Kath tells Pat about the various scandals of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including its connections to art thieves and traffickers, and its history of displaying counterfeit artifacts.

Kath tells Pat about social media self help superstar Jay Shetty, who's amazing life story took him from an ashram to the white house.... maybe.

Kath tells Pat about Brian Molony, on whom the Philip Seymour Hoffman movie Owning Mahowny is based. Brian is a Canadian gambling addict who lost so much money he managed to get the biggest casino in Atlantic City shut down for a day.

Pat tells Kath about how an auto mechanic with a checkered past capitalized on environmental tax incentives to perpetrate one of the biggest ponzi schemes in American history.

Pat brings us another scam roundup, including updates on Chiefsaholic, George Santos, the Kia Boys, and a number of new up and coming scammers.

Kath tells Pat about Jalisco New Generation, a Mexican drug cartel with a new line of revenue: scamming timeshare owners over the phone. For the full episode, check out our patreon at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!

This episode was originally recorded in summer of 2020 for our patreon feed (patreon.com/liecheatandsteal), but we thought we should repost it publicly since Shaun King is up to his old tricks again, this time in the name of Palestine rather than in the name of Black Lives Matter. This episode isn't updated with all of his recent antics, and the so…

Kath and Pat talk about sobriety (don't worry, we won't try to convert you) and then about Charlie Morse, a man who leveraged his Maine upbringing into a monopoly on a precious commodity in a pre-refrigeration world: ice.

This is a preview of our patreon only episode this week, about a country that went from being one of the richest on earth per capita to one of the poorest. To access the rest of this episode as well as an advertising free feed, sign up at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal.

After some gambling talk, Pat tells Kath about an enterprising pickleball player who scammed his fellow enthusaists (don't worry, he also explains what pickleball is). Check out our patreon for two more episodes a month! www.patreon.com/liecheatandsteal

At an episode recorded in person (!) in Austin, Kath tells Pat about Lord Gordon Gordon, a would-be Scottish noble who nearly caused an international incident between the US and Canada in the 1870s.

Pat and Zac conclude our series on Texas gamblers with the tale of Benny Binion. Check out our youtube page to watch the dice game! Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@liecheatstealpodcast

Kath tells Pat about the extremely profitable world of animal smuggling. The judicial penalties are low, but don't try this at home - the criminal organizations involved in this industry might come after you for muscling in on their territory.

Our pal Zac Brooks is back to tell us about the life and times of another legendary Texas outlaw gambler, Amarillo Slim.

Pat and Kath discuss how to win on "baited hook" scratch tickets, using an algorithmic disovery made in 2003 by Canadian statistician Mohan Srivastava, and possibly many others around North America. Much of the information in this episode comes from the 2011 Wired Article by Jonah Lehrer about Srivastava's discovery: https://www.wired.com/2011/01/c…

Part 1 of our series on Outlaw Gambling legends with Zac Brooks kicks off with the tall tale of Titanic Thompson, unusually gifted in both athleticism and prop bets, using one skill to feed the other.

: Pat takes Kath through a few scams that have hit the news lately, including a dime theft, a beloved tamale restaurant's dark underbelly, and a fake priest ring.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath brings Pat another art scam from a man so disgusted by modern art he decided to invent an entire genre of it: Disumbrationism.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about yet another Australian man who benefitted from an ATM glitch to the tune of over a million dollars - it's happened twice! And he would have gotten away with it if he weren't such a good guy.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about a enterprising criminal who finagled his way into a job at the FBI and subsequently took down scores of politicians in a sting involving a fictional Emirati Sheik. This story is the basis for David O Russell's movie, AMERICAN HUSTLE.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about the predatory franchising agreements behind our (least?) favorite sandwiches, which screw over new American immigrants in particular.By Ethan Billips

Kath tells Pat about a Canadian first nations painter whose work has been mimicked by multiple forgery rings to the tune of over 100 million dollars' worth of fake paintings.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about a Ghanaian in America who scammed hundreds of people from into thinking he had the keys to the wealth of the newly independent nation of Ghana. Check out the new book Anansi's Gold by Yepoka Yeebo for more info!By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about the dramatic life of one of the originators of the American self help movement, serial grifter Napoleon Hill.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about the shady origins of the Titan submersible and Oceangate's founder, Stockton Rush.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about an unsolved jewelry theft in California and the multiple lawsuits that it spawned. Check out the article cited by Miranda Green here: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/05/the-ugly-fight-over-the-brinks-robbery-in-california.htmlBy Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about a man from an Austin suburb who tragically died in a car wreck, leaving his wife and step-child behind to pick up the pieces. Or did he?By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about the celebrity-favored Hillsong Church and its history of corruption, which spans multiple generations and continents.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about a prominent figure in Rhode Island politics with a dark past and a very confusing present - he's pretending to be a UK resident named Arthur Knight.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about a semi-legendary con artist who's become a cultural touchstone in India and a folk hero in his hometown.By Body Tape Intl.

Comedian and musician Mike Wiebe (The McCuewans, Riverboat Gamblers, Drakulas) joins Pat and Kath to talk about Bang Energy and its eccentric CEO, Jack Owoc.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about a non-narcotic pain relief invention that turned out too good to be true.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about an evangelical church that targeted military members and veterans for their government benefits to the tune of millions of dollars.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about a robbery at Mexico's Museo Nacional de Antropologia, where an unlikely duo made off with over 20 million in ancient artefacts.By Body Tape Intl.

Talia Lavin (@swordsjew, author of Culture Warlords) joins Kath and Pat for a conversation about the modern right wing universe of con artists and grifters.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about the recent resurrection of a self published romance novelist.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath fills Pat in on the ongoing saga of George Santos, the Trump-loving log cabin republican who lied about virtually every aspect of his life and still made it to Congress (for now).By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about a manosphere influencer's steroid fueled fall from grace.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat sits down with David Piccolomini to talk entertainment industry scams including his new special “Goblin King”By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about Simone Gold, the founder of the anti mask, anti vax group America's Frontline Doctors, who cooked the books and went to jail for her involvement in the January 6th riot.By Body Tape Intl.

In an episode recorded in person in Austin, Pat tells Kath about the scandal currently rocking the world of competitive chess. Check our youtube channel for a video version of this episode! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3EUZEYJC1gNlyNq-GznYZQBy Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about an unorthodox insurance scam involving a family, a fugitive, and real injuries.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about the recent scandal that has rocked the competitive fishing world, as well as altered the rest of the world to the fact that there's a "competitive fishing world": scandal and intrigue on the Lake Erie Walleye Trail.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat a tale of southern white entitlement that ends in multiple murders.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about Brett Favre's plans to use Mississippi's welfare money to build his daughter a volleyball court, and other ways Mississippi's elites robbed its poor blind.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath takes Pat on a trip through the Mormon imagination in this episode about the famous scared straight bestseller, Go Ask Alice.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about a grifter in the world of extreme travel in this episode, recorded in-person in Austin.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about the hysteria surrounding fentanyl that's causing cops to become even dumber than they already were.By Body Tape Intl.

Kath tells Pat about a would-be tech entrepreneur who swindled a small Alabama town.By Body Tape Intl.

Pat tells Kath about the subject of Goodfellas and the origin of a common LCS expression, Henry Hill.By Body Tape Intl.