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Scamtown

Apple TV / FunMeter

12 episodes · Explicit

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.

More about the show

Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts.

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Episodes

  1. What the Puck? | 11

    · 32 min · S1 E11 · Explicit

    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,…

  2. Knit to Death | 10

    · 33 min · S1 E10 · Explicit

    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…

  3. The Book Thief | 9

    · 41 min · S1 E9

    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…

  4. Threatin | 8

    · 36 min · S1 E8 · Explicit

    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…

  5. Extra Virgin Hustle | 7

    · 40 min · S1 E7 · Explicit

    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…

  6. The Rikers Island Dalí | 6

    · 35 min · S1 E6 · Explicit

    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…

  7. Born to Break In | 5

    · 35 min · S1 E5 · Explicit

    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…

  8. Sparkies | 4

    · 41 min · S1 E4 · Explicit

    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…

  9. The Dog Lady & The Inmate | 3

    · 40 min · S1 E3 · Explicit

    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…

  10. Harvey’s Casino Bomb | 2

    · 44 min · S1 E2 · Explicit

    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…

  11. Disconnected | 1

    · 43 min · S1 E1 · Explicit

    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…

  12. Introducing Scamtown

    · 1:19 · Trailer

    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…

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