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Pretend - a true crime documentary podcast

Javier Leiva

Pretend Radio is a documentary-style podcast about real people pretending to be someone else. I interview con artists, snake oil salesmen, undercover FBI agents—pretty much anyone living a l...

Pretend - a true crime documentary podcast Podcast Guide

Listen to Pretend - a true crime documentary podcast, a Society & Culture podcast by Javier Leiva. Stream 316 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.

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Chain of Command part 6

In Part 6, the FBI comes knocking. Rony Denis and his top associates allegedly defrauded the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and militar...

33:10Jun 16, 2026

Chain of Command part 5

Rony Denis wasn't just the spiritual leader at the House of Prayer Christian Church... He was their god. In Part 5, former members start con...

30:15Jun 9, 2026

Chain of Command part 4

Note: This episode contains graphic descriptions of sexual abuse and psychological manipulation. It started with a revolt. Thirty ministers...

42:33Jun 2, 2026

Chain of Command part 3

In part three of Chain of Command, we hear from those who grew up in the New Testament Christian Churches of America. From Victor Johanson,...

34:24May 26, 2026

Chain of Command part 2

Part one was about control. Part two is about the money. Behind the soul-winning and the sermons and the bylaws, the New Testament Christian...

31:57May 19, 2026

The Raid | From Deep Cover: The Family Man

Deep Cover is a true crime show about double lives, brought to you by our friends at Pushkin Industries. Their new season, The Family Man, i...

39:32May 18, 2026

Chain of Command part 1

In 1996, Sarah DeJonghe was a 20-year-old Navy Seabee stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Two guys in uniform approached her on base and invited he...

39:03May 12, 2026

Operation Cockblock Revisited

A Colorado businessman with a criminal record, no credit, and a gift for charm somehow convinced dozens of women to finance his cars, his ho...

54:56May 5, 2026

I Beg Your Pardon part 6: The MAGA Granny

On January 6th, 2021, Pam Hemphill followed the Proud Boys to the Capitol, got trampled by the mob, was carried out by a police officer name...

48:23Apr 21, 2026

I Beg Your Pardon part 5

My cousin spent 23 years in an Illinois prison for a crime she says she didn't know she was committing. She was 33 when a judge handed down...

29:23Apr 14, 2026

I Beg Your Pardon part 4

Content Warning: This episode contains detailed descriptions of nursing home neglect, including accounts of residents found in unsanitary co...

25:50Apr 7, 2026

I Beg Your Pardon part 3

You know that little bottle of 5-Hour Energy sitting on the counter of almost every gas station in America? Someone was faking it. Millions...

36:03Mar 24, 2026

I Beg Your Pardon part 2

Twelve days. That’s how long David Gentile spent in federal prison for a $1.8 billion fraud that wiped out the retirement savings of 17,000...

40:39Mar 17, 2026

I Beg Your Pardon part 1

Jerry Bush was a plumber from Virginia with fourteen employees, a wife battling cancer, and a business his father built from nothing. When a...

38:30Mar 10, 2026

Who's Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey Revisited

CONTENT WARNING: Graphic content. Listener discretion is advised. Who’s Afraid of LaDonna Humphrey — Revisited A lot of people ask: where sh...

42:40Mar 3, 2026

Update on “The Hand That Held Me”

I want to share a quick update about the "Hand That Held Me" series. Due to some recent developments, I’ve made the decision to postpone the...

0:48Feb 28, 2026

The Pests part 3 & 4 Revisited

We conclude one of the most disturbing series ever covered on this podcast. Here are parts 3 and 4 of the Pests. Learn more about your ad ch...

81:14Feb 24, 2026