An indie yarn maker’s popularity skyrockets on social media platforms in the mid-2000s and her online store is booming—until customers start to complain about diminished quality and delays in orders. Then her shop sends an email claiming she's died. But … has she? Take a peek into the world of “pseudocide”—faking one's own death—and the lengths people will go to in order to disappear. Scamtown is an Apple Original podcast, produced by FunMeter. Follow and listen on Apple Podcasts. http://apple.co/Scamtown
We've delved into all types of fraud.
Financial insecurity, even scams motivated by revenge, love or obsession.
But this one is a little different for us.
Yes, death as in a mysterious passing up ends.
A close knit community.
Pun intended.
We are talking about knitters, but what.
Happens if people don't believe you're dead?
Join us on a strange journey that involves high quality yarn, online sleuthing, and zombie sightings.
Welcome to Scamtown, an Apple original podcast produced by Fun Meter.
I'm Brian Lazarte.
And I'm James Lee Hernandez.
We're filmmakers who've been trading stories now for quite some time, obsessed and compelled to bring some of our favorites to life.
We love a surprising heist, an intricate scam, or just pulling back the curtain on something you think you know.
Entering a world that's stranger than fiction, and riding that line between comedy and tragedy.
This is Scam Town, a place for our favorite stories that do just that.
Today's Episode Knit to Death.
The birth of social media was a weird time.
It wasn't that long ago, but it's hard to remember life before it came on the scene.
Facebook today opened up its social networking site to the masses.