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A wellness center some called Miracle Ranch, nestled in the scenic mountains of Southern California, promised a luxurious escape and a path to wellness through clean, alkaline living. Its leader, Dr. Robert O. Young, attracted wealthy clientele with his “groundbreaking” health protocols and friendly, family-man persona. But beneath the serene surface, Miracle Ranch harbored a dark secret. The people who stayed there didn’t get better; they got worse.
Through legal documents and candid interviews with former patients and employees, law enforcement officials, and affected family members, this series unravels the chilling true story of one man who convinced scores of people that cancer is not a cell but an “acidic, poisonous liquid,” and how his popular “alkaline diet” turned deadly.
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Chapter 6: Pahrump
Emile and Gus are arrested at the Las Vegas airport. They find Emile’s friend Mary at the detention facility.
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43:4013/07/2021
Chapter 5: Dirty Money
Emile introduces Michel and Dennis to his friends and associates, including his girlfriend Kim and his brother Gus.
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39:5606/07/2021
Chapter 4: Chuck and Dennis
Chuck and Dennis are good friends. Emile isn’t the first man they’ve lured into an elaborate trap.
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39:1229/06/2021
Chapter 3: The Sting
Michel and Dennis are bringing piles of cash to Emile’s weight loss clinic. But the two aren’t the wealthy businessmen they appear to be.
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34:4822/06/2021
Chapter 2: The Count
A Moroccan man named Michel and a wealthy man of the world named Dennis discuss business opportunities with Emile.
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31:1615/06/2021
Chapter 1: What Happens In Vegas
Emile Bouari, owner of a diet clinic, is out there hustling, trying to win in the city of sin. But he’s no stranger to the FBI.
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42:4515/06/2021
Hollywood Con Queen | 11. Epilogue
An update on the arrest, plus two voices from Gobind's distant past speak up to help us understand this mysterious man.
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32:0810/12/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 10. Curtain Call
Friends, classmates, even prison officials help us assemble a story of the Con Queen suspect that goes all the way back to his childhood.
Chameleon has been a production of Campside Media
Chameleon was developed, created, and written by Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis.
The Executive Producer is Mark McAdam.
The Associate Producer is Abukar Adan.
Fact checking by Callie Hitchcock
Editorial support by Doug Slawin, Natalia Winkelman, Rod Sherwood, and Ashleyanne Krigbaum.
Our technical consultant and disinfo specialist is Ben Decker, of Memetica.
Our theme song is “Bad Checks” by Houses.
Sound design and additional music by Mark McAdam.
Our Consulting Producers are Andy Horwitz at Atlas Entertainment
and Charles Mastropietro, at Circle of Confusion
The Executive Producers at Campside Media are Josh Dean, Vanessa Grigoriadis, Adam Hoff, and Matt Shaer.
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50:5803/12/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 9.5. The Psychology of the Scam
What makes con artists tick. In this special episode, we speak with author/journalist Maria Konnikova and psychoanalyst Alexander Stein.
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28:1726/11/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 9. Inside the Walls
At long last, the team penetrates the scammer's inner circle — and zeroes in on the Con Queen's identity.
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45:1019/11/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 8. Hunting the Hunter
The hunt for the scammer continues, and frustration is at an all-time-high — until our team gets the big break it's been looking for.
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39:1012/11/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 7. Ghosted
With no sign of the case being resolved, and the Con Queen very much still racking up victims, the team decides to go hunting for this elusive scammer.
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38:2805/11/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 6. Day Player
Just when you thought the Con Queen scam couldn't get any more mind-boggling, a new twist emerges — one that makes the depravity of this scammer abundantly clear.
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37:3529/10/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 5. Turning the Tables
The scam has a whole other set of victims — the female producers and studio execs who had their names and reputations damaged by the Con Queen. Josh goes to visit Deb Snyder, one of the biggest film producers in Hollywood, and finds that she has some very interesting things to share about our scammer.
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39:1522/10/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 4. Cat and Mouse
Nicole, the private investigator, joins us inside the rabbit hole, and begins to chip away at some of the scammer's defenses. That work also uncovers one incredible secret.
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34:5115/10/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 3. Into the Rabbit Hole
The Hollywood Con Queen scam is far bigger and more complicated than anyone recognized. Each victim seems to lead to five more victims, and the more Josh and Vanessa unpack this baffling con, the weirder things get.
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37:3508/10/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 2. Heather
Eddie wasn't the first person to fall into this fake movie trap. Not even close. Two years before Eddie got that call, Heather, a make-up artist in London, heard from a different producer, about a different movie, also in Indonesia. But Heather's trip was far more harrowing. She feared for her life. And her story pulls us deeper into the tangled web of the Hollywood Con Queen scam.
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47:1401/10/2020
Hollywood Con Queen | 1. The Hook
Eddie, an aspiring film industry trainer, gets a call from a powerful producer offering him the opportunity of a lifetime -- a major film project, in Indonesia. But when Eddie gets to Jakarta, there is no movie. And after some friends back home do a little sleuthing, Eddie realizes that he's been pulled into something far bigger than just a little scam.
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