in by incorrect information and the legacy of Project Alpha.

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1h 22min
May 16, 2023 In James Randi's Own Words
A funny thing happened as we finished our season. We asked for listeners to unearth an old podcast WGC co-creator Justin Robert Young did with James Randi and it was indeed found. But one episode surprised us... James Randi in his own words describing Project Alpha in 2008.
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33min
May 08, 2023 An Update On Project Alpha and Your Emails
Sometimes when you tell a story, you change it. We have an update on one of the central figures in Project Alpha. Brian Brushwood reads your emails and feedback including questions about James Randi and a moment when William Shatner blessed the podcast with an epic rendition of our title.
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49min
May 01, 2023 Back In The Lab - Project Alpha Part V
In a rare, candid, conversation Brian Brushwood sits down with Mike Edwards and Banachek to get even more stories from the Mac Lab and answer lingering questions.

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1h 12min

FAQs about World's Greatest Con:

How many episodes does World's Greatest Con have?

The podcast currently has 32 episodes available.

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