Trouble in River City

Épisodes

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  The Ensorcelled Scousers (Part 1) 11.08.2026 41min

  Hesse tells the story of Magic Alex, a dubious engineer that ensorcelled a wily band of Liverpudlian moptop Scousers known only as The Beatles.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 30 - Lurking Uncle, Hidden Dragon 04.08.2026 5min

  Riley tells the story of teen millionaire Barry Minkow, who made his fortune by running a carpet cleaning business and did not do any fraud of any kind.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  29 - Cheeky Todger (ft. Devin O'Shea) 28.07.2026 1h 6min

  Devin O'Shea joins Hesse and Dan for a freewheeling episode covering book-tour life, harassment by Veiled Prophet thugs, an AI scam afflicting a band and its fans, and Herman Melville's The Confidence Man.Buy Devin's book "The Veiled Prophet".Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 28 - Trouble in Jiangxi Province 21.07.2026 5min

  Using the 17th Century Chinese text The Book of Swindles as our guide, we intend to inform listeners of strategies to avoid falling victim to common deceptions. This episode covers the following real-life situations:—Stealing silk with a decoy horse—Chen Quan scams his way into the arms of a famous courtesan—Using broom handles to play a joke on sedan bearersSubscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  27 - The First Monégasque Astronaut 16.07.2026 46min

  Riley unspools an elaborate telemarketing scam that begins in the Monégasque Community and ends in Dnipro. Plus an update on the BC ostrich farm.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 26 - Now You See Me 07.07.2026 5min

  Hesse forces Charles and Dan to watch the 2013 blockbuster film Now You See Me.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  25 - Little Miss Muffet Nation (ft. John Semley) 30.06.2026 48min

  John Semley discusses his Wired article about GLP-1 telehealth scams.Read John's article for WIRED.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 24 - Chinese The Sting 23.06.2026 5min

  Charles tells the story of a phony Chinese bank that went to great lengths to set up a believable brick-and-mortar location.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  23 - Field Werehouse 16.06.2026 49min

  Riley tells the story of a hands-on salad oil swindle (and explains what salad oil is).Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 22 - Climbing Mt. Gox 09.06.2026 5min

  Hesse chronicles the rise and fall of the Magic the Gathering / Bitcoin site Mt. Gox.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  21 - Afscamistan (ft. Nate Bethea) 02.06.2026 1h 9min

  Nate Bethea joins us to explore the large-scale fraud and graft that took place during the American occupation of Afghanistan.Listen to Nate's album.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 20 - Caffeine Addicts at the Library (ft. Alex Branson) 26.05.2026 5min

  Riley explores the latest A.I.-powered™ scams targeting self-published authors.Buy "Alex Branson's The Money Wars".Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  19 - House of Games 19.05.2026 53min

  Hesse and Charles discuss the 1987 David Mamet film House of Games.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 18 - Short Cons 1 13.05.2026 5min

  Hesse teaches the gang to run a short con.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our Discord server.
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  17 - Plead the Favre 05.05.2026 46min

  Charles tells the story of how Hall of Fame NFL quarterback Brett Favre defrauded the state of Mississippi out of eight million dollars intended for families in need.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our new Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 16 - Jumping the Great Megalodon 28.04.2026 5min

  Riley tells the story of Albert Grant, a 19th century Member of Parliament and a prolific scammer whose legacy is commemorated at Leicester Square to this day.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our new Discord server.
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  15 - Wonderful Bug Chalk (ft. Devin O'Shea) 21.04.2026 56min

  Devin O'Shea tells the story of Edward Gardner Lewis, the inventor of sarsaparilla blood medicine and Dr. Hot's Cold Crackers who went on to reshape St. Louis.Follow Devin on Twitter and pre-order his book.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our new Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 14 - Montenegro Syndrome (ft. The Empire Never Ended) 14.04.2026 5min

  Boris and Rey of the Empire Never Ended return to discuss the inimitable Robbie Coltrane lookalike Gazda Jezda. We discuss his three golden years of scamming the Balkans, his one golden day of scamming Bobby Fisher, and how he completely redeemed himself by creating a perpetual energy machine that is also a Dutch Mossad Energy Weapon.Subscribe to The Empire Never Ended on Patreon.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our new Discord server.
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  13 - YugoSCAMdic (ft. The Empire Never Ended) 07.04.2026 51min

  Boris Mamlëz and Rey Katula from The Empire Never Ended tell the story of Dafina Milanovic's state-sanctioned Ponzi scheme in Serbia.Subscribe to The Empire Never Ended on Patreon.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our new Discord server.
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  [PREVIEW] 12 - Over 33,000 Blood Loss 31.03.2026 5min

  Charles and Riley take a look at the internet's least successful scammers with Tom from Chapo FYM.Subscribe to Trouble in River City on Patreon.Join our new Discord server.