A Father's Fake Death for Faraway Love w/ Jay Jurden

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Laci welcomes back comedian Jay Jurden (Yes Ma’am) to break down the scam of shrinkflation at stand-up comedy shows and to unpack the bizarre true story of Ryan Borgwardt, a Wisconsin cabinetmaker who faked his own death in a kayaking accident, abandoning his wife and three kids to start a new life with an Eastern European woman he met online. Stay schemin’! CON-gregation, catch Laci's TV Show Scam Goddess, now on Freeform and Hulu! Keep the scams coming and snitch on your friends by emailing us at ScamGoddessPod@gmail.com. Follow on Instagram: Scam Goddess Pod: @scamgoddesspod Laci Mosley: @divalaci Jay Jurden: @jayjurden Research by Kathryn Doyle SOURCES https://abcnews.go.com/US/lie-wisconsin-kayaker-faked-drowning-fled-country-told/story?id=125419190 https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/candid-comments-kayaker-who-faked-35878304 https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/wisconsin-ryan-borgwardt-wife-georgia-b2823424.html https://www.wisn.com/article/wife-of-wisconsin-man-accused-of-faking-his-own-death-files-for-divorce-missing-kayaker/63173392 https://www.wisn.com/article/i-kept-going-wisconsin-husband-details-how-he-faked-his-own-death/66030235 https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/26/us/wisconsin-missing-kayaker

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0:00.0	Scam!
0:01.0	Cairns, robber three and fraud.
0:09.0	Scam!
0:10.0	Cards.
0:11.0	Robbery and fraud.
0:16.0	Scam goddess.
0:19.0	Was pop and congregation? It's your girl's scam goddess, a.k.a. Lacey Mosley, back with the podcast all of Scamp Goddess Was Popping Congregation?
0:21.3	It's your girl scam goddess, aka Lacey Mosley, back with a podcast all about robbery, fraud, and those who practice it.
0:27.3	It's a comedy show.
0:28.9	And y'all already know I'm what?
0:32.3	Yes, excited, thrilled, elated.
0:35.2	My guest today is a dear friend, a brilliant comedian, and an incredible
0:40.8	actor. He's also a former staff writer on the hit show The Problem with John Stewart. He's
0:47.4	joining us for a quick podcast pit stop in the middle of his nothing special stand-up tour.
1:00.2	His debut special, Yes, ma'am, just dropped on Hulu on November 7th.
1:04.5	Congregation, please welcome the absolute gym back to the show.
1:06.3	Jay Jurdon.
1:08.0	Thank you for having me.
1:09.3	Let the church say amen.
1:09.9	Amen. So happy.
1:10.8	As a guest preacher, I want to say, I'm not going to hold y'all along, but I got some stuff to get off my chest. Yes. And honestly, that is a telltale sign that you are going to hold people long. Church, I ain't going to hold you long. I ain't going to hold y'all. Two hours later. Right. I ain't going to hold you, but also. Now, that was the first verse I wanted to dissect. Let's get to this. Okay, everyone turned to Ephesians. We in Ephesians? Oh, God. We in the Corinthians? I don't live in Corinth. Corinth, Mississippi. I don't live in Corinth. It's crazy. Oh, God. So I have to ask you up top, what is your relationship with scams right now? Like, it could be you love them, you hate them, something you went through. Okay. I'm breaking news. I don't know if someone tried to scam me today. There was a reservation sent to my email. I called up this same hotel. I'm not going to blow the hotel spot up. I said, I didn't book this, take this off, cancel this, whoever booked it. They said, oh, great. Thank you for letting us know. By the way, do you have a minute to stay on the phone to hear about our survey?
2:17.9	We're also going to offer you some points. I said, are y'all doing this so that people listen to this?
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