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Swindled

94. The Messenger (Kevin Trudeau)

Swindled

A Concerned Citizen

True Crime, History, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.79.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

A series of infomercials lands a TV pitchman in federal prison. Prelude: The founder of Hooked on Phonics is criticized over dubious advertising claims before he settles a sexual assault lawsuit with his corporate attorney, who then purchases a ranch from a phony French noblewoman who faked her own death. –––-–---------------------------------------- BECOME A VALUEDLISTENER™ Spotify Apple Podcasts Patreon –––-–---------------------------------------- DONATE: SwindledPodcast.com/Support CONSUME: SwindledPodcast.com/Shop WATCH: SwindledVideo.com –––-–---------------------------------------- MUSIC: Deformr –––-–---------------------------------------- FOLLOW: SwindledPodcast.com Instagram Twitter.com TikTok Facebook Thanks for listening. :-) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Crypto doesn't sleep, so neither do we.

0:04.1

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0:11.6

We're here for you whenever you need us.

0:13.8

Give us a shout at crackin.com forward slash support proof, not investment advice.

0:18.8

Crypto trading involves risk of loss.

0:23.9

This episode of Swindled may contain graphic descriptions or audio recordings of disturbing

0:28.8

events which may not be suitable for all audiences.

0:32.5

Listen to discretion is advised.

0:36.8

When Brian Gortz and his wife Cheryl Skiegen purchased this 15-acre horse ranch in 2008,

0:42.7

it was to realize a lifelong dream, but they quickly learned the legacy they bought was

0:47.7

based upon a lie.

0:51.0

Jean-Vier de Montre-Maire told her new neighbors in Fresno, California, that she had grown

0:55.9

up in a castle in France.

0:58.0

She was a descendent of French nobility, educated at the finest European schools, where she

1:03.6

completed a Ph.D. in genetics.

1:06.5

Jean-Vier v. intended to find a cure for cancer, but got sidetracked by her hobby, horse breeding,

1:13.2

frisian horses in particular.

1:15.7

It was a tradition.

1:17.1

Jean-Vier de Montre-Maire's family had been breeding horses for over a thousand years.

1:23.2

That's actually what brought the French noblewoman to Fresno in the early 90s.

1:27.4

She and her husband Dr. Michael Wylet, a pathologist, purchased a 15-acre ranch northeast

1:33.2

of the city, where they housed over a million dollars worth of the rare and expensive breed.

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