Are you obsessed with cons, frauds, and impostors?
Catch up on Chameleon, Campside co-founder Josh Dean's weekly show about people pretending to be something they aren’t
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Are you obsessed with cons, frauds, and impostors? Then this is the podcast for you.
Chameleon is the new weekly show from veteran journalist Josh Dean that takes you inside incredible, stranger-than-fiction stories about someone — or some people —pretending to be something they aren’t.
Here’s your chance to catch up on the top episodes:
The de Kooning Job
In 1985, a priceless painting vanished from a university museum in Arizona. The FBI had no leads. 32 years later, it turned up behind a bedroom door in a suburban New Mexico home.
Turns out the retired couple living there may have pulled off one of the most audacious art heists of the 20th century.
Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Spine Collector
For years, someone was tricking publishers into handing over yet-to-be-published manuscripts—from bestselling authors and total unknowns alike. There were no ransom demands. The books were not leaked. The motive was unclear. An international mystery that baffled the publishing world for years.
But two journalists in lockdown set out to solve the mystery and uncover the peculiarly obsessed culprit.
Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
The Barefoot Bandit
Colton Harris-Moore was just a teenager when he began breaking into homes across the Pacific Northwest. But soon, he was stealing cars, boats... and then planes.
This is the unbelievable true story of a kid outrunning the cops to become one of the first folk heroes of the internet age.
Listen on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Catch up now on all the Chameleon episodes, and hear from Josh about the origins of the series here. Email us with questions or comments: questions@campsidemedia.com.
Chameleon is a production of Campside Media and Audiochuck.
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