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This case demonstrates an important principle of criminal investigation: sometimes an alibi becomes more damaging than having no alibi at all.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75569355</guid><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 18:35:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75569355/podcast_1791138715.mp3" length="3178161" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e6484374-a2f0-4ee8-9ff0-52a21eba9b7f/e6484374-a2f0-4ee8-9ff0-52a21eba9b7f.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e6484374-a2f0-4ee8-9ff0-52a21eba9b7f/e6484374-a2f0-4ee8-9ff0-52a21eba9b7f.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/e6484374-a2f0-4ee8-9ff0-52a21eba9b7f/e6484374-a2f0-4ee8-9ff0-52a21eba9b7f.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Circle Of Insight Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>When Laci Peterson disappeared on Christmas Eve 2002, her husband Scott gave investigators what appeared to be a straightforward explanation: he had spent the day fishing alone on San Francisco Bay. 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This case demonstrates an important principle of criminal investigation: sometimes an alibi becomes more damaging than having no alibi at all.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>199</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1a492773676319fbddf701a22b8737b4.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>The Long Con: Why the Best Scammers Don’t Ask for Money at First</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-long-con-why-the-best-scammers-don-t-ask-for-money-at-first--75485769</link><description><![CDATA[The most effective con may begin without anyone asking you for a dollar. Instead, the deception starts with attention, credibility, favors, friendship, or even vulnerability—slowly creating a relationship in which trust feels earned. In this episode of The Deception Files, we examine the psychology of the long con, why intelligent people can become deeply invested in deception, and why discovering the truth becomes harder the longer the relationship continues.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/75485769</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:18:40 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75485769/podcast_1790871276.mp3" length="3344509" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/22f7bb95-a0ce-414a-b870-8731fa27fa02/22f7bb95-a0ce-414a-b870-8731fa27fa02.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/22f7bb95-a0ce-414a-b870-8731fa27fa02/22f7bb95-a0ce-414a-b870-8731fa27fa02.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/22f7bb95-a0ce-414a-b870-8731fa27fa02/22f7bb95-a0ce-414a-b870-8731fa27fa02.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Circle Of Insight Productions</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The most effective con may begin without anyone asking you for a dollar. 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Known to British intelligence as GARBO, Pujol constructed a deception so convincing that Germany eventually awarded him the Iron Cross while Britain awarded him an MBE. 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In this episode of The Deception Files, we examine why humans are surprisingly poor lie detectors—and why being confident that you can “read people” may actually make you easier to deceive. 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We’ll also look at what investigators can examine instead of relying on supposed tells.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>222</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>body,deception,education,enforcement,language,law,lies,science</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1a492773676319fbddf701a22b8737b4.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item></channel></rss>
