Threatin: The Rip-Off Rock Band w/ Kara Brown

Scam Goddess

Earwolf

True Crime, Comedy

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

What’s poppin’ con-gregation? This week, TV writer Kara Brown joins the show to discuss Threatin, a made up heavy metal band that toured 10 cities across Europe and eventually gained a cult following. Plus, an Italian man has pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud for a crime that has plagued the book publishing community for years. Stay Schemin’!   Research by Kaelyn Brandt    SOURCES https://apnews.com/article/new-york-city-fraud-4832c57101d507d427ac4516d525e752 https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/threatin-metal-tour-fake-ticket-sales-hoax-767580/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/style/threatin-fake-band-tour.html https://www.metalsucks.net/2018/11/09/l-a-band-threatin-faked-a-fanbase-to-land-a-european-tour-no-one-attended/ https://www.metalsucks.net/2021/09/28/new-documentary-the-rise-and-fall-of-threatin/ Anomaly Documenatrie’s mini-doc: This Band Faked an International Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XG2ZmiBHQA&t=1148s

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0:00.0	Scam, corn, robber free, and fraud Scam, corn, robber free, and fraud Scam, got it.
0:19.2	What's poppin' congregation?
0:20.6	This girl Lacey Mosley aka Scam, got his back with another installment of Scam, got
0:24.6	his The Podcast all about robbery fraud and those who practice it.
0:27.0	Sometimes we love them, sometimes we hate them.
0:30.6	We'll see along the way and you all know, mm-hmm, yeah, say it with me.
0:35.2	I'm very, yes, very excited for today's guest truly and we haven't done a podcast
0:39.5	together since Black History Month like six years ago.
0:42.2	I remember when I was talking, oh my gosh, she's so pretty.
0:45.2	I was like, oh, she's so funny.
0:46.2	I was like, I just want to sit next to her like real like when my shoulder just real,
0:50.2	real close.
0:51.2	Today we have an amazing writer and producer on the show.
0:53.8	Obviously she was a senior writer for Jezebel covering pop culture, television and race.
0:58.1	Now she's a television writer and is written for shows such as, I mean, Udharni, Grownish,
1:02.5	Sneaker Hens, I watch all these She-Hawk, Ahtarni and Laws and more.
1:07.6	Check out her latest work as a writer on Amazon Prime's new psychological thriller Swarm.
1:11.7	Yes, with Top Fish Mac, I know that's right.
1:14.2	Congregation, please welcome Carab round to the show.
1:16.6	Hey Carab round.
1:17.6	Oh, hello.
1:18.6	Hey, if like that Black History Month recording has come flooding back to me, because there
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