Candace Rivera had it all: perfect hair, perfect house, perfect life. After a messy divorce, she launched multimillion-dollar businesses and a global nonprofit, all while maintaining a flawless image. To her many “besties,” Candace was a real-life unicorn. But one manic summer, the illusion shattered. Was she a visionary—or just a master of deception? In this podcast from the creator of Scamanda, award-winning journalist Charlie Webster investigates Candace’s rise and fall, uncovering a mind ...
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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. Scamto ...
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As the summer starts, Candace’s client meets her hero and they start to unravel what they think is the truth. Meanwhile, Candace organizes a private plane for a family in need. As the summer goes on, Candace gets more and more manic. At Candace’s birthday party, the besties make a shocking discovery. Unicorn Girl is an Apple Original podcast produc…
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Meet two survivors who Candace promised to help. Meanwhile, Exitus has its highest-profile operation yet: partnering with the federal government on an NBA sting operation. Candace must be the real deal. Unicorn Girl is an Apple Original podcast produced by Seven Hills with additional services provided by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcast…
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Candace is on top of the world and she has everything she ever wanted. She speaks at a conference for widows and brings on a new client to her marketing business. A new bestie pops into Candace’s life, and Exitus holds another gala. Unicorn Girl is an Apple Original podcast produced by Seven Hills with additional services provided by FunMeter. Foll…
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Candace moves into a new, much bigger house—one fit for a CEO, but finds herself in the middle of yet another major world crisis. With a new team by her side, and maybe even the mafia, they try desperately to rescue Ukrainian orphans in the midst of Russia’s invasion. Unicorn Girl is an Apple Original podcast produced by Seven Hills with additional…
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As America pulls its troops out of Afghanistan, Candace jumps into action. She assembles a black-ops team to go over and rescue people, but where are they actually going? And will they make it in time? Unicorn Girl is an Apple Original podcast produced by Seven Hills with additional services provided by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts…
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Candace is going to change the world, but she needs a team of people to help her do it. Her new nonprofit holds its first fancy gala, right in the middle of the COVID pandemic. But first—let’s hear from the infamous ex-husband. Unicorn Girl is an Apple Original podcast produced by Seven Hills with additional services provided by FunMeter. Follow an…
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Candace’s divorce gets messier, while boundaries with her MOPS group are tested. She gets kicked out of her marital home and has to bounce between friends’ houses before finding a place of her own. With a bit of space, she can focus on her new passion for saving the world. Unicorn Girl is an Apple Original podcast produced by Seven Hills with addit…
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In the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Candace Rivera is someone who stands out. She’s flirty, fun, always has a blowout, and her spray tan is...well, it’s definitely there. She’s not hard to notice—though maybe it’s because of the giant rubber unicorn mask she wears. Candace is the woman who has it all. At least, that’s what the women in an online book…
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Meet Candace. She’s a mother of two, a nurse, and CEO and founder of multiple million-dollar companies. Candace is the kind of person who seems like she can have everything she ever wanted. She can save the world and look good doing it. But one manic summer, those around her notice that Candace’s entire world is starting to fall apart. Was Candace …
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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 from Moldova. But on opening day, the Moldovan team is nowhere to be found, and what's uncovered is an elaborate p…
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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 she's died. But … has she? Take a peek into the world of “pseudocide”—faking one's own death—and the lengths peo…
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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 Ottumwa, Iowa, where they make a shocking discovery of more than 23,000 stolen rare books and manuscripts. In a h…
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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 investigate Threatin’s frontman, they unravel a host of lies and schemes that leaves everyone confused and wondering if i…
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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 empire, designed to fleece unsuspecting American shoppers. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMet…
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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 near a lobby soda machine—until 2003, when it suddenly goes missing. Strap in for a heist and an ongoing myster…
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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 podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. http://apple.co/Scamtown…
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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 stop “Mr. Flare” before more of the city burns. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Foll…
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Toby Dorr is a middle-aged mom trapped in a loveless marriage—until a cancer diagnosis changes her from someone who’d never jaywalked into a scheming, lovelorn lawbreaker who smuggles her inmate crush out of prison in a dog crate, leading to one of the biggest car chases in Tennessee history. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMe…
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In the summer of 1980, Harvey’s Casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, prepares for the busy Labor Day weekend. But when a new photocopy machine turns out to be a 1,000-pound bomb, a wild series of events ensues as the FBI races against time to deactivate the explosive and stop a criminal mastermind. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMet…
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In the ’80s and ’90s, fraudulent telemarketing is booming, often bleeding senior citizens dry. Law enforcement is nearly powerless to stop it, until Tim Healy, a zany young FBI agent out of Salt Lake City, comes up with an ingenious undercover plan to scam the scammers and beat them at their own game. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced…
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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. 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…
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