logo
episode-header-image
May 2023
59m 59s

The Fake Film for… Feminism?! w/ Brittan...

Earwolf & Laci Mosley
About this episode

What’s poppin’ Con-gregation? Brittani Nichols, producer and writer on Abbott Elementary joins us to discuss the fraud surrounding the WGA writers strike. Also, we discuss how a group of creators scammed their way into shooting a movie by staging a fake engagement. Plus, a man and woman in the U.K. defrauded 80 victims, mostly gay men, they met on dating apps over a 16-year period. Stay Schemin’!

 

Scam Goddess Live @ the Elysian Theater on Thursday, June 22, 2023 in Los Angeles. Get your tickets go to:

https://www.elysiantheater.com/shows/scamgoddess

 

Research by Kaelyn Brandt

 

SOURCES

https://www.advocate.com/crime/2023/1/03/couple-sentenced-after-scamming-over-400k-mostly-gay-men

https://www.vice.com/en/article/884gw5/these-artists-scammed-a-dollar36k-film-shoot-by-faking-an-engagement

https://letterboxd.com/film/cons-pros/

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS890US892&q=kyla+pratt+little+mermaid&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi987SZufj-AhXJJ0QIHYT7DE0Q0pQJegQIDBAB&biw=905&bih=775&dpr=1.1#imgrc=VxXjND0faDfgCM

Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link: https://siriusxm.com/scam.

Up next
Jul 8
The Night the Art Ghosted Boston’s Gardner Museum w/ Jake Halpern and Jess McHugh
This week, Laci welcomes Jake Halpern and Jess McHugh (Deep Cover Podcast) to discuss Boston's 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum art heist. Several works of art worth half a billion dollars were stolen, making it the biggest property crime in U.S. history, and it’s still unsol ... Show More
1h 3m
Jul 4
Fraud Friday: The Deceitful Disappearing Act w/ Tahir Moore
In this week's Fraud Friday, Laci is joined by Tahir Moore (The Unhitch King, Insecure) to discuss John Darwin, a British man who faked his death and disappearance to avoid a mountain of debt. Plus, a home in Virginia was put on the market with an occupant still living in the bas ... Show More
1h 4m
Jul 1
Axl Rose & Sweet Crooked Cousins O’ Mine w/ Gayle King
This week, Laci welcomes Gayle King (CBS Mornings, Oprah Daily) to dive into all your scams and stories, CONgregation! Together, they explore Gayle's experience traveling to space, the hype of the Chicago pope, a listener's letter about pregnancy fraud as revenge against multiple ... Show More
49m 42s
Recommended Episodes
Feb 2025
Side Stories: The Zizian Cult Murders
Henry & Eddie bring you this week's wildest stories and true-crime news - starting off with a series of killings connected to the radical vegan trans death cult "The Zizians", members of online "Gooning" community hold "Goonlord Vigil" aka "Gooneral" for deceased Arizona man caug ... Show More
1h 10m
Jun 2024
The Guilty Feminist Culture Club: Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder with Susan Wokoma, Bronté Barbé and Rebekah Hinds
The Guilty Feminist Culture Club: Kathy and Stella Solve a MurderPresented by Deborah Frances-White and Susan Wokoma with special guests Bronté Barbé and Rebekah HindsRecorded 14 June 2024 at the Ambassador’s Theatre. Released 21 June.The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Ho ... Show More
31m 31s
Feb 2024
278 The Bones of Spying with Ava Glass
In today's episode, the gals are joined by the fantastic spy-crime writer, Ava Glass, who is behind the brilliant female lead spy books such as The Traitor, The Chase, and Alias Emma.These stories may (or may not?) have been inspired by her real-life encounters with female agents ... Show More
1h 6m
Mar 2025
340 Good Vibrations with Julia Tuffs
In today's episode, author Julia Tuffs popped in to tell us about the time a burglar made a very particular suggestion to deal with the stress of the crime, it's enough to send a shudder through the body. We then get to the meat of a criminal story, even if we never fully underst ... Show More
1 h
Mar 2025
427. The Law Silencing Women with Claire Hooper and Jennifer Robinson
The Guilty Feminist 427. The Law Silencing WomenPresented by Deborah Frances-White with Claire Hooper and special guest Jennifer RobinsonRecorded 12 February 2025 at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne. Released 3 March.The Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. Get Deborah’s ne ... Show More
1h 9m
Mar 2025
Episode 611: Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell - The Doomsday Murders Part III - Zombie Apocalypse
The boys return to the story of Lori Vallow and Chad Daybell, this week focusing on Lori's instant connection with Daybell and his cult, her bizarre relationship with her brother, Radio DJ Adam Cox, and the series of events that would lead to the murder of her husband Charles Val ... Show More
2h 11m
Nov 2019
184: A Sick Twisted Series of Murders - November 4 2019
Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com On November 4th 1998 a man was arrested after walking into a Northern California police station and confessing. When asked what proof he had, to everyone in the stations horror, he pulled a severed b ... Show More
5m 48s
Mar 2024
Dateline presents: Murder in the Hollywood Hills
Hey Dateline fans! As a bonus, we’re giving you a special preview clip of our new podcast series, Murder in the Hollywood Hills. In this story Keith Morrison takes us to the city of dreams, where a smooth-talking predator lured young women into a nightmare with promises of fame a ... Show More
4m 20s
Nov 2024
417. Gillian Anderson in conversation
The Guilty Feminist 417. Female Desire with Gillian AndersonPresented by Deborah Frances-White with special guest Gillian AndersonRecorded 19 November 2024 in London. Released 25 NovemberThe Guilty Feminist theme composed by Mark Hodge. More about Deborah Frances-Whitehttps://deb ... Show More
1h 1m
Feb 2025
Freaky Friday: Episode 149
My Boyfriend Accidentally Rode His Bike Over a Freshly Buried Murder Victim; Dinner With an (Alleged) Serial Rapist; The time I Lived in A Haunted House; My Friend, The Medium; Sorry...Brendan Fraser is an A**hat; and The Time I Shat Myself as a Baby Grad Student while Giving a F ... Show More
1h 10m