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Cheat!

Con Artist

Cheat!

Sony Music

True Crime, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A woman walks into an art gallery on the Upper East Side of New York City carrying a collection of lost masterpieces by some of the world’s most famous artists. So begins a tale of money, greed and an 80 million dollar con where what you see is not necessarily what you should believe. A Somethin' Else production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Something that's...

0:06.5

Imagine you have a painting hanging on your wall.

0:09.1

It's huge.

0:10.4

A beautiful mess of paint and color,

0:12.6

reds and blues and big splotches of white

0:15.0

strung across the canvas.

0:17.3

It hangs in your living room and at every dinner party,

0:20.0

you try to work it into the conversation

0:21.7

because you're so proud.

0:23.4

You're proud because it's by one of the most famous artists

0:25.9

in history, Jackson Pollock.

0:31.0

And you spend 17 million dollars buying this painting.

0:34.5

Of course, you're gonna brag about it.

0:37.5

Now, imagine you're having money troubles.

0:40.0

You're going through a nasty divorce

0:41.5

and we all know how those things can be expensive

0:43.5

so you need to raise some funds.

0:45.5

You decide to sell the painting

0:47.5

but it's hard to let go of it.

0:49.0

It means so much to you

0:50.5

and your dinner party guest.

0:52.5

But how else are you gonna get 17 million dollars?

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