181 episodes
Swindled Swindled
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- True Crime
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4.6 • 8.9K Ratings
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Utilizes narrative storytelling, archival audio, and immersive soundscapes to explore true stories of white-collar criminals, con artists, and corporate evil. From corruption and fraud to Ponzi schemes and environmental disasters, these financially motivated crimes have shaped our world in unimaginable ways. All in the name of greed.
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The Commander (Bobby C. Thompson)
The eccentric director of a veterans charity goes on the run after being exposed as a fraud. Prelude: The downfall of a county commissioner in Florida.
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Bonus: The Targeting Target (Mark Charles Barnett)
A Florida man's get-rich-quick scheme involves planting bombs at Target retail stores.
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The Technology (Real Water)
A Nevada-based alkaline water company owned by a local politician is blamed for an outbreak of serious illnesses. Prelude: The events surrounding a Nevada state senator's resignation.
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Bonus: The Actor (Zach Horwitz)
An aspiring actor's production company is revealed to be a massive Ponzi scheme.
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The Tornado (Kim Neiman)
A village clerk in Nebraska leads the charge to rebuild after a catastrophic tornado and becomes the focal point of an international mystery. Prelude: Twin tornadoes devastate Pilger, Nebraska.
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Bonus: The Godfather (William Mize)
Staged automobile accidents become the scam of choice in a family-oriented insurance fraud ring.
Customer Reviews
His hypnotic voice will draw you in
What a great podcast, no annoying back and forth about, just the layout of facts, peppered with a bit of deadpan sarcasm, a la Fight Club.
This here dude, known only as A Concerned Citizen, reminds me of The Narrator in that aforementioned film. His voice is so mesmerizing and hypnotic that you can’t stop listening to him. He’s also done his homework and handles himself well, with sound effects and audio archives to match the quality. Keep up the good work, Concerned Citizen!
Great content
Very well researched, excellent narration. Always enjoyable to listen to
Loved hearing Jack Luna in your Swindled Valued Listener commercial. Fun surprise!
Only crime podcast worth your time. Outstanding.
Outstanding, unique, and above all important as it’s the ONLY podcast that explores so-called white collar crime! Swindled is easily in the top three of “true crime” podcasts in terms of the quality of production, the precise and elegant writing, the engaging storytelling, soundscape, superb use of real audio clips including archival material, etc. The episodes feature superbly researched accounts of “white collar” crimes — though these quite frequently include the usual panoply of murder, kidnapping, etc. And the narrator is fantastic — “Concerned Citizen” is very wry and takes to task the appalling figures in these stories with a serious yet also (when appropriate) hilariously sarcastic tone. Swindled also covers stories that won’t be overly familiar or that you’ve ever heard of and there are NO episodes covering the same repetitive garbage that clutters the majority of true crime podcasts (no serial killers etc).