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We are living in a golden age of deception. It feels like everyone has an angle and that, everywhere you turn, someone’s trying to scam you. Chameleon is a new weekly show from veteran journalist Josh Dean (co-creator and host of The Clearing, Hooked, White Devil, and the original Chameleon season, Hollywood Con Queen) that takes you inside an incredible, stranger-than-fiction story about someone—or some people—pretending to be something they aren’t. Are you obsessed with cons, frauds, and impostors? Then this is the podcast for you. Get your new weekly true crime obsession every Thursday from Campside Media and Audiochuck.
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Catch Him if You Ken: The Dating Scammer Who Targeted Influencers
May 14, 2026
The story of a mild-mannered guy who charmed his way into the lives—and bank accounts—of women on two continents by posing as a wealthy heir with big crypto dreams. But Ken’s real talent isn’t…
Whiteout: The Olympic Snowboarder Who Became A Cocaine Kingpin
May 07, 2026
A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder should have been a footnote—a guy who raced once, finished 24th, and faded away. But in early 2026, Ryan Wedding resurfaces as a fugitive on the FBI’s Most…
High Stakes: Life inside a Vampire Cult
Apr 30, 2026
As a lonely, grieving teenager in the early days of the internet, Celeste Mott is drawn into a secretive message board called "The Looking Glass": a place where self-proclaimed vampires demand total…
The Journalist And The Voyeur: It’s Not So Easy When You’re The One Being Watched
Apr 23, 2026
Gay Talese thought he’d landed a once-in-a-lifetime story every journalist dreams about: a motel owner who built a hidden viewing platform so he could watch guests in their most private moments and…
A Master's Puppet: Jeffrey Epstein's Money Man
Apr 16, 2026
The unsettling story of Leslie Wexner—the Midwestern retail billionaire who built Victoria’s Secret, then gave Jeffrey Epstein extraordinary access to his money and credibility. But how much did he…
The Real Eddie: His Scamming Is Insaaaaane!
Apr 09, 2026
The rise and spectacular fall of Eddie Antar, the electronics mogul behind the Crazy Eddie brand. Who scammed his way from the streets of Brooklyn to Wall Street and then vanished without a trace.
The Mesh Mill: How Scammers Took Advantage of Women's Pain
Apr 02, 2026
Shortly after Christmas, Sharon gets a terrifying call. A stranger tells her the pelvic mesh inside her body has been recalled. It's a “ticking time bomb," and she needs emergency surgery to remove…
Harry And Rachel Part 2: When True Love Dies
Mar 26, 2026
For 563 days, Harry believed the love of his life was dying of stage-four cancer. Then Rachel’s husband called, and everything Harry thought he knew collapsed. A pattern emerges, revealing a woman he…
Harry And Rachel Part 1: When True Love Lies
Mar 19, 2026
In 2001, Harry meets Rachel in Houston. And so begins a complicated and uncertain kind of love story. An on-again, off-again connection that would stretch across two decades of tragedies, lucky…
Extra Credit: The Rise and Fall of a Frat House Ponzi Scheme
Mar 12, 2026
Syed Arbab looked like the next financial prodigy—a frat house day trader who turned beer-soaked bravado into a successful hedge fund. Except that wasn't exactly the whole truth. When the SEC came…
Master Manipulator and Commander: Trust Your Gut
Mar 05, 2026
She thought she'd met the real deal: a decorated Navy officer, stationed at the Pentagon, opening hospitals in war zones. But what begins as a whirlwind romance slowly unravels into a portrait of…
The Vampire Catfish: A Message Board And The Boy Who Believed
Feb 26, 2026
Michael was 16, lonely, and stuck in a small Southern town when he met someone called Dennis on a vampire-themed online message board. What began as a thrilling, romantic connection soon spiraled…
Goodfellas: The Country Bar Theme Scheme
Feb 19, 2026
When an Arizona reporter starts looking into a flurry of closures at country music-themed restaurants, he thinks it’s just another boring business story. But he uncovers a collapsing franchise empire…
Face Plant: The Woman With A Thousand Boyfriends
Feb 12, 2026
What's it like to have your image used as the bait in thousands of online romance scams? This is what happened to Janessa Brazil—whose image has been hijacked and used to con hundreds, maybe…
The Velvet Sundown: The band that’s not quite Human, not quite machine.
Feb 05, 2026
They were a hot new band and storming up the charts. But something seemed off about Velvet Sundown. Was this the work of AI? When someone behind the band came out denying it, this looked like mystery…
Engineering to Deceive: The Talented Coder Who Just Keeps Getting Jobs
Jan 29, 2026
When one tech founder tweets a warning about a seemingly prolific engineer named Soham Parekh, it sets off an avalanche. Turns out, Soham has been hired and paid by dozens of start-ups, sometimes…
Memoir Mystery: The Blockbuster True Story That Maybe Wasn't True At All
Jan 22, 2026
When the book The Salt Path was published, readers were moved by the story of a couple who, after losing everything, rebuilt their lives through nothing more than determination, their love for one…
The Author Trap: Inside The Scheme Selling Lies to Hopeful Writers
Jan 15, 2026
Brent Crane is being chased through a mall in the Philippines. He's on the trail of Page Turner, the company that has been accused of stealing $44 million from hopeful writers in one of the most…
White Lies: The Scammer Who Left Brides In The Lurch And Couldn't Stop
Jan 08, 2026
Michael Esposito hired 50 journalists, promised them a dream job, and disappeared without paying a dime. Years later, he resurfaced under various new names, taking tens of thousands from couples on…
The de Kooning Job: Teachers Turned Thieves
Jan 01, 2026
In 1985, a priceless painting vanished from a university museum in Arizona. The FBI had no leads. 32 years later, it turned up behind a bedroom door in a suburban New Mexico home. Turns out the…
Gay Girl in Damascus: A Viral Kidnapping And An Internet Fantasy
Dec 25, 2025
The story of a Syrian-American blogger whose posts during the Arab Spring captured hearts around the world—including a woman in Montreal who believed she was falling in love. But Amina Arraf, the…
Fake It 'Til You Graduate: The Honor Student Who Conned a Town
Dec 18, 2025
In 2012, a Ukrainian man enrolled at a high school in Pennsylvania, pretending to be a teenage prodigy named Asher Potts. He made the honor roll and became a local hero. Until the day police showed…
Spine Collector: Where Have All The Manuscripts Gone?
Dec 11, 2025
For years, someone was tricking publishers into handing over yet-to-be-published manuscripts—from bestselling authors and total unknowns alike. There were no ransom demands. The books were not…
The Barefoot Bandit: Catch Him If You Can
Dec 04, 2025
Colton Harris-Moore was just a teenager when he began breaking into homes across the Pacific Northwest. But soon, he was stealing cars, boats... and then planes. This is the unbelievable true story…
The Undead Tour: How The Fake Zombies Fooled America
Nov 27, 2025
A British band called The Zombies had a smash hit single in America with ‘Time of the Season’ in the late 60s. Shortly afterwards, four handsome Texans hit the road pretending to be the Zombies. This…
An Admission of Lies: The Man Who Fooled Princeton
Nov 20, 2025
A gifted, mysterious young man with a tragic past and talent for long-distance running is admitted to Princeton. He dazzles everyone from admissions officers to elite dinner clubs. But behind the…
The Kid Who Couldn't Stop Playing Cop
Nov 13, 2025
In 2009, Vincent Richardson walked into a Chicago police station and reported for duty. No one noticed he wasn’t actually a cop. No one noticed he was 14 years old. This is the story of the teenager…
The Follieri Affair: Who Conned Anne Hathaway?
Nov 13, 2025
He dated a Hollywood princess and claimed to be the Vatican’s man in America. But Raffaello Follieri wasn’t all he appeared to be. He convinced some of the world’s richest people to hand over…
Introducing... Chameleon: The Weekly
Nov 06, 2025
Introducing Chameleon. A new weekly show about scammers, con artists, and imposters hosted by Josh Dean. Every week, a new twisty, jaw-dropping story about someone, somewhere, pretending to be…
Chameleon
Oct 02, 2025
Are you obsessed with cons, frauds, and imposters? Well, then, Chameleon is the show for you. Every week, veteran journalist Josh Dean (co-creator and host of The Clearing, Hooked, and White Devil)…