Wild Boys | 3. The Journalist

He told each of them a different story: billionaire’s son, crypto genius, tech founder. None of it was true. From the outside, Ken was everything—successful, charming, generous. But when the women he deceived compared notes, they uncovered something far more sinister: a scam that ... Show More

Dawn Kali is so hopeful Dr. Young’s alkaline treatment will work that she starts ignoring signs that it isn’t. Meanwhile, some of the Miracle Ranch employees try to rein in Dr. Young’s worst impulses with little success, until one woman writes a letter that will change everything ... Show More

After accruing thousands of dollars in bounced check fees, Dr. Young agrees to hire June Asisi to do the Miracle Ranch bookkeeping. But June quickly realizes that cash flow issues are just the tip of the weirdness iceberg. Meanwhile, as Dawn Kali becomes more and more integrated ... Show More

Will is apprehended and forcibly hospitalised, and a journalist convinces the boys to tell their story on national TV. The interview airs, and the community finally gets their first glimpse of the boys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Someone claiming to be the boys’ older brother contacts the journalist who scrambles to assemble the key players for a dramatic confrontation. The boys’ true identities surface and their elaborate deception is revealed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a ... Show More

The boys are confronted by their first true skeptic — a local cop determined to verify their identities. Tami tries to shelter them from the police and prying media and urges Will to get help with his plummeting weight. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a ... Show More

Seventeen years after the Wild Boys turned host Sam Mullins’s hometown upside down, he sets out to find the brothers and their family, and get the full story for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Two strange brothers, Will and Tom Green, blow into a small Canadian town, telling an unbelievable story about their upbringing. The community, led by a hockey Mom named Tami, rallies to help them. But the boys have a secret. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices ... Show More

At a precarious moment for the free press—as journalists face rhetoric about “fake news,” hostility toward reporters at political rallies, and efforts by powerful interests to suppress and manipulate the news—this episode looks at a group of people on the frontlines of the fight ... Show More

From Campside Media and eOne, sports journalist Matt Stanmyre embarks on a journey to examine the stranger-than-fiction twists, life-altering consequences and dramatic mysteries of the most iconic high school football game of all time. For this one New Jersey town it’s the day th ... Show More

In the season finale of Wild Boys, host Sam Mullins sets out to answer a question anyone who's ever heard of this story has had: whatever became of those Bush Boys? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Our story is about to take a big turn ... next week. But for now, season 1 co-host Josh Dean and Rajiv Golla, the hosts of our biweekly "Art of the Con" subscriber-only talk show sit down with Wild Boys host Sam Mullins to talk about the origins of this incredible story, and what ... Show More