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Chameleon

Chameleon

Chameleon

audiochuck | Campside Media

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

4.68K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Are you obsessed with cons, frauds, and imposters? Well, then, Chameleon is the show for you. Every week, veteran journalist Josh Dean (co-creator and host of The Clearing, Hooked, and White Devil) takes you inside an incredible, stranger-than-fiction story about someone — or some people — pretending to be something they aren’t. Coming this November, your new weekly true crime obsession, from Campside Media and Audiochuck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Campsite Media.

0:05.9

Hey there, chameleon listeners. If you're hearing this, you hopefully recognize my voice.

0:11.1

I'm Josh Dean. Your host from the series that gave rise to this whole Camillion franchise,

0:16.4

the story of our hunt for the infamous Hollywood Con Queen.

0:26.6

When we started that thrilling adventure, back in the heat of the pandemic, I had no idea a chameleon would become something larger than its individual stories. A franchise that encompassed

0:31.6

all kinds of tales about frauds and impostors. A franchise that is now taking its next and boldest leap yet with our new

0:39.3

partners at Audiochuck. This November, Chameleon with me on the mic, goes weekly. Once a week,

0:45.9

I'll bring you a new story about someone or some people pretending to be something they aren't.

0:50.7

The story's like almost famous meets Catch Me if you can. It's hard not

0:56.0

to be like, wow, this is fucking crazy. I actually got a gun out of the gun safe because I figured

1:01.7

some meth heads going to come and kill me for this. The cops raid his apartment where they find

1:07.2

the gems he's been stealing from Harvard to pay Princeton back for defrauding them.

1:15.1

I'm combing the world for the most thrilling and surprising tales of frauds, impostors, and con artists.

1:21.1

In order to bring you a podcast that, I hope, captures the mix of mystery and excitement that defines the chameleon name.

1:28.3

No one knew he was, no one cared, no one was impressed that he was a member of FIFA's executive committee.

1:34.3

He was just this funny dude who rode around Center Park on his mobility scooter with a parrot perched on his shoulder.

1:41.3

If memory serves, the parrot was named Max and was considered a very ill-tempered animal

1:45.7

and people were scared of it.

1:48.2

It really does make me think

1:50.0

it's plausible

1:52.1

that they might have

1:54.7

murdered someone and hid the body on their property.

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