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Introducing Persona: The French Deception Jun 15, 2022

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Introducing the true crime podcast Persona: The French Deception— the story of Gilbert Chikli, one of the greatest con artists of all time. What does it feel like to pick up the phone and scam someone out of $50 million? Host and award-winning journalist, Evan Ratliff, investigates how Chikli successfully duped some of the world’s most powerful people into handing over their fortunes. He explores how Chikli evaded the law for years and became a Robin Hood-like hero. More than just a tale of criminal genius, this is a show about the moment we’re living in right now — the golden age of scammers — and the power of seduction. But what happens when the fantasy we’ve been lured into finally crumbles away?

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The Choir Jun 07, 2022

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Perhaps some people are born lucky. . . and then there are others, who have singular experiences that can be described as, well, miracles. That seems to have been the case for fifteen people in a small Nebraska town in 1950.

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Researched by Michaela Morrill with additional research by Laurah Norton

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The Metal Man May 24, 2022

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In 1973, a Falkville, Alabama police chief went out to answer a mysterious call about an otherworldly sighting—a figure, a metal man running down the rural roads outside of town—and began an encounter of third kind that would turn his life upside down.

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The Highway May 10, 2022

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The U.S. has many purportedly haunted highways; one is Florida’s I-4, sometimes known as the most dangerous in the country, has a small stretch in Seminole County known as “The Dead Zone. . .” and the name refers to more than its proclivity for disrupting cell phones and CB radios.

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The Turtle Apr 26, 2022

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Indiana’s Beast of Busco set the tiny town of Churubusco abuzz way back in 1949—and set one farmer on the relentless pursuit of his personal ‘white whale’. . . an enormous turtle. Hey, we all have dreams, right?

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The Hunger Apr 12, 2022

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A boy’s unknown illness leaves him without the capability to feel hunger or thirst—and in a quest to find updates on his possible cure, information is unearthed on a very different kind of medical mystery. An enlightened leader, half a world away, had been baffling scientists not with his illness, but with his ability.

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Wondery Presents: Call Me Curious Mar 30, 2022

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Is sugar really more addictive than cocaine? Does intermittent fasting work? Should I buy crypto? We’re all on 24-7 information overload, on our news feeds, in our inboxes, on TikTok… it’s hard to know what is real and what isn’t. Every week on CALL ME CURIOUS, Nikki Boyer (Dying for Sex, The Daily Smile) and friends like Mr. Malone are going to dive into all the things you’ve heard about, but don’t really know about. That’s right - No more nodding along at parties or running into the bathroom to Google, “Why do people get nipple rings?” We’ll learn and laugh as we explore life’s little mysteries, the internet’s hot topics, and burning gotta-know questions.

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The Genius Mar 29, 2022

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A Washington man named Jason Padgett loved partying, muscle cars, and getting buff at the local gym, and would have been content to live his life singing karaoke and chasing girls--until a fateful attack changed his worldview. . . quite literally. When he woke up the next day after receiving serious blows to the head, Jason realized that he could see things that others couldn’t. And he didn’t know what to make of them.

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The Lizardman Mar 15, 2022

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A rural South Carolina town is struck by cryptid fever in the form of a seven-foot-tall lizard with a taste for cars. . . specifically, for chewing on them. Once a local teenager is chased down by the Lizardman, locals all over Bishopville and the greater Lee County area spot lizard tracks and possible Lizardman attacks. But is it all just a hoax? Or, perhaps, the work of another cryptid altogether?

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The Doll Mar 01, 2022

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A Florida museum has trouble with one of its more disturbing displays. Then, surprisingly--the (haunted ?) antique baby may become the problem of someone else altogether--someone who was seeking a solution.

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