Swindled
A narrative true-crime podcast that uses immersive storytelling, archival audio, and cinematic sound design to explore the world of white-collar crime, con artists, and corporate evil. From Ponzi schemes and financial fraud to environmental disasters and political scandals, each story reveals how greed, deception, and the pursuit of power have shaped our world—often with devastating consequences. Become a ValuedListener™ at ValuedListener.com
Series Episodes
S10 Ep141: The Mirage (Nikola Motor Company)
A self-proclaimed visionary's promise to revolutionize the trucking industry is revealed to be an "intricate fraud."
1 hour 15 mins
6 July Finished
Rerun: The Outbreak (Peanut Corporation of America)
A Virginia-based peanut processing company unleashes one of the most massive and lethal food-borne contamination events in United States history.
55 mins
15 June Finished
S10 Ep140: The Ghost Town (Times Beach, Missouri)
A small Missouri town faces a compounded catastrophe as a devastating flood follows the discovery of toxic contamination.
1 hour 8 mins
2 June Finished
S10 Ep139: The Abandoned (Paria diving tragedy)
An offshore maintenance job in Trinidad & Tobago turns into a deadly catastrophe when divers are violently sucked into an oil pipeline. Prelude: Trinidad's oil industry is scrutinized after fourteen men are killed in an offshore explosion in 1985.
1 hour 10 mins
30 April Finished
S10 Ep138: The Lampoon (Tim Durham)
Indianapolis' most prominent businessman scrambles to preserve the elaborate financial fraud that funds his lavish lifestyle. Prelude: The CEO of National Lampoon orchestrates a scheme to manipulate the company's stock price.
1 hour 4 mins
28 March Finished
