The Grift presents an episode of another Panoply podcast we think our listeners will love: Family Ghosts. When Nick's grandfather died... more

Ferdinand Demara is quite possibly the greatest con artist you’ve never heard of. With good reason: he hardly ever used... more

Peter Fenton made a career out of crafting that con we’ve all fallen for: the con of fantasy, of alternative... more

A fraud is lurking on most every block of most every city and town, all over the world: the psychic.... more

Oscar Hartzell, born to humble beginnings, would go on to craft one of the most elaborate and successful mail fraud... more

Sam Israel not only ran one of the most successful Ponzi schemes in history, he would eventually go on to... more

Maria talks with the Atlantic’s Emily Yoffe about the most common grift of them all: the sweetheart scam. It’s a... more

A small secretive cult was started in the 1970s and operated out of New Jersey for decades without notice. A... more

Cassie Chadwick was one of the most famous, or infamous, seductresses of the Gilded Age. She excelled at impersonating high... more

The only thing Ken Perenyi loved as much as art was swindling the art world. He relished the contest of... more