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Catch the Imposter

Catch the Imposter

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Summary
 Who is pretending, and why does everyone believe them? Catch the Imposter investigates the lies, schemes and soft spots where fraudsters thrive.

Each episode peels back the surface of impostors, con artists and cunning liars with sharp storytelling, forensic curiosity and interviews that expose the mechanics behind deception. Expect crisp reconstructions, analysis of motives, and practical signs to spot manipulative behavior—delivered with a skeptical, human voice that treats victims with respect and holds deception to account. Cacth the Imposter focuses on patterns of fraud, social engineering and fake identities so you can recognize the red flags before it's too late.

New episodes drop every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 9:00 AM. Episodes run focused and direct; listen for a short case breakdown, expert insight and clear takeaway tips in each installment.

This show is for curious listeners who want to understand how impostors operate—survivors, professionals who assess risk, and anyone tired of being duped by charm and false credentials. If you want to sharpen your instincts and learn the tactics deceivers use, this podcast is built for you.

Subscribe now and start spotting the signs. Keywords SEO: impostors, con artists, fraudsters, social engineering, fake identities© 2026 OBOMEDIA Creators
Episodes
  • A 14-year-old delivering papers in 18-degree cold found a doctor's diploma with blank paper underneath

    A 14-year-old delivering papers in 18-degree cold found a doctor's diploma with blank paper underneath
    28 Oct 2026
    A 14-year-old delivering papers in 18-degree cold found a doctor's diploma with blank paper underneath

    Cold, quiet, and with the clinic door ajar, a fourteen-year-old counted eleven seconds and saw a framed diploma printed on home inkjet paper over blank lamination film - a forgery that led a town to trust an unlicensed woman for four years. How did a forged diploma, a decade of billing work, and carefully rehearsed routine convince Grover Falls they had a real doctor?

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the January ninth discovery through the town's fourteen-month vacancy for a physician, the hiring process led by volunteer Don Faber, and the four years Connie Perry practiced under falsified credentials - raising the question of whether competence without legitimacy can ever be sufficient.

    Person: Connie Perry
    Date: January 9
    Location: Grover Falls Family Practice
    Population: 4,200
    Gap without physician: 14 months

    - The morning was January 9 during the coldest week the county had seen in eleven years and the temperature was 18 degrees.
    - The fourteen-year-old named Carol Stewart stood at the open door for approximately eleven seconds before entering.
    - Connie Perry was 29 years old when she opened Grover Falls Family Practice the April after arriving in late winter.
    - Connie completed two years of a pre-med program, then spent a decade in medical billing and transcription and later completed a fourteen-month clinical medical assistant program at age 27.
    - For four years the clinic operated with a framed diploma that investigators later found was printed on a home inkjet printer over blank lamination film.

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    19 min
  • She Left 43 Fake Ordinations-Why a Beloved Hospice Chaplain Lied

    She Left 43 Fake Ordinations-Why a Beloved Hospice Chaplain Lied
    27 Oct 2026
    She Left 43 Fake Ordinations-Why a Beloved Hospice Chaplain Lied

    Fear and trust collide: forty-three certificates of ordination, each with a different name and denominational seal, were found in a snow-covered box outside a hospice-each signed in the same handwriting. Who was the 52-year-old chaplain who kept a library of prepared identities, and why did she never use them? What was she getting ready to do?

    In this episode, we follow the documented record of Nicole Porter from her childhood in Fenwick, Kentucky to her work at Sycamore Pines Hospice and earlier roles, tracing the moments recorded in official files and eyewitness accounts. We cover her time at Luther Seminary, later applications and employment, and the discovery that raised the central question: was this deception about credentials, preparation for reinvention, or something else?

    Person: Nicole Porter
    Location: Sycamore Pines Hospice, Calverton
    Date found: December 11, 2019 at 6:14 AM
    Age: 52
    Institution attended: Luther Seminary (attended approximately 1.5 years; withdrew)

    - A cardboard box containing forty-three certificates of ordination was found leaning against the rear gate post of Sycamore Pines Hospice.
    - Each certificate bore a different name and a different denominational seal, and every one was signed in Nicole Porter's handwriting.
    - The box was covered in five centimeters of overnight snow when road grader operator Jean Turner discovered it.
    - Nicole attended Luther Seminary in St. Paul for approximately a year and a half and withdrew; records list the withdrawal as voluntary due to personal and financial crisis.
    - Nicole worked at Sycamore Pines for eleven years and had listed ordination by a small Reformed congregation in Indianapolis on her application; that congregation dissolved in 2017 and its records were transferred to a denominational archive in Fort Wayne.

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    22 min
  • The Fake Badge That Burned Eight Years of Investigations

    The Fake Badge That Burned Eight Years of Investigations
    26 Oct 2026
    The Fake Badge That Burned Eight Years of Investigations

    A forged certification card on a pickup truck dashboard launched an eight-year fraud that altered dozens of insurance claims and let one woman act as a certified fire investigator without anyone verifying her credentials. How did a dead mentor’s name, a four-minute hiring review, and an eleven-second silence in a federal office keep this scam alive for nearly a decade?

    In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events that allowed Jessica Carlson to build a professional identity from a dead man’s name and a counterfeit card, describe the hiring and review failures that repeatedly let her pass, and ask which single oversight could have stopped her - and when that door first opened.

    Person: Jessica Carlson
    Person: Victor Carlson
    Person: Harold Binns
    Event: Forty-one fire investigation reports
    Location: Mableton, Georgia

    - 8 years during which Jessica Carlson acted as a certified fire investigator without verified certification
    - 12 regional insurance carriers that hired her over that period
    - 41 reports she authored, billed between $3,000 and $8,000 each
    - Father Victor Carlson convicted and sentenced to 7 years for arson in summer 2001, served 4 years
    - First workable counterfeit certification card produced in spring 2011 after an earlier discarded 2009 attempt

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    22 min
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