42 episodes
Queen of the Con iHeart True Crime
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4.6 • 2.8K Ratings
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Bravo’s Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah appears to have it all. Beauty. Money. Power. Fame. But appearances are deceiving because this outspoken reality star is actually a professional con artist - amassing millions of dollars over the years by swindling thousands of victims across the country. Her scams are as sophisticated as they are cruel. And she cleverly and successfully manages to distance herself from her crimes - for years. Hear from her childhood friends, her former neighbor, her employees, her victims and from the federal agent responsible for ultimately figuring her out and toppling her house of cards.
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The Unreal Housewife: Ep. 1, I Couldn't Take My Eyes Off Her
Jen Shah grew up as an outcast in Provo, Utah. Being of Hawaiian and Tongan descent, her darker skin and exotic features made her a target for ridicule. But a former classmate comes forward to explain the spectacular metamorphosis she witnessed, as Jen Shah went from social pariah to the most popular girl in high school.
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The Unreal Housewife: Ep. 2, I'm Making Money on Every Click
Jen Shah’s personal designer paints a disturbing picture of the abuse he suffered working for the Real Housewife. He lived in her home. And witnessed things he now realizes were all signs of an elaborate con.
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The Unreal Housewife: Ep. 3, Sunk Cost Fallacy
When Jen Shah drops out of college, she starts working in the telemarketing industry. And it's not long until she aligns herself with a clutch of unsavory companies that start racking up thousands of complaints from customers who claim they were scammed, setting the stage for an all new complex framework of cons down the road.
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The Unreal Housewife: Ep. 4, Everything Just Seemed Legit
An internet savvy 38 year old woman gets tricked out of $30,000 by Jen Shah’s flimflam machine through a fantastical series of elaborate stories and lures - playing hard on the woman’s deep seated desires and dreams.
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The Unreal Housewife: Ep. 5, You Have a Right to Shut the Fu*& Up
Jen Shah pulls out all the stops to convince a judge to let her go. She claims she was never read her Miranda rights properly. She says a Hulu documentary destroyed her chances of a fair trial. She says she never did anything wrong anyways and that her unscrupulous business partners are the ones to blame for the multi-million dollar scams. But will a seasoned federal judge buy anything Jen Shah is selling?
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The Unreal Housewife: Ep. 6, Look Bitch, I’m Doing You a Favor
The contents of Jen Shah’s many cell phones go public and completely contradict every single statement she ever made about her case, about her business and about her life. Suddenly the walls start closing in and Jen Shah is left with only one choice.
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Customer Reviews
G-man
Have really enjoyed the different cases.
Pretty good but too many terrible ads
Get ready to hit that ff button multiple times in a row throughout to skip the awful screaming ads. The podcast is pretty good. Remember the host isn’t a journalist—don’t expect neutrality— but these are interesting stories and edited well. I’m glad these wretched women are getting outed.
Great stories, less ads
The stories are interesting, which this podcast focuses more on them and less on the host making it about himself, less ads, and less recap. It’s seriously like 10 minutes of new information the rest is ads and recaps. The host is insufferable, but still I listen for the stories and fast forward through the hosts babbling and the insane amount of ads.