The Slippery
autor: Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge
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The Lexi CON EP 5 | Role Play, Foul Play & Calculated Risks
The Lexi CON EP 5 | Role Play, Foul Play & Calculated Risks
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THE SLIPPERY
The con artists think they're untouchable. The fraudsters believe their schemes are foolproof. The scammers assume they'll never be caught. They're all dead wrong.
Welcome to The Slippery, where the most audacious scammers, mind-bending scandals, and elaborate schemes meet their match. Hosted by Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge—the investigative duo behind the explosive hit "Scamanda" podcast and acclaimed documentary series—this true crime podcast takes you inside the twisted minds of master manipulators and the devastating aftermath they leave behind.
Every case gets the deep-dive treatment across two episodes that reveal every angle of deception:
THE SLIPPERY: Nancy and Scott dissect each case from first lie to final reckoning, with one host pitching why this story deserves the Hollywood treatment—documentary series, limited series, or feature film.
THE SLIPPERY DEBRIEF: Raw, unscripted conversations with special guests who lived these schemes firsthand—victims, investigators, journalists, and insiders sharing revelations that never made official reports.
From elaborate Ponzi schemes to fake cancer fundraisers, from romance scams to corporate fraud, The Slippery exposes the schemes that prove truth is more shocking than any fiction Hollywood could create.
Because when it comes to deception, everyone thinks they're too smart to fall for it. Until they do.
New episodes every week. Subscribe now and prepare to question everything you thought you knew about trust, manipulation, and the art of the con.
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- The Lexi CON EP 5 | Role Play, Foul Play & Calculated Risks · 47 minThe facade stretches thinner as Lexi’s ambitions collide with global chaos. In this installment, Lexi takes intellectual property theft to a chilling new personal level when she…
- The Lexi CON DEBRIEF: Episode 4 · 1 h 15 minNancy and Scott dive into the fallout of Episode 4, dissecting the key photo evidence, shifting timelines, and unfolding revelations surrounding Lexi Thomas. To uncover what was…
- THE LEXI CON EP 4 | Center of Attention · 49 minAs Lexi Thomas pivots from private patient to public cancer influencer, her life becomes an endless highlight reel of VIP experiences, luxury getaways, and speaking engagements…
- The Lexi CON DEBRIEF: Episode 3 · 1 h 6 minIn this episode, Scott and Nancy pull back the curtain to deliver explosive behind-the-scenes details and dissect the visual receipts surrounding Lexi’s ongoing controversies…
- The Lexi CON EP 3 | Welcome To The Lexi-Verse · 52 minIn Episode 3, "Welcome To The Lexi Verse," Scott and Nancy pull back the curtain on the sprawling, multi-layered alternate reality Lexi has meticulously engineered to manipulate…
- The Lexi CON DEBRIEF: Episodes 1 & 2 · 1 h 10 minIn this inaugural debrief episode, co-hosts Scott Eldridge and Nancy Moscatiello pull back the curtain on the opening chapters of The Lexi CON. Joined by the two tipsters whose…
- The Lexi CON EP 2 | Pulling The Strings · 50 minLexi Thomas doesn’t just tell stories—she controls them. As her alleged illness morphs into an all-out cancer battle, her emotional blog posts rally an entire community…
- The Lexi CON EP 1 | Faith and Fabrication · 41 minTo her tight-knit Maryland community, Lexi Thomas was the picture of devout resilience. She was a courageous young woman facing a sudden medical crisis in 2012. Anchored by her…
- EP 46 | DEBRIEF: Jen Shah: Real Housewife, Real Criminal · 54 minIn this episode, Scott and Nancy check in on Real Housewives of Salt Lake City alum Jen Shah before taking a sharp turn into one of the wilder sports-and-faith financial…
- The Lexi CON - PREVIEW · 3 minThe Lexi CON is a new limited series from hosts Nancy Moscatiello and Scott Eldridge. The audio only, Tru Con series debuts October 19 wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more…
- EP 45 | Jen Shah: Real Housewife & Real Criminal · 60 minFrom 2012 to 2021, Jen Shah orchestrated a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that targeted vulnerable, elderly, and working-class victims under the guise of selling…
- EP 44 | DEBRIEF: Produced, Directed and Defrauded by Mary Carole McDonnell · 60 minIn this debrief episode, Josh Koffman, a former co-executive producer at Bellum Entertainment pulls back the curtain on what it was truly like working under owner Mary Carole…
- EP 43 | Produced, Directed and Defrauded by Mary Carole McDonnell · 53 minWhat do you do when your low-budget true crime production company is hemorrhaging cash, your employee paychecks are bouncing higher than a trampoline, and lenders start knocking…
- EP 42 | DEBRIEF: The Ponzi Killer Mom · 1 h 6 minIn this episode of The Slippery Debrief, Nancy and Scott welcome former FBI profiler Julia Cowley to dissect the mind of wannabe master criminal Natalie Cochran. From childhood…
- EP 41 | The Ponzi Killer Mom · 1 h 0 minThey had the life everyone in town envied: high school sweethearts turned local royalty. She was a trusted pharmacist; he was a beloved baseball coach and local businessman. But…
- EP 40 | DEBRIEF: Adva Lavie: Love , Lies and the Ankle Monitor · 57 minIn this episode of The Slippery Debrief, Scott and Nancy sit down with veteran Los Angeles Times investigative reporter Richard Winton, who has been embedded inside the Los…
- EP 39 | Adva Lavie: Love, Lies, and the Ankle Monitor · 1 h 0 minScott and Nancy dig into the wild, heavily filtered saga of Adva Lavie—the stunning Israeli ex-soldier turned El Al flight attendant turned high-end menace to society. Leveraging…
- EP 38 | DEBRIEF: Welcome to Sweetie Pies: Fame, Greed, and a Fatal Scheme · 1 h 2 minIn this exclusive debrief episode of The Slippery, Scott and Nancy welcome defense attorney Gloria Rodriguez, who represented Tim Norman during his high-profile, federal…
- EP 37 | Welcome to Sweetie Pies: Fame, Greed, and a Fatal Scheme · 41 minIn this episode, The Slippery examines the dark reality behind Welcome to Sweetie Pies, the hit OWN reality show where Tim Norman reigned as a central star. Charismatic and…
- The Slippery UPDATES Edition · 36 minScott and Nancy reveal multiple updates on Slippery stories they've covered so far. They also take the audience behind the scenes to reveal what's being worked on...including a…
- EP 36 | DEBRIEF: The Golden Years Ghouls · 57 minJust when you thought the story of Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt couldn't get any darker, the paper trail leads even deeper into the shadows. In this debrief, we uncover the…
- EP 35 | The Golden Years Ghouls · 1 h 1 minTo their neighbors in Los Angeles, Olga Rutterschmidt and Helen Golay seemed like two kindly elderly women devoted to helping the city’s unhoused population. But behind their…
- EP 34 | DEBRIEF: The Relentless Hustle of Lyin' Lacy Johnson · 42 minRetired LA Sheriff’s Detective Geoff Elliott returns to the show to take us inside the high-stakes sting that finally brought down serial con artist Lacy Johnson. In this…
- EP 33 | The Relentless Hustle of Lyin' Lacy Johnson · 46 minIn this episode of The Slippery, we untangle the astonishingly intricate web of scams spun by Lacy Johnson, a con artist whose deception knew no boundaries.From faking a…
- EP 32 | DEBRIEF: Chiefsaholic: Super Fan Super Criminal · 59 minThe wild story of Xaviar Babudar—better known to Chiefs Kingdom as “Chiefsaholic”—takes another crazy turn. In this episode of The Slippery Debrief, we continue our deep dive…
- EP 31 | Chiefsaholic: Super Fan Super Criminal · 59 minIn the stands at Arrowhead Stadium, he was a legend...a hulking, six-foot gray wolf, covered in fur and cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs with relentless energy. To millions of…
- EP 30 | DEBRIEF: The Hot Yoga Cult of Bikram Choudhury · 1 h 16 minFor decades, Bikram Choudhury built a hot yoga empire fueled by devotion, strict control, and absolute loyalty. Behind the scenes, that authority shielded him from…
- EP 29 | The Hot Yoga Cult of Bikram Choudhury · 48 minHe built a global empire on a 105-degree room, 26 poses, and an endless stream of outrageous, fabricated lies. In this episode of The Slippery, we turn up the heat on Bikram…
- EP 28 | DEBRIEF: The Plot To Erase Doris · 41 minFor nearly twenty years, the family of Doris Worrell has been trapped in a state of suspended grief, waiting for an answer that felt perpetually out of reach. In this deeply…
- EP 27 | The Plot To Erase Doris · 49 minIn this episode of The Slippery, Scott and Nancy revisit a haunting case they began investigating a decade ago—one they feared might never be solved. In September of 2006, Doris…
- EP 26 | DEBRIEF: Marilyn Mulero Takes The Fall · 55 minWhen the prison gates finally swing open after 27 years, the headline reads "Justice." But what happens when the cameras turn off, the legal teams pack up, and you’re left…
- EP 25 | Marilyn Mulero Takes The Fall · 57 minImagine sitting in an interrogation room, terrified, exhausted, and completely isolated. Under intense pressure from a notoriously aggressive detective, you sign a piece of paper…
- EP 24 | DEBRIEF: Sherri Papini's Pathetic Pivot · 1 h 22 minIn this gripping episode we pull back the curtain on one of the most baffling and notorious hoaxes in recent history: the disappearance of Sherri Papini. We are joined by former…
- EP 23 | Sherri Papini's Pathetic Pivot · 58 minShe’s back—and she’s rewriting history. In this edition of The Slippery, Nancy breaks down the latest twist in one of the most infamous true crime hoaxes of the decade. Sherri…
- EP 22 | DEBRIEF: The Teenage Spy & His Crude Deception · 57 minThe cover story was massive: recruited by the CIA at 16, running international security in his 20s, and wielding enough shadow-government influence to commandeer half of a Dutch…
- EP 21 | The Teenage Spy & His Crude Deception · 55 minHow does a man convince the global elite that he was recruited by the CIA at just 16 years old? Enter Gaurav Srivastava. Armed with an elaborate, high-level intelligence cover…
- EP 20 | DEBRIEF: Mad Cow & The Furniture King · 59 minWhen furniture tycoon Jose Lantigua allegedly died of "Mad Cow Disease" in Venezuela, he left behind a grieving family, a shadowy CIA past, and a massive $8 million paper trail…
- EP 19 | Mad Cow & The Furniture King · 52 minJose Lantigua had it all: a thriving Florida furniture empire, a new marriage, and a loving family. That is, until the diagnosis. Lantigua claims he was suffering from a rare…
- Ep 18 | DEBRIEF: The Savior of Helena: Ego, Greed and God · 58 minIn this Slippery Debrief, Scott and Nancy dive into the chilling case of Dr. Thomas Weiner, a once-revered oncologist in Helena, MT, who was revealed to be a "greater risk to…
- EP 17 | The Savior of Helena: Ego, Greed and God · 56 minFor years, Dr. Thomas Weiner was a medical god in Helena, Montana. He was one of the busiest oncologists in the country, earning more than any peer or even the CEO at his…
- EP 16 | DEBRIEF: Harry McDaniel: Man On The Run · 1 h 12 minWhat is it like to sit across from one of the FBI’s most wanted men? In this gripping debrief, we talk with producer and writer Nancy Sexton, who traveled to an undisclosed…
- EP 15 | Harry McDaniel: Man on the Run · 1 h 3 minWhat’s a totally reasonable response to your business getting squeezed by the competition? If you’re Harry McDaniel, it’s apparently taking $1.7 million that technically doesn’t…
- EP 14 | DEBRIEF: Andrew Luster: The Millionaire Monster · 1 h 9 minIn 2003, Andrew Luster—multimillionaire heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune—was convicted of 86 counts of rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, and poisoning. After fleeing…
- EP 13 | Andrew Luster: The Millionaire Monster · 57 minHe was the multi-millionaire heir to the Max Factor cosmetics empire, living a life of absolute privilege on the California coast. But behind closed doors, Andrew Luster was…
- BONUS EPISODE | Who Do We Think We Are? · 39 minScott and Nancy turn back the clock and reveal how two spunky kids from opposite sides of the country ended up in the center of some of the biggest true crime stories ever. This…
- EP 12 | DEBRIEF: The Rise and Fall of Coco Berthmann · 1 h 2 minHow do you say no to a girl who claims she survived the unthinkable? You don’t. You open your front door. When viral anti-trafficking advocate Coco Berthmann needed a place to…
- EP 11 | The Rise and Fall of Coco Berthmann · 1 h 7 minCoco Berthmann was the ultimate survivor. In 2020, she captivated Salt Lake City with a story so horrific it seemed impossible to ignore: a childhood spent as a victim of a…
- EP 10 | DEBRIEF: Two Brothers, Mr. T and Pablo Escobar · 1 h 6 minIn the late 1980s, the Los Angeles jewelry district was hiding a massive, dirty secret. It was the epicenter of the largest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, with the…
- EP 9 | Two Brothers, Mr. T and Pablo Escobar · 1 h 1 minTwo immigrant brothers built a jewelry empire in the heart of Los Angeles, becoming the "Goldsmiths to the Stars." But beneath the sparkle of 24-karat chains lay "La Mina"—a…
- EP 8 | DEBRIEF: There's a Finger In My Chili · 1 h 15 minIt was the "crunch" heard ‘round the world. In 2005, a bowl of chili in San Jose, California, became the center of a media firestorm that nearly toppled a fast-food empire. This…
