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- 🇻🇳VN · History#630K to 100K
- 🇮🇩ID · History#930K to 100K
- 🇳🇬NG · History#1230K to 100K
- 🇵🇭PH · History#1930K to 100K
- 🇮🇸IS · History#2610K to 30K
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86K to 280K🎙 Weekly cadence·33 episodes·Last published 2mo ago - Monthly Reach
Unique listeners across all episodes (30 days)
172K to 560K🇻🇳18%🇮🇩18%🇳🇬18%+9 more - Active Followers
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52K to 168K
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Who Is the Mysterious Princess Caraboo?
Apr 24, 2026
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Feb 9, 2026
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Nov 27, 2025
41m 11s
Crazy Eddie - Part II
Nov 27, 2024
42m 24s
Crazy Eddie - Part I
Nov 27, 2024
36m 06s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 4/24/26 | ![]() Who Is the Mysterious Princess Caraboo?✨ | mysteryroyalty+3 | — | Acast | Bristol | Princess Caraboomystery+5 | — | 46m 03s | |
| 2/9/26 | ![]() Do Rainmakers Believe They Make The Rain?✨ | rainmakingdrought+3 | — | — | San Diego | Charles HatfieldSan Diego+6 | — | 48m 26s | |
| 11/27/25 | ![]() Why Do We Call It A Ponzi Scheme?✨ | financial fraudPonzi scheme+3 | — | Dog And Pony Show Audio | — | Ponzi schemefinancial fraud+3 | ScamStuffCODE | 41m 11s | |
| 11/27/24 | ![]() Crazy Eddie - Part II✨ | international fugitivefinancial schemes+3 | — | — | — | Crazy Eddiefugitive+3 | — | 42m 24s | |
| 11/27/24 | ![]() Crazy Eddie - Part I✨ | greedfame+4 | — | Acast | New York City | Crazy EddieNew York City+5 | — | 36m 06s | |
| 8/26/24 | ![]() Q Ships✨ | naval warfaredeception+3 | — | Royal NavyGermans | — | Q Shipsnaval con+5 | — | 38m 32s | |
| 7/15/24 | ![]() The Greatest Magic Show of all Time was a Lie✨ | magichistory+4 | — | — | French Colonial Algeria | magic showHoudin+4 | — | 46m 27s | |
| 11/22/23 | ![]() EPCOT - Part II✨ | EPCOTDisney history+3 | — | DisneyAcast | Orlando | EPCOTWalt Disney+5 | — | 47m 52s | |
| 11/22/23 | ![]() EPCOT - Part I✨ | Walt DisneyEPCOT+5 | — | EPCOTDisneyland+1 | — | Walt DisneyEPCOT+5 | — | 55m 19s | |
| 7/17/23 | ![]() Uri Geller hijacks the New York Times, An Interview with Michael Shermer✨ | magicmedia+4 | Michael Shermer | New York TimesSkeptic Magazine+1 | — | Uri GellerNew York Times+5 | — | 1h 21m 10s | |
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| 5/16/23 | ![]() In James Randi's Own Words | A funny thing happened as we finished our season. We asked for listeners to unearth an old podcast WGC co-creator Justin Robert Young did with James Randi and it was indeed found. But one episode surprised us... James Randi in his own words describing Project Alpha in 2008. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/8/23 | ![]() An Update On Project Alpha and Your Emails | Sometimes when you tell a story, you change it. We have an update on one of the central figures in Project Alpha. Brian Brushwood reads your emails and feedback including questions about James Randi and a moment when William Shatner blessed the podcast with an epic rendition of our title. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/1/23 | ![]() Back In The Lab - Project Alpha Part V | In a rare, candid, conversation Brian Brushwood sits down with Mike Edwards and Banachek to get even more stories from the Mac Lab and answer lingering questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/23/23 | ![]() Side Characters - Project Alpha Part IV | At a 1983 press conference in New York City, the entire charade is revealed. It’s recorded for a prime time NBC special set to air two weeks later. We unpack 40 years of consequences from the triumph and betrayal of Project Alpha. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/17/23 | ![]() Demonic - Project Alpha Part III | The boys are a team, they’ve been fooling the Mac Lab for over a year but what comes next? Fame and fortune for the Project Alpha team, hopefully. Yet, that means total humiliation for the professors and researchers Mike and Steve have come to know and appreciate. It all comes to a head at a conference in Madison, Wisconsin where the boys have to witness a truly disturbing consequence to their deception. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/10/23 | ![]() Alpha - Project Alpha Part II | Steve Shaw is an orphan who bounced around the globe. Mike Edwards is an Iowa choirboy who fulfilled every hope of his loving parents. They both see a world being defrauded by hucksters. They both apply to the Mac Lab study in St. Louis and are accepted. They both believe the other to be a liability in a long con. Can they coexist? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/10/23 | ![]() Project - Project Alpha Part I | The Cold War is on, the threat of nuclear annihilation is constant. In a world of fear, a social contagion breaks out: the belief in psychic powers. Military, government and academia take it so seriously they spend millions to find people who can demonstrate these feats. Amidst this backdrop, the scion to one of America’s largest military contractors funds a study at Washington University in St. Louis to find child psychics. Two boys apply and are accepted, but they have something up their sleeve… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/3/23 | ![]() Project Alpha Trailer - Season 3 of World's Greatest Con Begins April 10, 2023 | Two boys demonstrate genuine psychic powers in a rigorous academic study in the late 1970s. When the results are revealed, the academics will be at the center of a new field of science coveted by governments, military and Hollywood. The only problem? The boys are frauds, out to debunk the very concept of parapsychology. For the first time ever, World's Greatest Con interviews the two boys, now men, at the center of the public embarrassment of a study funded for $4 million in today's money.You may have heard of it, you might even think you know the story but this season everyone will know the truth of Project Alpha. It all begins, April 10th. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 9/27/22 | ![]() Presenting Don't Explain | Brian is in the booth recording Season Three of World's Greatest Con but in the meantime, Dog and Pony Show Audio has a new series for you: Don't Explain.Every time you go to the theater, you're experience an onslaught of movie tropes. Every romantic comedy has the down-on-her-luck best friend. Every action movie has the badass one-liners. Every Oscar-bait drama has that tear-jerker ending.But where do those tropes come from? How do audiences become so aware of Hollywood's bag of tricks, parody movies can become a massive genre on their own?This series explores the birth, death, and rebirth of one of the most successful cinematic genres ever: the rockstar biopic. In this episode, we start from the beginning, focusing on the earliest established tropes of the genre.Lady Sings the Blues, The Buddy Holly Story, and 8 Mile.The first episode is available now in this feed and the reminder of the season is ready to binge on the Don't Explain feed on all podcast platforms. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 9/15/22 | ![]() From Revisionist History: Way to Go, Ohio | Brian Brushwood brings you an update on the work of World's Greatest Con season three. Meanwhile...We’re sharing a bonus episode from our friends at Revisionist History, Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast about things misunderstood and overlooked. This season, Malcolm’s obsessed with experiments – natural experiments, scientific experiments, thought experiments. In this preview, you’ll learn about a mysterious and disfiguring disease plagued parts of the world. No one could find a remedy, until a doctor in Ohio conducted a controversial experiment and finally found a cure …with an everyday condiment. You can hear more of Revisionist History at:https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/rhs7?sid=con. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 5/11/22 | ![]() Interview with John Madden, Director of "Operation Mincemeat" | Brian chats with John Madden about his new film Operation Mincemeat available on Netflix in America now. The film is adapted from the same book we used for the bulk of our research in Season One. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/8/22 | ![]() From Cautionary Tales: Fairies or Fakes? | Here’s a special preview of the Cautionary Tales podcast from Pushkin Industries. On Cautionary Tales, bestselling author Tim Harford shares stories of human error, natural disasters, and tragic catastrophes from history that contain valuable lessons for today. In this preview, you’ll hear about two young girls who faked an image of fairies so compelling that expert photographers could not explain it and esteemed figures like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were left believing in the existence of tiny nymphs. Hear the full story, and more from Cautionary Tales, at https://podcasts.pushkin.fm/ctcon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 4/4/22 | ![]() Television Game Show Questions - Game Shows Part VI | Brian is joined by WGC co-creator Justin Robert Young to answer your questions from this season. Ad Free Episodes: Patreon.com/GreatestConSupport The Show:http://Blinkist.com/WGChttp://geologie.com/greatestcon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/28/22 | ![]() The Price Is Right's Perfect Bid - Game Shows Part V | Only one man has guessed the exact amount on the Price Is Right's Final Showcase Showdown in the modern history of the show. He says he came up with the number by himself. Not so, says another super fan in the audience who says he fed him the answer. But wait, people backstage believe a bitter ex-producer has something to do with it. Who is lying? We find out using all of their own stories in their own words.Support The Show:http://betterhelp.com/WGChttp://ExpressVPN.com/WGC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
| 3/21/22 | ![]() Super Password Put This Liar In Jail - Game Shows Part IV | A wanted con decides to fund his escape from the law on the television game show Super Password. He plays fairly. He wins. All hell breaks loose. Hi, Matthew. Ad Free Episodes: Patreon.com/GreatestConSupport The Show:Manscaped // Code: ModerenRogue20HulloPillow.com/wgc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
12 placements across 12 markets.
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12 placements across 12 markets.
