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Pretend Podcast
United States
Приєднався 28 гру 2020
Pretend Radio is a podcast and UA-cam channel about con artists and their victims.
Javier Leiva, investigative journalist, interviews con artists, snake oil salesmen, and undercover FBI agents.
PRETEND is consistently in the top 100 True Crime Podcasts in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. It has been featured in the New York Times, the BBC, and New York Magazine and Vulture named PRETEND in their top 52 True Crime podcast list.
Javier Leiva, investigative journalist, interviews con artists, snake oil salesmen, and undercover FBI agents.
PRETEND is consistently in the top 100 True Crime Podcasts in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia. It has been featured in the New York Times, the BBC, and New York Magazine and Vulture named PRETEND in their top 52 True Crime podcast list.
1903: The Naked Surgeon Revisited
Where do sovereign citizens go when they need medical attention? Some of them seek help from homeopathic quacks like Rick Van Thiel.
Rick Van Thiel is not a surgeon. He's a porn star operating on people with dirty scalpels, reused needles, surrounded by filth. And the worst part is that he performs his surgeries in the nude.
This episode is part of my sovereign citizens (open.spotify.com/episode/3826t8sGmYqZ1PZH9jdq6i?si=5e115a6f9e214c4c) series. I first learned about this story from Jerri William's podcast called FBI retired Case File Review (jerriwilliams.com/podcast-2/) .
Disclaimer
It's safe to assume that most PRETEND episodes are unsuitable for young children. Unfortunately, this is one of those episodes. In fact, trigger warning: today, we're going to talk about sexual assault and suicide. This episode is pretty disgusting. So, if you have the stomach for it, please proceed. You've been warned.
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Rick Van Thiel is not a surgeon. He's a porn star operating on people with dirty scalpels, reused needles, surrounded by filth. And the worst part is that he performs his surgeries in the nude.
This episode is part of my sovereign citizens (open.spotify.com/episode/3826t8sGmYqZ1PZH9jdq6i?si=5e115a6f9e214c4c) series. I first learned about this story from Jerri William's podcast called FBI retired Case File Review (jerriwilliams.com/podcast-2/) .
Disclaimer
It's safe to assume that most PRETEND episodes are unsuitable for young children. Unfortunately, this is one of those episodes. In fact, trigger warning: today, we're going to talk about sexual assault and suicide. This episode is pretty disgusting. So, if you have the stomach for it, please proceed. You've been warned.
Check out my Spotify Radar Billboard in New York City:
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices (podcastchoices.com/adchoices)
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Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Who Never Played
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The documentary film titled, “Kaiser! Greatest Footballer Who Never Played” Takes you inside the Wild Life of Carlos Henrique "Kaiser.”
1902: The Greatest Footballer Who Never Played
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In this episode of PRETEND, we uncover the unbelievable story of Carlos Henrique Raposo, better known as "Kaiser," the man who lived the life of a soccer legend without ever kicking a ball. He partied like a star, signed with major teams, and tricked the entire football world for nearly three decades. I sit down with the producer of Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football, Louis ...
1901: The Return of the Stalker
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In this episode of PRETEND, I’m taking you back to the case of Tanya and Rick Fernandez-the Arizona couple behind one of the most bizarre harassment campaigns I’ve ever covered. For those of you who followed The Stalker series, you might think this story ended when they struck a plea deal, but not so fast. Despite completing court-ordered counseling and walking away without convictions, it look...
1816: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 16
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Can you believe this is the 16th episode of our investigation into LaDonna Humphrey-a story that, honestly, I didn’t think would last this long. But here we are. Now, if you’ve followed along, you know this has been a wild ride. LaDonna, once a respected figure in the true crime community, has become the center of some truly shocking accusations. Stealing evidence from the Fort Smith Police Dep...
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1815: Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey part 15
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We continue our investigation into Charles Ray Vines and his potential involvement in the Melissa Witt murder. In this episode, we track down Vines’ former neighbor and friend, Thomas Seymour. Seymour claims that he spoke with Vines just before Vines was heading to the bowling alley to meet a girl named Melissa. What other information does Seymour have that could shed light on this 30-year-old ...
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1705: Hockey Dad Poses as Delta Force Agent to Scam Parents part 2
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18: Confessions of a Ponzi Schemer: The Timepiece Gentleman (Anthony Farrar)
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18: Confessions of a Ponzi Schemer: The Timepiece Gentleman (Anthony Farrar)
What a horrible little journo wanna be scumbag frank is an OG
This is wild
Great job!!!
Great pod!
Woo hoo!
good job man, fatty patty is seething!
You've done so great on that series (and the ones prior as well)
Ray ray is so jelly
Yes you dumb dumb the movie is never how it happened.They have to make it interesting so people would buy tickets.He did things in different periods of times.He was only in prison for 3 year's.
Great episode. I'm trying to research a cult founder online. What is the best source to verify minister licenses, education, military service, and pilot's license? I have name, dob, birth place.
I've never used this but you can look into officiantdirectory.com/. Also for military records, for military records (62 years after service) www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records, you can always FOIA if you know which branch. Pilot's license: amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/
Fatrick Tomlinson is SEETHING
This is so exciting 🎉
HELL YEAH
Awesome!
I hope it boosts your pod!
Super cool!
Whaaaaaaa???? Hell yeah
Excellent exposure! Congratulations
You deserve it! Congrats!
Fantastic news!
David mclown is jelly
Faithful listener here!! I couldn't be more proud!!
That's awesome! Congratulations!
He's no real vampire real vampires have real fangs not custom made or fake fangs he is a wannabe vampire
Then what the fuck is wrong with you when I making fedral reports abd trust he i made them. I not a snitch but I tell the fucking truth I never asked these how's to stalk me and my son poisoning me trying to shoot me . Do your job and check up on the ic3 abd the feds or DHS shall I say
So the 3 kids with the nurse is Made up as well ❔❓❔
Frontline did a episode on this case. I live in the area. Check it out.
LaDonna suxs
You’re all awesome for speaking up and speaking out. This is how community works to achieve justice.
Omg! Im so use to your voice but never seen your face! I got into your podcast a few months ago after my sister introduced it to me. Cant wait to catch up :D
Brother got textbook manipulated by a cult. Love the report tho, Shannon killed it. Everyone should read the book on this church.
Actually I did find Tanya Fernandez review and I took a snapshot of you want me to email it. Those folks are a bit nutty!
I Googled their book that was written By “Rachael Chola” and it came up on Amazon Canada. There was one review and it was written by Tonya Fernandez! 😂 I tried to go back to what I saw so I could screen shot it but it’s gone unfortunately. Love your podcast!
Thank you! Yeah I have the screenshots. I'll post it on my Instagram (@pretendpod)
a con man, being a con man, by con manning other conmen movie makers to make a movies about being a con man which a con man being a con man conned all men about his con mannery of being a con man
Love it
Oh my gosh, LaDonna Humphrey is exactly like Rick and Tonya Fernandez! These people are so infuriating!!!!!!!!
I can’t stand Tonya and Rick. And the family. They are such disturbing people.
You know how normal families sit at the table and talk about normal things. Such as, how was your day? What did you learn at school today? I can only imagine this family's conversations.... That John over there looked at me weird today! We better stalk his sorry ass! Haha lol Honestly, this family is too much. They should all be locked up for reals!
These people...they're so weird. Why they keep dragging Javier into their surreal and bizarre shenanigans?
Because they feel as though he played them most likely. They super cwazy!
Oh boy oh boy
I don't understand why they keep going after the doctor and her husband. It sounded like the doctor was really good to them.
They seem obsessed
Oh, it’s on. I usually listen to the podcast but I’ll give you a UA-cam view this time :)
thank you!
I wish the book were still available for purchase. The sample pages show it's very poorly written, but I would be willing to plow through it.
You’re a masochist 😅
I so badly want to read this stupid book now too!
@@PretendPod I'm sure I did something bad in my life that I got away with. This could be a fitting punishment 😁
@@rachelbluth4088 The sample available on Amazon show it's very poorly written. But I would still buy a copy if it were available. I've even checked out other on-line book sellers. It seems it's not available anywhere in the U.S.
Hey mclowm
Was David watching?
Where is episode 8?
Check now. It was set to private for some reason
Yeah. This dude stole $1.6M from us in his Ponzi scheme. May he rot in jail.
Outstanding! Thank you so much everyone for coming and telling your stories.
I broke a house rule watching this!! ,,😮😮😮😂
I appreciate that you all spoke out!
FYI Someone on Reddit managed to deduce that "Truth Seeker5997" is actually Ladonna or a Ladonna Shill