scam artist

Cult! Cult! Cult! We're back to sucking on a cult - a small and relatively unknown one which is surprising considering how crazy this story is. For well over a decade, conman Daniel Perez convinced a small band of followers into thinking he was possessed by three mostly evil angels, or maybe was an angel, and that he had the keys to heaven, or maybe reincarnation? And that he could make it rain, or maybe bring animals back from the dead? He was way better at talking followers into dying so he could get their life insurance money than he was at keeping his nonsensical claims straight. For years, he and his small band of followers lived on a compound called Angel's Landing just outside of Wichita, Kansas, messing around with ATVs, driving fast cars, playing with model airplanes, and getting drunk at weekend parties while everyone conveniently ignored the fact that he was doing stuff like sharing his bed with an eleven-year-old. This ridiculous pervert has been in prison for years now where he will thankfully die. Find out how he got there on this week's super strange tale.

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Michael and Dustin open the show talking about Dustin's propensity to misplace equipment, despite his obsession with organization. Afterwards the guys discuss glitter, personal space, and Dustin's beef with PetsMart and the DMV. Later the guys talk about a commercial job that went awry because of the filming environment, a scam artist posing as a videographer, keeping deposits for event videography jobs, and a wedding that ended with videographer in tears. Michael recommends a short film to Dustin, and poses the question, "with so much content available, is anything really that special anymore?" Before wrapping the guys hit on Seinfeld's latest standup release, vocal microphones, coronavirus wedding photos, and Michael's Homeless Hotties idea.

Here is a link to Lowland Kids, the video that Michael references at 39:00.

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Edward Warren Miney and Lorraine Rita Warren were American paranormal investigators and authors associated with prominent cases of hauntings. Where they true tellers, or scam artists. We have some thoughts, Ryan... he had the most.