The 6 Best The Grift Podcast Episodes
1) Genuine Fake
The only thing Ken Perenyi loved as much as art was swindling the art world. He relished the contest of wits, the risk of getting caught, the thrill of deception, the sense of power that comes with a ...Show More
2) Fast Jack, the Card Shark
“Fast Jack” Farrell is one of the greatest card and dice manipulators of the twentieth century - an undisputed leader in the vast world of crooked gambling. He cheated John Wayne and Frank Sinatra, wo...Show More
3) Introducing: The Grift
Coming soon from Panoply and Maria Konnikova, The Grift: stories about con artists and the lives they ruin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
4) Crooked Carnival
Peter Fenton made a career out of crafting that con we’ve all fallen for: the con of fantasy, of alternative realities that are much more pleasant than the existing one. This week, we go inside the wo...Show More
5) The Greatest Impostor
Ferdinand Demara is quite possibly the greatest con artist you’ve never heard of. With good reason: he hardly ever used his own name. Demara was a professional impostor. In his long and prolific caree...Show More
6) The One Who Almost Got Away
Sam Israel not only ran one of the most successful Ponzi schemes in history, he would eventually go on to the single most extreme con there is: the con of life and death. Who knows how often it happen...Show More
7) 1: Calvin's Last Shot
A story of murder, betrayal, and a man who fought the law for two decades. Calvin Buari, who once drove BMWs and dealt crack from a violent corner in the Bronx, has served 22 years of a life sentence....Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.8) Introducing Empire on Blood
From the Producers of The Grift and Revisionist History, Empire on Blood is a new podcast from Panoply that chronicles award-winning journalist Steve Fishman's seven-year investigation to uncover the ...Show More
9) The Grift Presents: Family Ghosts
The Grift presents an episode of another Panoply podcast we think our listeners will love: Family Ghosts. When Nick's grandfather died in 1994, something bizarre happened: his aunt Susan stole the bod...Show More
10) Psychic Faith
A fraud is lurking on most every block of most every city and town, all over the world: the psychic. When you’re down, when you’re alone, when you’re uncertain: that’s when you’re perfectly vulnerable...Show More