Scamtown
Welcome to Scamtown! It’s a place where the true crime is stranger than fiction and the stories are filled with quirks and moral ambiguity. Join the mayors of Scamtown, Emmy-nominated filmmakers and Signal Podcast Award winners James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte (McMillion$ and The Big Conn), as they take you through stories ranging from the strange to the unbelievable. Wild scams, surprising heists, forbidden love, and massive explosions are just a little taste of what’s in store.Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts.http://apple.co/Scamtown
Episodes
What the Puck?
In 2002, the Underwater Hockey World Championships were taking place in the largest city in Alberta, Canada. Teams from across the globe were set to compete in the niche sport that was gaining popularity worldwide, including a new team from…
Knit to Death
An indie yarn maker’s popularity skyrockets on social media platforms in the mid-2000s and her online store is booming—until customers start to complain about diminished quality and delays in orders. Then her shop sends an email claiming sh…
The Book Thief
In the late 1980s, university libraries start to notice items missing from their rare book collections and suspect they’ve been robbed. That's when a lone university police officer takes the case, helping to lead the FBI to a mansion in Ott…
Threatin
In 2018, a band in Bristol, England, is asked to open for Threatin, a successful hard rock group from Los Angeles that's on a European tour. But once the tour begins, things turn strange. When some in the rock community start to investigate…
Extra Virgin Hustle
In 2017, Italian authorities uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme as part of a big Mafia bust. But it has nothing to do with broken legs or hard drugs. Follow the trail as investigators uncover and take down a fake olive oil export empire…
The Rikers Island Dalí
An original drawing by famed artist Salvador Dalí is donated to the Rikers Island jail inmates in the 1960s. It survives years bouncing around the prison—displayed in a mess hall, shunted into deep storage, and finally locked behind glass n…
Born to Break In
Police respond to a burglary call at an Iowa state courthouse on a brisk September night in 2019 and are alarmed by what they discover. What should have been a normal call turns into a shocking scandal.Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast,…
Sparkies
In the early ’80s, Boston is nicknamed the arson capital of the world. Hundreds of fires crop up across the city, terrifying citizens and firefighters alike. ATF Agent Wayne Miller must crack the code and figure out the motive so he can sto…
The Dog Lady & The Inmate
Toby Dorr is a middle-aged mom trapped in a loveless marriage—until a cancer diagnosis changes her from someone who’d never jaywalked into a scheming, lovelorn lawbreaker who smuggles her inmate crush out of prison in a dog crate, leading t…
Harvey’s Casino Bomb
In the summer of 1980, Harvey’s Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, prepares for the busy Labor Day weekend. But when a new photocopy machine turns out to be a 1,000-pound bomb, a wild series of events ensues as the FBI races against time to deac…
Disconnected
In the ’80s and ’90s, fraudulent telemarketing is booming, often bleeding senior citizens dry. Law enforcement is nearly powerless to stop it, until Tim Healy, a zany young FBI agent out of Salt Lake City, comes up with an ingenious underco…
Introducing Scamtown
Welcome to Scamtown! It’s a place where the true crime is stranger than fiction and the stories are filled with quirks and moral ambiguity. Wild scams, surprising heists, forbidden love, and massive explosions are just a little taste of wha…