83 episodes
The Opportunist Opportunist
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- True Crime
The Opportunist tells true stories of regular people who turn sinister by embracing opportunity. How does an everyday person turn into a thief, a scammer or a cult leader? Perhaps the most dangerous person is the one who appears the most normal. Perhaps there is a dark potential lurking inside all of us that is just waiting for the right opportunity to emerge. The Opportunist is an original podcast hosted by Hannah Smith.
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KIM McMORRIES Part 1 of 1: A Family Secret
Kim McMorries was a small town doctor, highly regarded and beloved by his patients. But he was keeping a secret. And in 2019, that secret was revealed, first to east Texas, then to the world.
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DAN WARREN Part 1 of 1: Service Dog Fraud
From the outside, Dan Warren's farm in Madison County, Virginia looked idyllic. A place where life-saving Diabetic Alert Dogs were carefully bred and trained. But in 2011, a cruel fraud was exposed and the families he hurt would search for justice.
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CANDACE CLARK Part 1 of 1: Serial Scammer
Serial scammer Candace Clark preyed on vulnerable people who believed she was a friend - but her relentless greed would be her downfall.
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Vigilante - Byron David Smith: THE DEER HUNTER
Byron Smith was tired of his home being burgled. He said it had been broken into at least a half dozen times. And he was determined not to let it happen again.
So, Smith set a trap and laid in wait to protect his “castle.”
When two teenage cousins broke into his house on Elm Street, it set off a true-life horror story.
Listen to Vigilante:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vigilante/id1622288667
https://open.spotify.com/show/49wzulSXKQKWYOIWoTVEPT?si=0d4c8835885e4fa1 -
TARA LEE Part 2 of 2: The Perfect Scam
After discovering Tara's scam, her lawyers, adoptive parents and the FBI all work to build a case against her.
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TARA LEE Part 1 of 2: Tara Trance
Tara Lee was an adoption facilitator in Detroit, loved by many. In the Fall of 2018 a group of adoptive parents and attorneys discovered she wasn't who she said she was.