Brian Brushwood (Scam School, Modern Rogue, Scam Nation) brings you the hidden stories behind the most audacious con jobs, swindles and heists in history. Email the show at Worlds Greatest Con at Gmail dot comSupport us directly at Patreon dot com slash Greatest Con<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
World's Greatest Con
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Podcast Overview
Brian Brushwood (Scam School, Modern Rogue, Scam Nation) brings you the hidden stories behind the most audacious con jobs, swindles and heists in history. Email the show at Worlds Greatest Con at Gmail dot comSupport us directly at Patreon dot com slash Greatest Con<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
April 24, 2026
Who is Princess Caraboo?
<p>A mysterious woman walks into a small English village speaking a language nobody understands.</p><br><p>She says her name is Princess Caraboo: royalty from a faraway island, kidnapped by pirates and shipwrecked near Bristol.</p><br><p>Soon, doctors, newspapers, and wealthy hosts are all drawn into her story.</p><br><p>But the bigger the legend grows, the harder it becomes to know who is fooling whom.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
February 9, 2026
Do Rainmakers Believe They Make The Rain?
<p>In 1915, San Diego is on the brink of becoming a major American city, if it doesn’t die of thirst first.</p><br><p>Enter Charles Hatfield. He claims a secret chemical process can summon rain, end the drought, and sustain the city as it prepares to welcome the world for a critical international exhibition.</p><br><p>And he’s right.</p><br><p>It rains.</p><br><p>The problem is, it doesn’t stop.</p><br><p>Floods tear through the region. Dozens are dead. Millions of dollars in damage follow. Entire neighborhoods are washed away.</p><p>In the aftermath, everything hinges on one impossible question: did he truly believe he was making the rain or was it all a con?</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
November 27, 2025
Why Do We Call It A Ponzi Scheme?
<p>Charles Ponzi conducted a financial fraud so audacious he became the biggest brand name in crime. Yet most people don’t know what he actually did and those who do are often hard-pressed to explain why it was special.</p><br><p>So why, more than 100 years later, do we call so many financial scams a Ponzi scheme?</p><br><p>Brian tells the story of a poor boy from Italy whose name is still on the lips of everyone worried they’re about to be made a sucker.</p><br><p>BROUGHT TO YOU BY: </p><p><a href="110.ScamStuff.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">110.ScamStuff.com</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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