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A podcast about liars, frauds, thieves, and bullshitters. Subscribe to our bonus feed for two more episodes a month! patreon.com/liecheatandsteal

Lie, Cheat, & Steal Kath Barbadoro, Pat Sirois

    • Comedy

A podcast about liars, frauds, thieves, and bullshitters. Subscribe to our bonus feed for two more episodes a month! patreon.com/liecheatandsteal

    The Pigeon King's Ponzi Scheme

    The Pigeon King's Ponzi Scheme

    Kath tells Pat the strange tale of Arlan Galbraith, a Canadian farmer and pigeon racer who enlisted the Amish and Mennonite communities in a pigeon breeding ponzi scheme that resulted not just in exorbitant sums of money, but also in tens of thousands of pigeons.

    • 58 min
    PATREON PREVIEW: Bill Benter and Horse Racing

    PATREON PREVIEW: Bill Benter and Horse Racing

    Kath tells Pat about Bill Benter, the man who used math to successfully bet on a game that was previously considered to be impossible to statistically predict: horse racing. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!

    • 7 min
    Red Lobster and Venture Capital

    Red Lobster and Venture Capital

    Pat tells Kath the frustrating saga of Red Lobster, the universally beloved seafood franchise restaurant that fell prey to venture capital and is suffering the consequences.

    • 47 min
    PATREON PREVIEW: Counterfeiting

    PATREON PREVIEW: Counterfeiting

    Pat tells Kath about the world of counterfeit currency, and brings us a historical counterfeiting case that ensnared Sir Isaac Newton. Listen to the full episode at patreon.com/liecheatandsteal!

    • 10 min
    Matthew Bergwall and Refunding Scams

    Matthew Bergwall and Refunding Scams

    Pat and Kath discuss The Cut's recent article about Matthew Bergwall, a Miami college student who briefly became an incredibly prolific refund scammer - a brand new form of scamming enabled by internet retailers' lax return policies.

    • 1 hr 2 min
    PATREON PREVIEW: Moviepass

    PATREON PREVIEW: Moviepass

    Kath tells Pat about the rise and fall of moviepass - a company that began with modest aims made an investment deal with the devil that eventually led to disaster - but not before we all got some free movie tickets out of it.



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    • 8 min

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