Rebecca: A Real Showstopper

Scamfluencers

Wondery

Society & Culture

4.1 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

When Louise Forlenza sees a production of “Rebecca” in Europe, she knows she wants to be the one to bring it to America. But she and her co-producer are going to need major cash to put on a Broadway musical. They put all their hopes in a mysterious angel investor, but when he turns out to be too good to be true, their show risks going up in flames.

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0:00.0	Wundery Plus subscribers can listen to scam influencers early and ad free right now.
0:05.0	Join Wundry Plus in the Wundry App or Apple Podcasts. Sarah, you strike me as a theater kid in recovery. I know you're just saying that to piss me all.
0:22.0	And, but am I wrong the answer is no I'm not a theater kid in recovery I don't know anything about theater okay is that true? Yeah honestly it is I know very little about theater.
0:32.8	Oh, okay.
0:34.2	Well, would it surprise you to know that I wrote one of my school's plays
0:37.8	in the 12th grade, and it was amazing?
0:40.8	No, it wouldn't surprise me that you wanted to control people.
0:45.0	Thank you, thank you for putting it that way.
0:47.2	Well, Sarah, today I need you to find your inner theater kid
0:51.0	because for this week's scam, I'm taking you to Broadway baby.
0:59.7	It's a stormy afternoon in September 2012.
1:03.0	Louise for Lenza sits in the passenger seat of a Ford expedition checking her email.
1:07.8	Louise is in her early 60s with a sheik blonde bob and colorful glasses.
1:12.4	Her business partner, Ben Sprecker,
1:14.5	is driving them from New York to New Jersey.
1:16.7	He's in his late 50s with puffy eyes
1:18.8	and a receding hairline.
1:20.6	The two of them are on their way to get some paperwork.
1:23.0	They hope it'll get them one step closer to their dream,
1:26.0	producing a Broadway musical called Rebecca.
1:29.0	Louise has invested in a few plays before,
1:32.0	but she's been wanting to make the jump to the big leagues.
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