Scamtown podcast artwork
True Crime

Scamtown

by Apple TV / FunMeter
Explicit True CrimeSociety & Culture

Today: #189 in True Crime on our combined chart.

Chart positions today

If you like Scamtown, try…

Ranking history

Position on the True Crime combined chart over the last 30 days. Toggle platforms to compare their positions. Lower rank numbers are better; #1 is at the top.

#1#50#100#150#200Chart rankOct 5Oct 6#189
View as table
DateCombined RankApple Podcasts
Oct 6#189#171
Oct 5—#190

About the show

Welcome to Scamtown! It’s a place where the true crime is stranger than fiction and the stories are filled with quirks and moral ambiguity. Join the mayors of Scamtown, Emmy-nominated filmmakers and Signal Podcast Award winners James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte (McMillion$ and The Big Conn), as they take you through stories ranging from the strange to the unbelievable. Wild scams, surprising heists, forbidden love, and massive explosions are just a little taste of what’s in store. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. http://apple.co/Scamtown

Latest episodes

  • What the Puck?

    October 14, 2024 · 32 min

    In 2002, the Underwater Hockey World Championships were taking place in the largest city in Alberta, Canada. Teams from across the globe were set to compete in the niche sport that was gaining popularity worldwide, including a new team…

  • Knit to Death

    October 7, 2024 · 33 min

    An indie yarn maker’s popularity skyrockets on social media platforms in the mid-2000s and her online store is booming—until customers start to complain about diminished quality and delays in orders. Then her shop sends an email claiming…

  • The Book Thief

    September 30, 2024 · 41 min

    In the late 1980s, university libraries start to notice items missing from their rare book collections and suspect they’ve been robbed. That's when a lone university police officer takes the case, helping to lead the FBI to a mansion in…

  • Threatin

    September 23, 2024 · 36 min

    In 2018, a band in Bristol, England, is asked to open for Threatin, a successful hard rock group from Los Angeles that's on a European tour. But once the tour begins, things turn strange. When some in the rock community start to…

  • Extra Virgin Hustle

    September 16, 2024 · 40 min

    In 2017, Italian authorities uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme as part of a big Mafia bust. But it has nothing to do with broken legs or hard drugs. Follow the trail as investigators uncover and take down a fake olive oil export…

  • The Rikers Island Dalí

    September 9, 2024 · 35 min

    An original drawing by famed artist Salvador Dalí is donated to the Rikers Island jail inmates in the 1960s. It survives years bouncing around the prison—displayed in a mess hall, shunted into deep storage, and finally locked behind glass…

  • Born to Break In

    September 9, 2024 · 35 min

    Police respond to a burglary call at an Iowa state courthouse on a brisk September night in 2019 and are alarmed by what they discover. What should have been a normal call turns into a shocking scandal. Scamtown is an Apple Original…

  • Sparkies

    September 2, 2024 · 41 min

    In the early ’80s, Boston is nicknamed the arson capital of the world. Hundreds of fires crop up across the city, terrifying citizens and firefighters alike. ATF Agent Wayne Miller must crack the code and figure out the motive so he can…