The Art of the Steal: The Murder of Clifford Lambert

True Crime Campfire

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 March 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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We all like to think we’d see a scam coming. We all like to think we’d never get got. We’re more familiar these days than we’ve ever been with catfish and Nigerian princes and “arrest warrants” supposedly issued for us based on our social security numbers. That last one never fails to crack me up. But although we might be pretty savvy when it comes to these classic cons, there’s one place where we all might be vulnerable. Our hearts. Our desire to love and be loved. Love scams have grown exponentially in recent years, with millions of dollars lost to fantasy romances that began on dating sites and ended with empty bank accounts, heartache, and humiliation. We all know the saying “If it seems too good to be true, it probably is.” But people are also really good at convincing themselves of the things they WANT to be true. Quite a few people learned that lesson in this story.Sources:TV show "Forbidden," Episode "Prince of Darkness"https://www.sfweekly.com/news/the-dark-prince/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/I-am-a-predator-ruin-follows-him-everywhere-3187513.phphttps://www.desertsun.com/story/news/crime_courts/2017/11/01/judges-secretly-recorded-hiv-insult-could-undo-palm-springs-killers-convictions/797205001/Follow us, campers!Patreon (join to get all episodes a day early, an extra episode a month, and a free sticker!): https://patreon.com/TrueCrimeCampfireFacebook: True Crime CampfireInstagram: https://gramha.net/profile/truecrimecampfire/19093397079Twitter: @TCCampfire https://twitter.com/TCCampfireEmail: truecrimecampfirepod@gmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-campfire--4251960/support. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, campers. Grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:05.0	We're your camp counselors. I'm Katie and I'm Whitney.
0:08.0	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction.
0:12.0	We're roasting murderers and marshmallows around the
0:13.8	true crime campfire.
0:20.0	We all like to think we'd see a scam coming. We all like to think we'd never get got.
0:26.1	We're more familiar these days than we've ever been with catfish and Nigerian princes
0:31.3	and arrest warrants supposedly issued for us based on our social security
0:36.1	numbers. That last one never fails to crack me up. But although we might be
0:41.6	pretty savvy when it comes to these classic cons, there's one place where we all might be vulnerable.
0:48.3	Our hearts. Our desire to love and be loved.
0:53.2	Love scams have grown exponentially in recent years,
0:56.0	with millions of dollars lost to fantasy romances
0:58.8	that began on dating sites and ended with empty bank accounts,
1:02.4	heartache and humiliation. We all know the saying,
1:06.4	if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. But people are also really good at
1:11.6	convincing themselves of the things they want to be true.
1:14.8	Quite a few people learn that lesson in the story will tell you tonight.
1:19.0	This is The Art of the Steel, the Murder of Clifford Lambert. Lambert. So, campers, we are in Palm Springs, California.
1:43.4	A beautiful place, a sanctuary.
1:45.7	The city was created in the 50s as a getaway for Hollywood celebrities and other well-to-do folks.
1:50.6	So it's not the kind of place where you'd expect a thriller slash soap opera to unfold.
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