Best Fraud & Scams Podcasts
Con artists, Ponzi schemes, and white-collar crime
25 podcasts — ranked by binge factor
Slow Burn (Slate)
History buffs and true crime fans who want political crime; listeners who want to understand how America gets to defining moments of corruption and crisis.
Bag Man (MSNBC)
Political history fans; true crime listeners who want to understand how American power insulates its criminals; anyone surprised that Watergate wasn't the only White House crime happening simultaneously.
Dirty John
True crime fans who love psychological manipulation, con artists, and domestic crime stories with high personal stakes.
Dr. Death
True crime fans interested in medical crime, institutional failure, and white-collar predators — compelling for anyone who has ever trusted a doctor blindly.
Uncover (CBC)
True crime fans interested in cults, coercive control, and how dangerous organisations hide in plain sight; those who want original reporting rather than documentary recaps.
Scamanda
True crime fans fascinated by con artists, medical fraud, and the psychology of long-term deception within close-knit communities.
Crimetown
True crime fans who want novelistic, character-driven storytelling about organised crime and institutional corruption; listeners who want something that feels as much like great drama as documentary.
The Retrievals
True crime fans interested in medical crime, systemic bias, and the treatment of women in healthcare; essential for anyone who has ever been dismissed by a doctor.
Cults (Parcast)
True crime fans interested in psychology, religion, and how destructive movements are built; people who want to understand cult mechanics from the inside out.
Scam Goddess
True crime fans who want to laugh as much as they're appalled; people interested in fraud and financial crimes without all the violence.
Gangster Capitalism
True crime fans interested in white-collar crime, education inequality, and how institutional privilege is bought and sold; anyone who wondered what really happened with Operation Varsity Blues.
Swindled
True crime fans bored of murder who want to be outraged by institutional and corporate evil; anyone who appreciates deadpan humor and business crime.
Small Town Dicks
True crime fans who want law enforcement perspective from actual detectives who worked the cases rather than outside commentators; fans of Yeardley Smith and celebrity-guest podcast formats.
Betrayal
True crime fans interested in psychological crime, identity deception, and the personal devastation of discovering you were living with a secret; fans of Dirty John who want the same intimate betrayal format.
Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
True crime and fraud fans who love elaborate cons, Hollywood intrigue, and identity deception at a jaw-dropping scale.
American Scandal
History and current affairs enthusiasts who want true crime-style storytelling applied to institutional corruption and political failures.
The Dropout
People interested in tech fraud, startup culture, and white-collar crime; fans of The Dropout TV series who want the deeper journalism behind it.
Dateline NBC
Fans of network true crime TV who want that polished, accessible storytelling on demand; great for newcomers to true crime.
Over My Dead Body
True crime fans who enjoy high-production narrative storytelling and want a varied anthology across different types of extraordinary cases.
Tenfold More Wicked
True crime fans who love history; listeners who want cases they definitely haven't heard about; anyone who finds contemporary true crime's media saturation exhausting and wants genuinely fresh material.
Something Was Wrong
True crime fans who recognise that serious crimes don't always involve violence; survivors of abusive relationships who want their experiences validated; listeners interested in psychological manipulation and its aftermath.
Wine and Crime
True crime fans who want to feel like they're listening to friends rather than reporters; wine enthusiasts; those who want the My Favorite Murder experience with a Midwest warmth.
Court Junkie
True crime fans who want firsthand courtroom reporting rather than secondhand summarising; listeners interested in how trials actually work rather than how they look on TV.
True Crime Fan Club
True crime fans who enjoy community-driven listening experiences; those who want a wide variety of case types covered regularly; listeners who've exhausted the big names and want deeper cuts.
Criminal
Listeners who appreciate literary storytelling and want true crime that feels more like Radio 4 documentary than sensational thriller; people who hate the mainstream true crime format.