Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen

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True Crime #192

The story of and hunt for the notorious scam artist known as the Hollywood Con Queen. Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen is part of The Binge - subscribe to listen to all episodes, all at once, ad-free right now. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers – The Binge is your home for true crime stories that pull you in and never let go. Follow The Binge Crimes and The Binge Cases wherever you get your podcasts to get new stories on the first of the month, every month. Hit ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession.A Campside Media & Sony Music Entertainment production.Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts.

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  • Liznmolls
    Only 1 episode?
    I purchased a subscription to The Binge for Chameleon. This show is supposed to have 12 episodes and only 1 is available. Huh???
  • Creepitclean
    Highly recommend
    Very good. Couldn’t stop listening
  • electropleb
    Great podcast but
    I can’t stand the stupid main song. It’s a good professional, well produced, intellectual podcast and then you have a ghetto song on it!
  • Zumbie0807
    Please make into a tv series
    Could not put down this podcast, very interesting from start to finish. I hope they make this into a movie or tv series and have some of the con-queen’s victims work on the movie.
  • jboulevardes
    Well-done but ultimately sad
    The podcast is well-done and, as promised, binge-worthy, but towards the end I began feeling bad for the con queen, someone who clearly suffers from serious mental health problems. I felt the hosts took too many low-blow shots, began basically taunting the con queen and making fun of them. Yes, con queen did terrible things to people, but I don’t think they are well and I also doing think it’s entertaining to make fun of people and broadcast their mental health struggles.
  • danav826
    A Must Listen!
    Idk how there aren’t all 5 star reviews! This show was addicting, I listened to all episodes in a few days. Very well researched, edited, everything was thoroughly thought through, and was highly interesting! Wish I could listen all over again as a first time listener
  • oldjohnhall
    Awful hosts
    These hosts are terrible, bad at their jobs, absolute douches If I could give it Zero Stars I would
  • Zurich101
    Amazing A-Z!
    Love the production value, extensive interviews, host (s) and is highly captivating!
  • retard_alert
    don’t waste your money
    reviewing this garbage podcasts again since they can’t handle the truth
  • Lemons___
    Paywalls can burn
    Enough with paywalls. Shame on y’all for using them
  • RescueMomCg
    Very well done!
    I loved this podcast. Just goes to show- cons gonna con.
  • GCR64
    A must listen
    Wow
  • Sisi and Poppy John
    Con Queen
    An incredible show! Every episode is surprising and entertaining! You won’t be disappointed.
  • GebbyEllA
    Makes the drive better
    Unique stories with great detail that keep you entertained! We’ve listened to 3 seasons now and have enjoyed them all. Makes long drives way better.
  • H3drummer
    Bait and Switch
    The give you the first episode for free but then if you want to hear the others you have to pay - should have told you that upfront so you don’t waste your time!
  • Am in MI
    Perfect Binge
    I also subscribed just to hear the next episode. Story drew me in not only due to the awful, disturbed, brilliant protagonist but also due to the writing, interviews and narrator’s voice. Will watch for anything else this team does!
  • p_ jones
    This podcast is from last summer 2022…??
    Wasnt this released last summer? ( it was). Why is it being released again as a “ new season?” Good grief, produce a new podcast with all new material!!
  • Ryanlharp
    Don’t get hooked! Paywall!
    Episode 1 free, after that you have to pay. LAME.
  • girllovespods
    Worth the binge!!
    Paid for The Binge bc I needed the next ep! I’m hooked !
  • jipjopflop
    😡😡😡
    Wow so they put all but ONE episode behind a total paywall! There isn’t even an option to listen to ad-supported episodes for free anymore. Forcing listeners to pay, without giving the option to hear the episodes for free with ads is just being greedy.
  • BabyBear483
    1st episode is so boring
    This is my second time trying to listen to this podcast… I’ve been listening for 14 min but it legitimately feels like I’ve been listening for 45 minutes. It truly just draaagggggss… I’ll keep trying to listen and get to the good stuff, as I’m assuming it gets better. If it does, I’ll update my review. But there’s no way it could be a full 5 stars with such a terrible first episode..
  • EbbyTheFree
    Incredible
    Loved this! It was perfectly done and paced. Bravo
  • redthe898
    Great content, poor execution
    Genuine investigative journalism. Excellent interviewees. But they miss the mark on how they present the content imo. So much fluff. And there were quite a few things that made me cringe. Like, what was the point of including every single time Heather mentions the R-word? And then warn us Gobind is about to swear? Also they sometimes sounded condescending when providing context for what an interviewee was saying, especially with non-native English speakers: “Well that didn’t make sense at all, so let me tell you what they were trying to say”. Reporting could have been a lot more thoughtful and intentional.
  • Heddy in Vermont
    Lots of good work went into this!
    Well done! Fun to listen to.
  • lexi dove awesome
    Interesting Story - Great Story Tellers
    Very much enjoyed this podcast. A lot of details, storytelling with a great twist!
  • mamamisel
    Such a great listen!
    The production is excellent with solid investigating, a wide range of characters and relayed at a great pace. This is a captivating tale, discovered and pursued with integrity & curiosity. Thank you!
  • KayNYC
    Really excellent!
    This show is incredibly well done and compelling. I love how it is structured and narrated. Can’t wait for more seasons!
  • kjfdg
    WOW
    This is by far one of best investigative podcasts out there. The reporting, storytelling, interviewing, and editing are just perfect. Great work.
  • Tante143
    This is Wild that this is REAL! An Actual 5⭐️Listen.
    This was the craziest CON that I’ve heard. It’s amazing that so many would “fall for the Con”. If I could give 10 stars ⭐️ I would. The whole story is hard to believe that so many would fall for it. If you are looking for a good BINGE, here it is.
  • Glaciergin
    Bingeable story
    Such an interesting story. Well written and produced.
  • tacghslopcn
    Slow boring start
    Get to the point already we’re 20 min in!
  • lesliec9
    I have a theory
    It’s the same guy that catfished Manti Te’o!
  • Torgo1234
    Needed an editor—fast forward liberally
    There’s a good story here if the narrators would actually tell it, but there is so much padding. We get to the 20-minute mark of first episode before they stop telling us how AMAZING AND INTERESTING AND SHOCKING the story is and start telling us the actual story! The Campfire media intro is clearly trying to sound like radiolab, but radiolab is edited super tightly while this is really flabby. (Radiolab would cover this whole season in 90 minutes at most.) Anyway, it’s not bad if you’re prepared to listen on 1.5x speed and fast forward through the first parts of episodes.
  • heh what did you say?
    It could have been amazing
    Apparently, no one associated with the pod cast reads the comments of they would have added the missing Episode 2. I honestly can’t comprehend that they don’t know. I find it all odd. I really enjoyed Episode 1 but won’t continue to listen until Ep. 2 is added and I’m also not holding my breath.
  • Leahcarolina
    Episode 2 is missing…..
    What happened to episode 2?
  • ND#33
    Interesting
    Intriguing podcast. Where is episode 2? Please include it in series, to make better sense while moving forward.
  • KH030330
    Great binge!
    I’m always looking for an interesting story & this one brings you from beginning to end… with a grand finale! Definitely a recommended podcast!
  • Mcmommy02
    This played like a who done it and I loved it!
    I love one story told over multi chapters & this podcast did not disappoint. I especially liked Josh as the story teller, I will search more from him when I’m done with all 4 seasons of chameleon.
  • Sassenach19
    Can you save my place?
    Love the content, but feeling frustrated my place isn’t saved once I pause the show or display which episodes have been played. It makes it hard to follow the twists and turnsZ If there is a fix for this please let me know.
  • bethanykane326
    Episode 2
    I’m so confused! Where is episode 2!?
  • DeadHeadNH
    Chapter 2?
    Where is it?
  • LP5335533555
    PLEASE ADD CHAPTER TWO!
    I’m so excited to listen! Will you please please add chapter 2?!?! Thank you!
  • Kt53L
    Off to a great start but where’s Episode 2?
    Just when I was getting into the story, episode 2 went missing.
  • Listeners in Colorado
    Journalism at its finest!
    Love Josh Dean’s reporting, once again. Interesting story. This podcast is as addicting as…scamming Hollywood hopefuls?
  • stellaam214
    so entertaining!!
    i’ve been binging this podcast on car trips, and it is so entertaining and addicting. one of my fav podcasts.
  • Lemmie and Benny
    Where’s chapter 2?
    Great so far but where is chapter 2?? Now I’m lost on episode 3 🤪
  • Fiscco 1956
    Comment
    Great pod cast but where’s chapter 2
  • Erinhill77751
    Hollywood Tropes Abound
    The Hollywood Con Queen season starts off by going for all the lowest hanging fruit tropes of “Hollywood.” Omg they have assistants who manage their calendar! Ong Margo Robbie might have sat in this chair! But the conference room is so big they could be inviting all the assistants in! Hollywood is so cRaZy you guys and I’m just a down to earth reporter! Are you in any way journalists? If so why would you engage in the same tropes of Hollywood and mythologizing as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I actually write about and work on low wage labor issues in the film industry and engaging in this kind of facile, cutesy Marxism as window dressing for a show that presumably is also going to exploit low wage workers for a profit is a hack move. Yes, executives have someone else manage their calendars and I’m pretty sure you know this from covering other important people but ooh this time it’s “Hollywood” people so I get to pretend I don’t see this everyday elsewhere. Focus on the good you purport to be doing in this season which could include substantively engaging with pay equity or exploitative labor situations (I doubt you will). Bother to learn about those assistants that you purport to care about, do some actual reporting on their issues if you really care and it’s not just the backdrop you need for the media you are producing, and then the audience can decide based on that if you are better or more equitable than Jr Roven executives or whoever you met with. Bc what you’re actually doing is just tourism and it doesn’t make you seem virtuous or a hard-nosed reporter of fact in comparison. It just sounds like narrativization and imposing meaning for the sake of “story” which is what reality tv ppl do. I hope an assistant or equivalent isn’t tasked with monitoring your Apple reviews because they could be in the room with you right now joining the conversation.
  • Lulu Celia
    This is so good
    Binging all their other seasons after this one. Great reporting and the structure of the storyline is so suspenseful
  • MichelleMann
    Con Queen!
    Fascinating, Enthralling, Exciting! Highly addictive!
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