PRETEND
Creative BabbleFrom cult leaders to con artists and undercover FBI agents, PRETEND exposes those pretending to be someone they're not.
The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 2
May 20 • 42m
The Internet Saves the Bachelor part 1
May 14 • 33m
The Man Who Stole 200 Million Identities
May 10 • 28m
The Digital Pickpocket Revisted
May 6 • 30m
2103: LaDonna's Easter Egg Hustle
Apr 29 • 22m
Faking Insanity
Apr 22 • 41m
2101: My Wife, the Ponzi Schemer
Apr 15 • 36m
I Married a Narcissist part 3
Apr 8 • 52m
2011: The Sham: I Married a Narcissist
Mar 25 • 55m
The Gambler Revisited
Mar 11 • 43m
Licensed to Kill part 2
Feb 25 • 34m
Licensed to Kill part 1
Feb 25 • 42m
2006: Operation Cock Block
Feb 19 • 51m
Operation Cock Block
Feb 18 • 51m
The Telepathy Tapes B-side part 3
Feb 11 • 39m
The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 2
Feb 4 • 50m
2003: The Telepathy Tapes B-Side part 1
Jan 28 • 46m
Nobody Should Believe Me: Sophie Saves Zambia
Jan 14 • 47m
DNA Deception
Jan 7 • 38m
Drone Hysteria
Dec 31, 2024 • 24m
1914: BONUS: Grapes, Grifts, and Gavel
Dec 26, 2024 • 1h 8m
The Christmas Con Revisited
Dec 24, 2024 • 40m
1912: BONUS: Affirmative Pretend Bullsh**
Dec 23, 2024 • 1h 9m
Love and Taxes Revisited
Dec 18, 2024 • 38m
1910: The Maury Povich Olive Lady - Revisited
Dec 11, 2024 • 36m
The Woman Who Almost Stole Graceland
Dec 3, 2024 • 47m
BONUS: How to Spot a Con Artist on the First Date and When to Walk Away
Nov 26, 2024 • 51m
1908: LaDonna's Surrogates part 4
Nov 19, 2024 • 37m
1907: LaDonna's Surrogates part 3
Nov 12, 2024 • 33m
LaDonna's Surrogates part 2
Nov 5, 2024 • 31m
1905: LaDonna's Surrogates part 1
Oct 29, 2024 • 29m
1904: The White Collar Support Group
Oct 22, 2024 • 59m
1903: The Naked Surgeon Revisited
Oct 15, 2024 • 55m
1902: The Greatest Footballer Who Never Played
Oct 8, 2024 • 35m
1901: The Return of the Stalker
Oct 1, 2024 • 33m
1816: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 16
Sep 24, 2024 • 54m
1815: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 15
Sep 17, 2024 • 42m
1814: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 14
Sep 10, 2024 • 40m
BONUS: A Swing and a Miss
Sep 3, 2024 • 20m
1813: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 13
Aug 27, 2024 • 35m
Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 12
Aug 20, 2024 • 45m
1811: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 11
Aug 13, 2024 • 1h 0m
1810: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 10
Aug 6, 2024 • 29m
1809: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 9
Jul 30, 2024 • 49m
1808: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 8
Jul 23, 2024 • 39m
Listen Now: Hysterical
Jul 22, 2024 • 7m
1807: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 7
Jul 16, 2024 • 43m
1806: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 6
Jul 9, 2024 • 34m
1805: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 5
Jul 2, 2024 • 45m
1804: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 4
Jun 25, 2024 • 31m
1803: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 3
Jun 18, 2024 • 51m
1802: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 2
Jun 11, 2024 • 38m
1801: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 1
Jun 4, 2024 • 45m
TRAILER: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey
May 31, 2024 • 11m
Introducing: White Devil from Campire Media
May 20, 2024 • 11m
1705: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 2
May 14, 2024 • 44m
1704: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 1
May 7, 2024 • 35m
1703: The Doula BREAKING NEWS
May 2, 2024 • 7m
Introducing: MURDER HOMES
Apr 26, 2024 • 3m
1702: The Doula part 2
Apr 23, 2024 • 38m
1701: The Doula part 1
Apr 16, 2024 • 28m
Confessions of a Ponzi Schemer
Apr 9, 2024 • 51m
The Treasure Hunter Revisited
Apr 2, 2024 • 40m
How to find people who don’t want to be found
Mar 26, 2024 • 33m
1609: The Truth Experts part 2
Mar 19, 2024 • 58m
1608: The Truth Experts part 1
Mar 12, 2024 • 46m
1607: The Fake Lawyer
Mar 5, 2024 • 35m
HACKED: Internet Hitmen Aren't Really A Thing
Feb 27, 2024 • 43m
1606: The Grave Detector (Junk Science Bonus)
Feb 20, 2024 • 24m
1605: The Stalker - Case Closed
Feb 15, 2024 • 8m
1604: The Grave Detector part 3
Feb 13, 2024 • 39m
1603: The Grave Detector part 2
Feb 6, 2024 • 35m
1602: The Grave Detector part 1
Jan 30, 2024 • 39m
1601: The High School Hoax (Shelby Hewitt)
Jan 23, 2024 • 22m
How to Disappear Revisited
Jan 16, 2024 • 56m
1509: The One Who Got Away - Revisited
Jan 2, 2024 • 50m
1508: The Christmas Con
Dec 24, 2023 • 40m
1507 - The Stalker - It Will Never End (part 18)
Dec 12, 2023 • 25m
1506: The Maury Povich Olive Lady
Dec 5, 2023 • 35m
1504: The Red Collar Killer part 2
Nov 28, 2023 • 24m
1503: The Red Collar Killer part 1
Nov 21, 2023 • 30m
The Stalker - Is this the end?
Nov 20, 2023 • 7m
1502: The Stalker - Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (part 17)
Nov 14, 2023 • 34m
PREVIEW: The Stalker Settlement Conference
Nov 10, 2023 • 59s
The Lie Detector Revisited
Nov 7, 2023 • 1h 37m
The Babalawo Revisited
Oct 31, 2023 • 46m
Listen Now: New Podcast “Ghost Story”
Oct 27, 2023 • 10m
1413: The Haunted Tourist
Oct 24, 2023 • 58m
1412: The Puppet Master
Oct 17, 2023 • 37m
1411: The Lost and Found part 2 (Rudy Farias)
Oct 10, 2023 • 41m
Listen Now—Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen
Oct 5, 2023 • 42m
1410: The Lost and Found part 1 (Rudy Farias)
Oct 3, 2023 • 24m
Listen Now: 48 Hours
Sep 28, 2023 • 8m
1409: The Shit Show (plus Stalker update)
Sep 26, 2023 • 28m
1408: The Digital Pickpocket part 2
Sep 19, 2023 • 33m
1407: The Digital Pickpocket part 1
Sep 12, 2023 • 27m
The Pests Bonus Update
Sep 5, 2023 • 7m
Listen Now: Sports Explains the World
Sep 1, 2023 • 6m
Criminal Conduct Season 4 - Getting Away with Murder
Aug 29, 2023 • 29m
1404: The Pests part 4
Aug 22, 2023 • 52m
1403: The Pests part 3
Aug 15, 2023 • 34m
1402: The Pests part 2
Aug 8, 2023 • 31m
1401: The Pests part 1 (Gang stalking)
Aug 1, 2023 • 33m
1311: The Stalker - Interview with the Doctor (part 16)
Jul 18, 2023 • 31m
Suspect: Five Shots in the Dark
Jul 17, 2023 • 7m
The Undercover White Supremacist (FBI Retired Case File Review)
Jul 11, 2023 • 55m
1310: Love and Taxes (plus Stalker update)
Jul 4, 2023 • 41m
Up In Arms, from Alphabet Boys
Jul 3, 2023 • 12m
1309: The Pale-Faced Lie part 2
Jun 13, 2023 • 19m
1308: The Pale-Faced Lie part 1
Jun 6, 2023 • 29m
1307: The Stalker - Fly on the Wall (part 15)
May 30, 2023 • 1h 1m
1305: The Stalker - In Time You'll Get the Truth (part 14)
May 16, 2023 • 19m
1304: The Cuban Spy part 2
May 9, 2023 • 29m
1303: The Cuban Spy part 1
May 2, 2023 • 31m
1302: The Real Catch Me If You Can - The Promissory Note
Apr 25, 2023 • 20m
1301: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 9 (update)
Apr 18, 2023 • 49m
1215- The Proxy part 2
Apr 11, 2023 • 36m
1214- The Proxy part 1
Apr 4, 2023 • 31m
S1213: The Stalker part 13 (The Arraignment)
Mar 28, 2023 • 23m
S1212: The Stalker part 12
Mar 21, 2023 • 46m
INTRODUCING: Against the Odds: Alaska Bear Attack
Mar 16, 2023 • 6m
S1211: The Stalker part 11
Mar 14, 2023 • 45m
S1210: The Stalker part 10
Mar 7, 2023 • 31m
S1209: The Stalker part 9
Feb 28, 2023 • 43m
S1208: The Stalker part 8
Feb 21, 2023 • 27m
S1207: The Stalker part 7
Feb 14, 2023 • 28m
S1206: The Stalker part 6
Feb 14, 2023 • 22m
S1205: The Stalker part 5
Feb 7, 2023 • 29m
S1204: The Stalker part 4
Jan 31, 2023 • 23m
S1203: The Stalker part 3
Jan 24, 2023 • 28m
Wondery Presents: Frozen Head
Jan 23, 2023 • 5m
S1202: The Stalker part 2
Jan 17, 2023 • 23m
S1201: The Stalker part 1
Jan 10, 2023 • 30m
SUSPECT: Vanished in the Snow
Jan 9, 2023 • 8m
S509: The Santa Claus Man Revisited
Dec 20, 2022 • 45m
S505: The Prank Revisited (featured on Netflix Don’t Pick Up the Phone)
Dec 6, 2022 • 1h 20m
S401: The One Who Got Away Revisited
Nov 22, 2022 • 50m
Suspect: Vanished in the Snow
Nov 11, 2022 • 6m
S101: The Prophet Revisited - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult
Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 0m
S806: The Real Vampires Revisited
Oct 25, 2022 • 41m
Introducing: Last Resort
Oct 18, 2022 • 5m
S1108: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 8 (finale)
Oct 11, 2022 • 1h 5m
Wondery Presents: The ReWatcher: Buffy The Vampire Slayer
Oct 3, 2022 • 5m
S1107: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 7
Sep 27, 2022 • 1h 1m
From Death of an Artist: Ana Mendieta and Carl Andre
Sep 23, 2022 • 8m
S1106: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 6
Sep 13, 2022 • 57m
Wondery Presents: American Scandal: Snowden
Sep 5, 2022 • 6m
S1105: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 5
Aug 30, 2022 • 1h 5m
Wondery Presents: Blood Ties Season 3
Aug 28, 2022 • 6m
S1104: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 4
Aug 16, 2022 • 54m
S1103: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 3
Aug 2, 2022 • 44m
S1102: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 2
Jul 19, 2022 • 1h 1m
S1101: The Real Catch Me If You Can part 1
Jul 5, 2022 • 50m
Trailer: The Real Catch Me If You Can
Jul 4, 2022 • 1m
Who Rules Porn? From Hot Money
Jun 28, 2022 • 10m
S1004: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 2
Jun 21, 2022 • 34m
Wondery Presents: The Execution of Bonny Lee Bakley
Jun 20, 2022 • 6m
Introducing Smoke Screen "Puppy Kingpin”
Jun 16, 2022 • 7m
S1003: The Man Who Wears Many Hats part 1
Jun 7, 2022 • 31m
Introducing PERSONA: THE FRENCH DECEPTION
Jun 6, 2022 • 4m
S1002: The Sperm Donor
May 24, 2022 • 36m
S1001: The Dadbot
May 10, 2022 • 44m
Wondery Presents: Blood Ties Season 3 – “Strange Days
May 9, 2022 • 6m
S908: The Deepfake
Apr 19, 2022 • 20m
Wondery Presents: Scamfluencers
Apr 11, 2022 • 5m
From Cautionary Tales: Death on the Floor
Apr 8, 2022 • 13m
S907: The Forensic Musicologist
Apr 5, 2022 • 31m
PRETEND's 100th Episode
Mar 22, 2022 • 46m
Introducing American Hostage
Mar 17, 2022 • 4m
Javier Interviews a Serial Killer — Criminal Conduct Season 3
Mar 8, 2022 • 32m
S905: The Business of Cults part 3
Feb 22, 2022 • 1h 0m
S904: The Business of Cults part 2
Feb 14, 2022 • 46m
S903: The Business of Cults part 1
Feb 8, 2022 • 42m
Introducing Deep Cover: Mob Land
Jan 31, 2022 • 8m
Chameleon: Wild Boys
Jan 28, 2022 • 8m
S902: Cons, Scams, and Flim-flams
Jan 25, 2022 • 45m
S901: The KGB Agent
Jan 11, 2022 • 46m
S811: The Truth About Santa
Dec 24, 2021 • 26m
S810: The Hypnotist part 4 - Alien Abductions and Hypnosis
Dec 21, 2021 • 43m
Lost Hills: Dead in the Water
Dec 15, 2021 • 8m
S809: The Hypnotist part 3 - Is hypnosis admissible in court?
Dec 7, 2021 • 52m
S808: The Hypnotist part 2
Nov 23, 2021 • 41m
S807: The Hypnotist part 1
Nov 9, 2021 • 54m
S806: The Real Vampires
Oct 26, 2021 • 40m
Hemingway's Picasso
Oct 20, 2021 • 7m
Bonus: Michael plays air guitar
Oct 12, 2021 • 22m
S805: The King of Lies
Sep 28, 2021 • 36m
S804: The Ransomware Negotiator
Sep 14, 2021 • 40m
S803: The Sovereign Man
Aug 31, 2021 • 37m
S802: The Naked Sovereign Surgeon
Aug 17, 2021 • 52m
S801: The Sovereign Citizen
Aug 4, 2021 • 43m
Birth of a Con Man (Revisited)
Jul 20, 2021 • 47m
The Hijacker (Revisited)
Jul 6, 2021 • 1h 11m
PRETEND turns 4
Jun 22, 2021 • 30m
Introducing Fool Me Twice Season 2
Jun 21, 2021 • 6m
Bonus: Jackie and Javier watch Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jun 8, 2021 • 1h 14m
Bonus: The Real I Love You Phillip Morris
May 25, 2021 • 44m
The Sham vol. 1
May 11, 2021 • 36m
The Liquor Guy
Apr 27, 2021 • 31m
S708: The Constable (Criminal Conduct)
Apr 13, 2021 • 42m
The Lie Detector part 2
Mar 30, 2021 • 50m
S706: The Lie Detector part 1
Mar 16, 2021 • 48m
S705: The Word of Faith Fellowship Update
Mar 2, 2021 • 1h 14m
S704: The Confident Woman
Feb 16, 2021 • 31m
S703: The Pharmacist
Feb 2, 2021 • 43m
The Pill Mill
Jan 19, 2021 • 46m
S701: The Real Donnie Brasco
Jan 4, 2021 • 56m
S611: The Santa Claus Man (Rebroadcast)
Dec 22, 2020 • 47m
S610: The Party Crasher
Dec 9, 2020 • 42m
S609: The Treasure Hunter part 4
Nov 25, 2020 • 48m
S608: The Treasure Hunter part 3
Nov 11, 2020 • 1h 1m
S607: The Treasure Hunter part 2
Oct 30, 2020 • 49m
S606: The Treasure Hunter part 1
Oct 16, 2020 • 42m
S605: The Inheritance
Oct 2, 2020 • 52m
S604: How to disappear part 4
Sep 18, 2020 • 54m
S603: How to disappear part 3
Sep 4, 2020 • 1h 2m
S602: How to disappear part 2
Aug 21, 2020 • 45m
S601: How to disappear part 1
Aug 7, 2020 • 41m
Introducing Smoke Screen: Fake Priest
Jul 30, 2020 • 9m
S512: COVID-19 Scams: The Rattlesnake King
Jun 16, 2020 • 42m
S511: COVID-19 Scams: How to Steal a Stimulus Check
May 26, 2020 • 37m
Inside Criminal Conduct
Mar 16, 2020 • 20m
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Criminal Conduct
Feb 3, 2020 • 2m
S510: The Joe Schmo Show
Jan 14, 2020 • 1h 0m
S509: The Santa Claus Man
Dec 18, 2019 • 43m
S508: The Prank Call part 4
Dec 4, 2019 • 34m
S507: The Prank Call part 3
Nov 20, 2019 • 39m
S506: The Prank Call part 2
Nov 6, 2019 • 41m
S505: The Prank Call part 1
Oct 23, 2019 • 49m
S504: The Cousins part 2
Oct 9, 2019 • 49m
S503: The Cousins part 1
Sep 25, 2019 • 50m
The Sugar Daddy part 2
Sep 11, 2019 • 51m
S501: The Sugar Daddy part 1
Aug 28, 2019 • 34m
Bonus: For Keeps - Paul Goresh, the Beatles Collector Who Befriended John Lennon
Aug 14, 2019 • 1h 4m
S411: The Norco Bank Heist part 2
Jul 31, 2019 • 1h 5m
S410: The Norco Bank Heist part 1
Jul 19, 2019 • 53m
S409: The Psychic Vampires
Jul 3, 2019 • 42m
The Psychic Kids (James Randi and Project Alpha)
Jun 19, 2019 • 43m
S407: The Psychic Spy (featuring Uri Geller)
Jun 5, 2019 • 1h 1m
The Bounty Hunter Part 2
May 22, 2019 • 45m
S405: The Bounty Hunter Part 1
May 7, 2019 • 39m
S404: The Soccer Mom
Apr 24, 2019 • 40m
S403: The One Who Got Away
Apr 10, 2019 • 57m
S402: The Shawcross Letters
Feb 20, 2019 • 48m
S401: The Commander
Jan 30, 2019 • 33m
S309: The Prophet – Inside the Mind of Cult Leader Jane Whaley
Nov 20, 2018 • 48m
S308: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 3
Nov 14, 2018 • 46m
S307: The Prophet - Meet Jane Whaley Part 2
Nov 7, 2018 • 55m
S306: The Prophet - Meet Cult Leader Jane Whaley Part 1
Oct 31, 2018 • 33m
S305: The Prophet - Brazil and the Word of Faith Cult
Oct 24, 2018 • 35m
S304: The Prophet - Allegations of Cult Abuse and Corruption
Oct 17, 2018 • 34m
S303: The Prophet - Former Cult Members Speak Out
Oct 10, 2018 • 26m
S302: The Prophet - Who is cult leader Jane Whaley?
Oct 3, 2018 • 34m
S301: The Prophet - Word of Faith Fellowship Cult Revisited
Sep 28, 2018 • 1h 2m
S213: The Hijacker, Part 2 - Martin McNally
Jul 24, 2018 • 43m
S212: The Hijacker, Part 1 - Martin McNally
Jul 18, 2018 • 43m
S211: The Jolly Roger Social Club
Jul 4, 2018 • 37m
Pretend Radio Anniversary Bonus Episode
Jun 19, 2018 • 38m
The Babalawo - Secrets of Santeria
Jun 6, 2018 • 46m
S209: The Good Cop, Bad Cop
May 22, 2018 • 39m
S208: The Stranger
May 9, 2018 • 34m
S207: The Gambler Part 2 - Art Schlichter
Mar 13, 2018 • 21m
S206: The Gambler Part 1 - Art Schlichter
Mar 7, 2018 • 21m
S205: The Reporter - Vester Flanagan
Feb 28, 2018 • 27m
S204: The Taker
Feb 20, 2018 • 26m
S203: The Boy and the Girl
Feb 14, 2018 • 20m
S202: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 2 - Curing Autism
Feb 7, 2018 • 26m
S201: The Snake Oil Salesman Part 1 - Curing cancer & depression
Jan 31, 2018 • 25m
S111: The Bigamist
Sep 13, 2017 • 33m
S110: The Pretender Part 2 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin
Sep 5, 2017 • 26m
S109: The Pretender Part 1 - Undercover FBI Agent Marc Ruskin
Aug 27, 2017 • 19m
S108: The Sculptor
Aug 23, 2017 • 23m
S107: The Real Estate Agent - Part 2 - Todd Kohlhepp
Aug 10, 2017 • 22m
S106: The Real Estate Agent Part 1 - Todd Kohlhepp
Aug 9, 2017 • 27m
S105: Birth of a Con Man Part 2 - Opioid epidemic
Jul 27, 2017 • 19m
Birth of a Con Man Part 1
Jul 25, 2017 • 23m
S103: The Prophet Part 3 - Word of Faith Fellowship
Jun 22, 2017 • 21m
S102: The Prophet Part 2 - Word of Faith Fellowship
Jun 20, 2017 • 23m
S101: The Prophet Part 1 - Word of Faith Fellowship
Jun 6, 2017 • 24m
PRETEND Podcast Trailer
Jun 4, 2017 • 1m
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