Swindled

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Swindled
Swindled logo.jpg
Presentation
Hosted by"A Concerned Citizen"
GenreTrue crime
LanguageEnglish
Production
Audio formatPodcast
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes80
Publication
Original releaseJanuary 7, 2018 (2018-01-07) – present
Websiteswindledpodcast.com

Swindled is an American true crime podcast written and hosted by an anonymous "concerned citizen", who has never revealed his identity. The scripted series explores the world of white-collar crime, political corruption, and corporate greed.[1]

A German translation of the series titled Schmutzige Geschäfte launched on November 19, 2018.[2]

Episodes[]

Season 1[]

Episode Title Subject Prelude Date
1 The Lucky Winner Eddie Tipton Triple Six Fix January 7, 2018
2 The Horse Queen Rita Crundwell Trust, but verify January 7, 2018
3 The Treasure Hunter Tommy Thompson Fenn treasure January 7, 2018
4 The Canal Love Canal Denney Farm Chemical Spill January 21, 2018
5 The Delivery Man Brian Wells Mosman bomb hoax February 4, 2018
6 The Contraceptive Dalkon Shield Nelson Pill Hearings February 18, 2018
7 The Treasurer Budd Dwyer Paul Powell March 4, 2018
8 The Impostor Jimmy Sabatino William Douglas Street Jr. March 18, 2018
9 The Leak Bhopal Gas Disaster 1985 Institute, West Virginia Union Carbide Plant Leak April 1, 2018
10 The Judges Kids for Cash Greg Skrepenak April 15, 2018
11 The Hitman Frank Howard Jeffrey Locker April 29, 2018
12 The Televangelist Jim Bakker Peter Popoff May 13, 2018
13 The Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli Valeant Pharmaceuticals May 28, 2018
14 The Association FIFA Colin Fowles June 14, 2018
15 The Gigolo Richard Bailey Tommy "The Sandman" Burns July 1, 2018

Season 2[]

Episode Title Subject Prelude Date
1 The Canoe Man John Darwin David Friedland September 9, 2018
2 The Lawsuit McDonald's Hot Coffee Bigbee v. Pacific Telephone and Telegraph September 23, 2018
3 The Tycoon Allen Stanford Michael Marin October 7, 2018
4 The Fyre Festival Billy McFarland Lapland New Forest October 21, 2018
5 The Hostage Tony Kiritsis Clay Allen Duke November 4, 2018
6 The Contestant Charles Ingram Michael Larson November 18, 2018
7 The Psychic Sylvia Browne Miss Cleo December 2, 2018
8 The Deputy Frankie Bybee Charles "Joe" Gliniewicz December 16, 2018
9 The Mogul Lou Pearlman Alan Bond January 6, 2019
10 The Formula Nestlé Boycott of 1977 Chinese Baby Milk Scandal January 20, 2019
11 The Body Snatcher Michael Mastromarino Tri-State Crematory February 3, 2019
12 The Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Murder of Tamara Greene February 17, 2019
13 The Sting Abscam Mel Weinberg March 2, 2019
14 The Downline Herbalife Glenn W. Turner March 17, 2019
15 The Producer Joe Francis Bumfights April 1, 2019

Season 3[]

Episode Title Subject Prelude Date
1 The Socialite Anna Delvey Kari Ferrell July 7, 2019
2 The Match Simon Leviev Maria Elvira Pinto Exposto July 21, 2019
3 The Implants Poly Implant Prothèse Dow Corning August 4, 2019
4 The Tour Jered Threatin Milli Vanilli August 18, 2019
5 The Whistleblower Karen Silkwood Robert S. Kerr August 31, 2019
6 The Fundraiser Johnny Bobbit Jr. Ginny Irovando Long September 14, 2019
7 The Survivor Tania Head Fred Parisi September 28, 2019
8 The Family Business Doug Pielsticker Falcon Transport October 13, 2019
9 The Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey Kristin M. Davis October 27, 2019
10 The Mine Crandall Canyon Mine Sago Mine November 10, 2019
11 The GPO Girl Samantha Azzopardi Guerdwich Montimere November 24, 2019
12 The Revenger Hunter Moore Kevin Bollaert December 8, 2019
13 The Sultan Anthony Gignac Coingate December 22, 2019
14 The Raid Agriprocessors Swift & Co. January 12, 2020
15 The Switch Flint Water Crisis Lead contamination in Washington, D.C. drinking water January 26, 2020

Season 4[]

Episode Title Subject Prelude Date
1 The Gamechanger Belle Gibson Jess Ainscough May 10, 2020
2 The Pope Dan Johnson Dan Johnson May 24, 2020
3 The Grant Scott Westerhuis Steven Sueppel June 7, 2020
4 The Genius Martin Frankel Thomas Quinn June 21, 2020
5 The Octopus United Fruit Company/Chiquita Dole Food Company July 5, 2020
6 The Vigilante Pat Johnson Joe Stack July 19, 2020
7 The Referee Tim Donaghy Joe Gagliano August 3, 2020
8 The Treatment Bayer AG Ryan White August 16, 2020
9 The Barefoot Bandit Colton Harris Moore Joshua Paul Calhoun August 30, 2020
10 The I.M.O.M. Peter Foster John Chardon September 12, 2020
11 The Space Program Challenger Disaster Vladimir Komarov September 27, 2020
12 The Saint Mother Teresa Kevin Malarkey October 11, 2020
13 The Pitchman Don Lapre Doug Grant October 25, 2020
14 The Downfall Marcus Schrenker Raymond Roth November 8, 2020
15 The Spill Deepwater Horizon Ixtoc I November 22, 2020

Season 5[]

Episode Title Subject Prelude Date
1 The Atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair Engel v. Vitale April 11, 2021
2 The Well Walkerton E. coli outbreak Washington County Fair April 25, 2021
3 The Bishop John P. Tomkins Luke Helder May 9, 2021
4 The Ivy Leaguer Esther Reed James Hogue May 23, 2021
5 The Bakery Sandy Jenkins Alvin Kennard June 6, 2021
6 The Brand Procter & Gamble Fenholloway River June 20, 2021
7 The Patriarch Anthony Todt John Chairmonte July 4, 2021
8 The Ghost Writer Anthony Godby Johnson New Horizons Youth Ministries July 18, 2021
9 The Scheme Bernie Madoff Samuel Israel III August 29, 2021
10 The Outbreak Peanut Corporation of America Jensen Farms September 12, 2021
11 The Inferno The Station nightclub fire E2 nightclub stampede September 28, 2021
12 The Killdozer Marvin Heemeyer Thomas Leask October 12, 2021
13 The Salesman William J. McCorkle Charles J. Givens October 25, 2021
14 The OB/GYN Javaid Perwaiz Roger Beyer November 11, 2021
15 The Explosion 2020 Beirut explosion West Fertilizer Company explosion December 6, 2021

Bonus Episodes[]

Episode Title Subject Date
1 The Promotion McDonalds Monopoly December 27, 2017
2 The Reef Osborne Reef December 27, 2017
3 The Fire Marc Thompson January 28, 2018
4 The Mortician Jean Crump March 6, 2018
5 The Homemaker Martha Stewart April 25, 2018
6 The Pole Saw David Player and Gerald “Trey” Hardin June 4, 2018
7 The Refugee Wyclef Jean July 22, 2018
8 The Tree Farm Rachel Lee December 8, 2018
9 The Convention DashCon January 27, 2019
10 The Boner King Enzyte March 6, 2019
11 The Vendor Vendstar May 1, 2019
12 The Portofino Pirate Larissa Watson May 14, 2019
13 The Chess Champion [Paul Charles Dozsa June 24, 2019
14 The Conductor Kyle Sandler August 19, 2019
15 The Bookkeeper Kim Williams October 6, 2019
16 The Puppeteer Natalia Burgess November 14, 2019
17 The Promotion [Redux] McDonalds Monopoly January 5, 2020
18 The Neighbor Carla Jones March 3, 2020
19 VN4VL: Democracy Manifest Updates for previous episodes March 10, 2020
20 The Developer Shannon Egeland March 17, 2020
21 The Boner King [Redux] Enzyte April 1, 2020
22 VN4VL: Coronamania Updates for previous episodes June 1, 2020
23 The Sweepstakes Pepsi Number Fever August 18, 2020
24 The Birthday Party Gary Milby December 4, 2020
25 The Chili Anna Ayala December 23, 2020
26 VN4VL: Hunting for Love & Treasure Updates for previous episodes December 31, 2020
27 The Pigeon King Arlan Galbraith February 13, 2021
28 The Chemical Film Recovery Systems March 5, 2021
29 The Hero Candace Clark March 7, 2021
30 VN4VL: Kwame's Resurrection Updates for previous episodes June 26, 2021
31 The Beach House Sheriff Todd Entrekin August 1st, 2021
32 The Pink Slime Beef Products, Inc. August 3rd, 2021
33 The Test Brandy Murrah November 3rd, 2021
34 The Healer Michael Guglielmucci December 16th, 2021

Reception[]

The show has received positive reviews from critics. Vulture named the series one of the "52 Great True-Crime Podcasts [of] the post-Serial boom".[1] The Star Tribune named the series one of its "10 must-listen true crime podcasts" in June 2018.[3] In August that year, Digital Trends included the series on its list of best true crime podcasts.[4] The Guardian also selected the series as its podcast "pick of the week" for the week of September 9, 2018.[5]

Accolades[]

  • Listed as #10 in "Top Subscriptions" on Apple Podcasts' Best of 2021[6]
  • Winner in the 2019 Discover Pods Awards for "Best True Crime Podcast"[7]
  • Runner-up in the 2019 Discover Pods Awards for "Best Overall Podcast" [7]
  • Runner-up in the 2018 Discover Pods Awards for "Best True Crime Podcast"[8]
  • Finalist in the 2018 Discover Pods Awards for "Best New Podcast"[8]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Nelson, Hillary. "52 Great True-Crime Podcasts". Vulture. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  2. ^ Sprenger, Tom (2018-11-19). "Schmutzige Geschäfte: US-Podcast "Swindled" kommt nach Deutschland". radioWOCHE - Aktuelle Radionews, UKW/DAB+ News und Radiojobs (in German). Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  3. ^ "10 must-listen true crime podcasts". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  4. ^ "The best true crime podcasts offer chilling insights into humanity". Digital Trends. 2018-08-26. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  5. ^ Slaney, Rowan; Bakare, Lanre; Verdier, Hannah; Ames, Lily (2018-09-07). "A history of Martin Luther King's non-violence – podcasts of the week". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  6. ^ "Apple Podcasts presents the Best of 2021". Apple Newsroom. Retrieved 2021-12-21.
  7. ^ a b "Announcing the winners of the 2019 Discover Pods Awards". Discover Pods Awards. 2019-11-21. Retrieved 2020-01-28.
  8. ^ a b "2018 Discover Pods Awards Finalists | Discover the Best Podcasts | Discover Pods". Discover the Best Podcasts | Discover Pods. 2018-11-16. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
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