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Chameleon: The Michigan Plot

By: Sony Music Entertainment & Campside Media
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  • In the fall of 2020, 14 men were arrested across three states in a series of FBI raids that shocked the nation. The government alleged that these men conspired to kidnap, and possibly even kill, the sitting governor of Michigan, Gretchen Whitmer. But is that really what happened? On season 7 of Chameleon, we’ll explore that notorious plot to kidnap governor Whitmer from its inception by taking listeners on an unprecedented journey inside the investigation. Through hundreds of hours of wire recordings that have never been heard by the public, you’ll ride along in the pocket of an FBI informant posing as a militia member, as he infiltrates an anti-government group that seems dangerous. But are they? Was the plot to kidnap governor Whitmer the sophisticated plan the government said it was, or just the stoned fantasies of a group of down-on-their-luck gun nuts? Did the FBI stop a dangerous plot in motion…or did it help to create it? Want the full story? Unlock all episodes of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Chameleon show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you listen. From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, this is Season 7 of Chameleon: The Michigan Plot. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts.
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Episodes
  • Introducing Season One of Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen

    Introducing Season One of Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen
    Sep 17 2020
    The incredible true story of the Hollywood Con Queen scam, and the hunt for the sick mastermind behind it. With Josh Dean and Vanessa Grigoriadis. A production of Campside Media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    5 mins
  • Hollywood Con Queen | 1. The Hook

    Hollywood Con Queen | 1. The Hook
    Oct 1 2020
    Eddie, an aspiring film industry trainer, gets a  call from a powerful producer offering him the opportunity of a lifetime  -- a major film project, in Indonesia. But when Eddie gets to Jakarta,  there is no movie. And after some friends back home do a little sleuthing, Eddie realizes that he's been pulled into something far bigger than just a little scam.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Hollywood Con Queen | 2. Heather

    Hollywood Con Queen | 2. Heather
    Oct 1 2020
    Eddie wasn't the first person to fall into this fake movie trap. Not even close. Two years before Eddie got  that call, Heather, a make-up artist in London, heard from a different  producer, about a different movie, also in Indonesia. But Heather's trip  was far more harrowing. She feared for her life. And her story pulls us deeper into the tangled web of the Hollywood Con Queen scam. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    47 mins
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Incredible stories, but horrible Audible presentation

I'm on season 5 of this podcast and the story lines are very well done and researched and narrated. But Audible really undercuts the journalism done here (and on many other podcast...presenters? platforms? media platforms producing multiple seasons and stories within a single entity?) by forcing the media into a very clunky interface that presents all seasons in a single flow, and no matter what I do, between my 3 devices, it always reverts to the season 1 teaser.
Anyways. Hoping Audible gets better user experience, because then this podcast would be a TEN! I'm giving it 5 stars across the board because these UX issues aren't the podcasters' fault.

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Best podcast ever

best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast best podcast listen to it DO IT!

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really good, confusing audible listing

this podcast is very good, but the description and title on audible is extremely confusing. it looks like the overall podcast is deep dive into scams, with each scam having mang episode/a season. the title/description is just for the third season only,. hopefully that gets fixed 🤞

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interesting

Found this from a commercial that kept interrupting another podcast. Originally I thought i was just going to hear about the wild boys but ended up hearing about all of these other true crimes. Slightly misleading but it was interesting enouph. I ended up skipping through because I was mostly intrigued by the wild boys story, which I had not heard about prior to this.

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What?

Not bad. Story was decent. Many more ads than any other podcast I have listened to here. ONE MORE THING.....the podcast is about an ENTIRELY different subject than the title AND description. It is about a scam of Hollywood in Indonesia. Has ZERO connection to the title and desxription.

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Underwhelming Story with Obscene Amount of Ads

This is a podcast of advertisements with intermissions of weak storyline that is far, far too drawn out. You could literally deliver the underwhelming stories in a couple of episodes, even with ads!!!

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