This is an episode of Inside the Tent, a podcast going behind the scenes of Campside’s award winning shows.
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It feels like everyone has an angle. Everywhere you turn, someone’s trying to scam you. Campside’s newest weekly series, Chameleon, takes you inside incredible, stranger-than-fiction stories about people pretending to be something, or someone, they aren’t.
Josh and Jo go back to the beginning, to talk about Campside’s first-ever limited series podcast Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen and how it gave rise to a franchise. Over multiple seasons, the Campside team learned there is an endless fascination with cons and frauds.
Jo starts by wondering what drives someone to pretend to be something they’re not. It might be about money, sex and power. But Josh flags there’s not always a clear reason why.
Still, listeners are sure to be fascinated by the scammer. And sympathize with the victim.
Josh and Jo jump into the range of stories you’ll hear in the new weekly show. While today, it’s easier than ever to scam and be scammed, there are endless stories to be mined from the past.
Sadly, of course, it starts with trust, a willingness to be betrayed.
You’ll hear about fake Zombies - the band, not the undead - and a teenager who posed as a police officer. You’ll travel around the world and wonder why scammers and frauds - chameleons! - take these risks, often for very little upside.
Josh even teases an update on Hollywood Con Queen, the story that launched the franchise five years ago.
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