Introducing Smoke Screen: Fake Priest

Sinisterhood

Audioboom Studios

True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.8 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Father Ryan was a popular priest who spent the last thirty years traveling the Midwest swindling millions of dollars out of people where he used the money to enrich himself, spend away, and declare bankruptcy whenever outed for falsifying his identity. Despite this, only once did law enforcement officially charge Father Ryan with crimes related to his church. But even then, he managed to essentially win the case. He’s now free and working on his next con. Smoke Screen: Fake Priest from Neon Hum Media, is a new documentary podcast hosted by Alex Schuman, a news reporter from the Midwest, that has been chasing Father Ryan’s story for years. The craziest part is that Alex also gets an exclusive sit-down interview with Ryan himself and in it, the Fake Priest reveals a shocking secret. Make sure to subscribe and follow Fake Priest now to find out what the shocking secret is. To listen to the show, just search for Smoke Screen: Fake Priest in Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to your podcasts. Support Sinisterhood Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, Kristian Heather here to tell you about a thrilling new documentary podcast called
0:04.6	Smoke Screen, Fake Priest from NeonHum Media.
0:08.4	This captivating first season of Smoke Screen is hosted by Alex Schumann, a news reporter
0:12.7	from the Midwest who has been chasing Father Ryan's story for years.
0:17.4	Smoke Screen, Fake Priest, is an investigative show about Ryan Scott, also known as Randall
0:22.2	Stokes, also known as Ryan Gevellinger, and also known by seven other names.
0:28.1	He was a popular priest who spent the last 30 years traveling the Midwest, swindling
0:32.4	millions of dollars out of people where he used the money to enrich himself, spend away,
0:37.3	and declare bankruptcy whenever outed for falsifying his identity.
0:41.3	Father Ryan is a conman accused of numerous crimes of the course of many years, including
0:46.4	fiduciary fraud, elder abuse, unlawful possession of a firearm, multiple identities, and he
0:53.1	has connections to two dead priests, one murdered that's still unsolved, and another
0:58.1	who died suspiciously.
1:00.5	Despite this, only once did law enforcement officially charge Father Ryan with crimes related
1:05.4	to his church, but even then, he managed to essentially win the case.
1:09.6	He's now free and working on his next con.
1:12.3	The clip we're about to play for you already has us hooked and begging for more, and we
1:16.3	can't wait to hear the exclusive sit-down interview Alex Manages is to get with Father
1:20.6	Ryan himself, where the Fake Priest reveals a shocking secret.
1:25.4	Make sure to subscribe and follow Fake Priest now to find out what the shocking secret
1:29.4	is.
1:30.4	To listen to the show, just search for Smoke Screen Fake Priest in Apple Podcast or wherever
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