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The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 3. One Man's Trash
Season 10 Episode 3
The Maria Duval letter scam began in Europe—so how did it make its way to America? U.S. Postal Inspector Clayton Gerber begins to unravel the threads…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 2. Psychic to the Stars
Season 10 Episode 2
Who was Maria Duval? Her son says she had a gift, an ability to see people’s futures. She helped locate missing people and worked with the French eli…
1 year, 10 months ago
The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 1. Your Devoted Friend
Season 10 Episode 1
What would you do if you got a mysterious letter promising to restore your health and vitality? Doreen Robinson wrote back and sent money to the Fren…
1 year, 10 months ago
Introducing: The Greatest Scam Ever Written
What would you do if one handwritten letter promised to change your life forever?
All of us want magic, to feel like there is some sort of exterior …
1 year, 11 months ago
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 6. Unfinished Business
Season 9 Episode 6
Despite promises made by the police, the killer faces the death penalty for his crimes. Donna confesses that she is terrified her father will find a …
1 year, 11 months ago
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 5. Donna
Season 9 Episode 5
In the present day, Steve tracks down Donna, the killer’s daughter, who he first met when she was 12. Nearly fifty years later, Donna describes the h…
1 year, 11 months ago
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 4. The Exclusive
Season 9 Episode 4
Steve secures his exclusive interview with the killer, who reveals what he considers the “real reasons” his victims died. While digging into this inv…
2 years ago
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 3. Take Us To The Bodies
Season 9 Episode 3
On the strangest road trip ever, the confessed killer leads detectives, a prosecutor, and a medical examiner on a grim quest to unearth the bodies he…
2 years ago
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 2. Confessions
Season 9 Episode 2
Steve dives deeper into the details of the killer’s life, reaching out to his wife and daughter in an attempt to secure an exclusive interview with t…
2 years ago
My Friend, the Serial Killer | 1. Local Man
Season 9 Episode 1
Steve Fishman is an intern at his local Connecticut newspaper and a regular hitchhiker. When one of his hitched rides comes to an unnerving conclusio…
2 years ago