1 hr 22 min
Leave Room for Jesus: Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Scam Evangelists Out of $150 Million Scam City
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Question of the scam: We all live for an experience or at least a 4-day vacation - but what if your experience was at a religious-themed theme park? Would you spend $1,000 to attend a Christian version of Disneyland? Scam City is back for season two with “Leave Room for Jesus: How Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Scammed Evangelists Out of $150 Million”!
The apostle Paul called himself the “Chief of Sinners,” and then Jim Bakker said hold my beer. Between 1966 and 1987, beloved televangelical, Tammy Faye Bakker, and her husband, Jim Bakker were peddling the good Lord’s Word for profit and power on through their own religious network, PTL aka Praise the Lord/People that Love. Endeared by millions of viewers across the country and world, their meteoric rise to Evangelist celebrity status was made possible by the faith and generosity of countless believers, who tuned into PTL’s television programs and donated to its telethons. What their viewers didn't know was that they were paying for the Bakker's life of luxury which included multiple houses, expensive cars, an ac-equipped dog house and more money than God, until their empire all came crashing down amid sex and financial scandals.
Digressions include The Surreal Life, Bet Uncut, waterslides and whether or not Kanye is the new Jim Bakker.
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Question of the scam: We all live for an experience or at least a 4-day vacation - but what if your experience was at a religious-themed theme park? Would you spend $1,000 to attend a Christian version of Disneyland? Scam City is back for season two with “Leave Room for Jesus: How Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker Scammed Evangelists Out of $150 Million”!
The apostle Paul called himself the “Chief of Sinners,” and then Jim Bakker said hold my beer. Between 1966 and 1987, beloved televangelical, Tammy Faye Bakker, and her husband, Jim Bakker were peddling the good Lord’s Word for profit and power on through their own religious network, PTL aka Praise the Lord/People that Love. Endeared by millions of viewers across the country and world, their meteoric rise to Evangelist celebrity status was made possible by the faith and generosity of countless believers, who tuned into PTL’s television programs and donated to its telethons. What their viewers didn't know was that they were paying for the Bakker's life of luxury which included multiple houses, expensive cars, an ac-equipped dog house and more money than God, until their empire all came crashing down amid sex and financial scandals.
Digressions include The Surreal Life, Bet Uncut, waterslides and whether or not Kanye is the new Jim Bakker.
Follow Scam City on Instagram.
1 hr 22 min