Chameleon: Dr. Dante

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In the 1960s, Ronald Pellar performed as nightclub hypnotist “Dr. Dante.” He thrilled crowds, mixed with celebrities, and even married a movie star. But Dante was a prolific con man, accused of stealing and attempting to have a rival hypnotist murdered. After prison, Dante expanded his stage act to include seminars, self-help tapes, tattooed makeup, and a collegiate diploma-mill. He made millions of dollars on false claims and was comfortable telling reporters all about them. When it seemed an elderly Dante was ready to retire from his life of deception, he planned a comeback. Campside Media is out with season five of “Chameleon: Dr. Dante.” “Wild Boys” host Sam Mullens recounts the many lives of the hypnotist who used his powers of persuasion to be one of the greatest con men in history.

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0:00.0	Back in 1999, a young woman from South Carolina vanished. Seven years passed. She was presumed dead.
0:08.4	Then a tip came in. He said, I think I found your girl and she's alive, she's in New York.
0:15.2	And I said, really? The detective on the case, he didn't buy it. He came to believe that he was
0:21.4	dealing with an imposter. Who was this woman really? Listen to Deep Cover wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	To get the crime writers on after show right now, go to patreon.com slash partners in crime media.
0:36.8	I'm Rebecca LaVoy and this is crime writers on.
0:53.2	Crime Raiders on is the original True Crime Review podcast that digs in a true crime,
0:57.6	pop culture, other podcasts. And on this week's episode, he thrilled audiences as a headlining
1:03.7	hypnotist. And the same fearless powers of persuasion made in one of the world's greatest con men.
1:10.8	We'll review chameleon, Dr. Dante. Joining me to get that done and more is True Crime author,
1:16.8	TV journalist and host of these are their stories podcast. My husband and love of my life,
1:22.5	the greatest hypnotist in the world. Kevin Flynn. Hello, Kevin. Look deep in my eyes.
1:28.3	That's how you got me. That's how I got you. Yes. I was going to say that. Now,
1:31.9	looking deep in it, we're not for the hypnotism. I thought it was getting you knocked up.
1:40.8	Ew. No. Ew. Remember we first got together before like are you guys going to have kids?
1:45.1	And I was like, ew. No. Wait. What's wrong with my sperm? We already had them. I didn't want
1:52.1	anymore. That was all it was. It's like, would you like to get a new puppy right after you know,
1:58.4	right? Very the old. Just had a puppy. Yeah. Also with us is private investigator certified pet
2:05.5	detective resident cat lady and author of the final curtain. Laura Bricker. Hi, Laura. Hi,
2:12.1	Rebecca. And finally, our captain of all things cynical, the author of the city trilogy of novels,
2:18.0	host of the strange arrivals podcast and our Patreon deep dive book club podcast host,
2:22.4	Toby ball. Hello, Toby. Hello, Rebecca. So Kevin, this is obviously Monday's fine program.
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