Chameleon
Episodes
Fake It 'Til You Graduate: The Honor Student Who Conned a Town
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2012, a Ukrainian man enrolled at a high school in Pennsylvania, pretending to be a teenage prodigy named Asher Potts. He made the honor roll and b...
The Spine Collector
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For years, someone was tricking publishers into handing over yet-to-be-published manuscripts—from bestselling authors and total unknowns alike. Ther...
The Barefoot Bandit: Catch Him If You Can
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
The Undead Tour: How The Fake Zombies Fooled America
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A British band called The Zombies had a smash hit single in America with ‘Time of the Season’ in the late 60s. Shortly afterwards, four handsome T...
An Admission of Lies: The Man Who Fooled Princeton
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A gifted, mysterious young man with a tragic past and talent for long-distance running is admitted to Princeton. He dazzles everyone from admissions o...
The Follieri Affair: Who Conned Anne Hathaway?
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He dated a Hollywood princess and claimed to be the Vatican’s man in America. But Raffaello Follieri wasn’t all he appeared to be. He convinced so...
The Kid Who Couldn't Stop Playing Cop
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In 2009, Vincent Richardson walked into a Chicago police station and reported for duty. No one noticed he wasn’t actually a cop. No one noticed he w...
Introducing... Chameleon: The Weekly
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing Chameleon. A new weekly show about scammers, con artists, and imposters hosted by Josh Dean. Every week, a new twisty, jaw-dropping story ...
Chameleon
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Are you obsessed with cons, frauds, and imposters? Well, then, Chameleon is the show for you. Every week, veteran journalist Josh Dean (co-creator and...