Fraud Friday: The Con with the “Cure” for Cancer (w/ Caleb Hearon)

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

Comedy, True Crime

4.8 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Caleb Hearon (Jurassic World Dominion) returns to discuss Norman Baker, a vaudevillian, business-owner, and radio-show host in the 1800’s who claimed to have a cure for cancer. Plus, a Hong Kong student has been arrested after participating in an elaborate kidnapping to scam her parents out of ransom money. Stay schemin’! (Originally Released 10/24/2022) Signed copies of Laci's book are back in stock on Podswag: https://www.podswag.com/collections/scam-goddess/products/signed-scam-goddess-lessons-from-a-life-of-cons-grifts-and-schemes Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Caleb Hearon: @calebsaysthings Research by Kaelyn Brandt. SOURCES: https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3194630/student-arrested-hong-kong-role-fake-kidnapping-scam https://fsuspecialcollections.wordpress.com/2022/06/01/norman-baker-and-the-naked-truth/ https://historycollection.com/norman-baker-man-claimed-cure-cancer/ https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/

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0:00.0	What's popping, congregation?
0:02.5	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka Scam Goddess.
0:05.0	Welcome to an episode of Fraud Fridays, where we release older episodes from the
0:11.6	Scam Goddess Vault.
0:13.0	That's right, Fraud Fridays is where we bring back your favorite episodes from behind
0:16.8	the paywall.
0:18.1	Enjoy this episode from behind the paywall.
0:20.3	And as always, stay scheming.
0:23.2	Scam, cards, robbery, and fraud.
0:31.9	Scam!
0:34.1	Cards, robberybery and fraud
0:39.3	Scam goddess
0:41.3	What's pop in congregation?
0:43.3	It's your girl Lacey Mosley, aka scam goddess, back with another installment of your favorite podcast about robbery and fraud and all those who practice it.
0:50.3	Sometimes we love them, sometimes we hate them.
0:52.3	Let's get on the ride.
0:53.3	As always, I'm very, yes, excited, extremely elated for today's guest.
1:00.0	We have a hilarious comedian, writer, actor, Twitter celebrity at Caleb says things.
1:07.0	If you're not following him on Twitter, then like, how are you getting your yucks for the day?
1:10.0	Because my guy is putting out the yuck yucks.
1:12.6	You can check out his writing on Netflix's upcoming animating series, human resources, a spin
1:17.5	off of Big Mouth, which I love.
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