Todd and Julie Chrisley’s reality TV show, “Chrisley Knows Best,” became popular, in part, for their apparent family values. They were often seen on the show trying to teach their children how to be good Christians and live moral, honest lives. But we know that Todd acted one way on the TV show and a whole other way off camera, in a sort of a “do as I say, not as I do” lifestyle. From the vulgar and disturbing things Todd allegedly said and did to numerous employees at his company, to the well-d...
Jun 27, 2025•40 min
From 2014 to 2017 Todd and Julie Chrisley were riding high on the success of “Chrisley Knows Best.” But fans had no idea about Todd and Julie’s extensive criminal history, lawsuits, or exactly what the bankruptcies entailed because all of those things happened before the Chrisley’s fame, when no one was paying attention. In 2017, however, everyone would be paying attention as that was the year that began the Chrisley family’s eventual fall from grace. Todd appeared in the media spouting tales of...
Jun 20, 2025•41 min
On July 15, 2014, the Chrisley family was in Los Angeles to promote their reality TV show “Chrisley Knows Best.” Though it had only been on air a few months, the show had blown up and made the Chrisleys a household name. What viewers didn’t know was at that very moment, as the Chrisleys walked the red carpet, Todd and Julie were knee-deep in bankruptcy litigation. “Chrisley Knows Best” viewers didn’t seem to be bothered by Todd and Julie’s lies once their multi-million dollar bankruptcies were m...
Jun 13, 2025•42 min
It’s no secret that Todd Chrisley’s eccentric and flamboyant personality, along with his enthusiasm for fashion and decorating has had people questioning his sexuality for years. In December 2022, just a few weeks after his sentencing for federal fraud convictions, Todd addressed allegations about his sexual activity. The allegations came straight from the witness stand during Todd’s federal trial by a man named Mark Braddock who claimed the two of them had a love affair. Todd said it was nothin...
Jun 06, 2025•41 min
There have been many episodes of “Chrisley Knows Best” where Todd Chrisley makes a crass sexual comment and it’s played off as being just another silly, wacky thing Todd says. Not everyone finds Todd’s behavior funny, though. Before TV cameras followed his every move, there were severe allegations made about Todd’s abusive, degrading, and sexually charged comments in the workplace. Todd’s TV persona might come off as over-the-top and endearing, but some of his former employees would disagree whe...
May 30, 2025•33 min
Todd and Julie Chrisley’s criminal actions are well documented in court records. What we don’t know is the “why.” Why’d they choose to enter into a life of crime? Today, experts tend to agree that criminal behavior isn’t decided by just one factor, but rather a complex combination of both the environment and a person’s biology. A person learns behavior from their environment, but it’s their genes, their family biology, that determines how they learn it. While we can never truly know the “why” be...
May 23, 2025•48 min
If you’ve been a reality TV fan over the last 10 years, you likely know the names Todd and Julie Chrisley. The couple starred in the wildly popular reality TV show “Chrisley Knows Best.” The show, which aired on the USA Network, chronicled the exceptionally lavish lives of Todd, the overbearing and devoted family man, and his former beauty queen wife, Julie, along with their equally quirky family. In each episode, Todd and Julie flaunted their millionaire lifestyle for all of America to see: The...
May 16, 2025•39 min
On December 5, 2020, Sydney Morning Herald reporter Kate Mclymont pulled back the curtain on Melissa Caddick and alerted her investors to just how significant Melissa’s scams were. Authorities were tasked with recovering the money Melissa had stolen from her clients. As the mystery of the missing millions grew larger, angry investors wanted answers. Authorities quickly turned their attention to Melissa’s husband, Anthony Koletti, whose bizarre behavior became almost as big as the news of Melissa...
Apr 25, 2025•27 min
After cheating her way into becoming a trusted financial advisor, Melissa Caddick proceeded to rip off her clients. Even her own parents weren’t safe from Melissa’s greed. In this episode, we’ll get to the moment when Melissa’s schemes were uncovered, and focus on what ultimately led authorities to investigate her business dealings. We’re pulling back the curtain on one of the most successful female con artists in Australia’s history. Follow host, Jami Rice, on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube @Ja...
Apr 18, 2025•25 min
Melissa Caddick appeared to be one of Australia’s most successful private investors …jet-setting around the world on private planes while draped in designer clothing. She’d graced magazine covers and was considered to be one of the wealthiest and most trusted financial advisors in the country. Then, following a federal raid on her multi-million dollar home in Sydney, Australia in November 2020, Melissa disappeared. But long before her case went viral, Melissa was excited to start a new life. Aft...
Apr 10, 2025•24 min
Australian con woman Melissa Caddick's sudden disappearance in November 2020 following a federal raid on her house sparked hundreds of theories about her whereabouts. Many believed Melissa had escaped with her money and gone into hiding. Others thought she’d been abducted and suspects ranged from angry investors to her ex-husband, Tony Caddick. Then there were the conspiracy theories. When Melissa’s severed foot showed up on a beach over 300 miles from the cliffs near her house, many people bega...
Apr 03, 2025•29 min
On February 21, 2021, a grizzly discovery was made on Bournda Beach on the southern coast of New South Wales, Australia. A designer athletic shoe washed up on the beach. Inside of it, was a decomposing foot. After taking DNA samples from family members of missing persons in the area, the shoe and samples matched with a woman named Melissa Caddick, a 49-year-year old who’d been missing for three months following the raid of her home by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. Initial...
Mar 28, 2025•26 min
Fred Downie, the elderly man who’d moved to Southern California to live out the rest of his years under the care of Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt, had died under mysterious circumstances. Even so, his death was ruled an accident and there was nothing to stop a man from giving his fortune away. Although Fred’s case was off the table, in March 2008, the Black Widows were going on trial for the murders of Paul Vados and Kenneth McDavid. Prosecutors felt fairly confident in their case. After al...
Mar 21, 2025•25 min
Formerly known as Mind of A Serial Killer, Killer Minds takes you deep into the psychology of history’s most chilling murderers—from infamous serial killers to ruthless cult leaders, deadly exes, and terrifying spree killers. Every Monday and Thursday, hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels, a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, blend gripping true crime storytelling with expert psychological analysis to uncover what drives people to kill. From the calculated minds of serial killers lik...
Mar 17, 2025•12 min
Following their 2006 arrest for mail and wire fraud, the LAPD and the FBI continued trying to build a murder case against Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt. They’d found some evidence during raids on the women’s homes, but everything collected up until that point still wasn’t enough to build a murder case. The FBI continued trying to find anything to tie Helen and Olga to Paul Vados’s and Kenneth McDavid’s death. Soon, investigators pieced things together and found themselves in a position to c...
Mar 13, 2025•23 min
In 2006, over a year after unhoused man Kenneth McDavid was found run down in a back alley in Westwood, California, insurance investigator Ed Webster had unearthed some interesting information. Ed brought his investigation findings to the LAPD, who began surveilling Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt. Soon, the FBI was brought in. They summoned the women's bank records and raided their homes, which resulted in a mountain of evidence that helped authorities begin to unravel the true nature of Hel...
Mar 07, 2025•29 min
In 2002, Helen Golay and Olga Rutterschmidt were riding high following their first successful life insurance scam. Before the women set their sights on their next victim, Kenneth McDavid, there was another scheme brewing. This one, developing across the country, and involving an elderly man named Fred Downie. At 96-years-old, this widowed New Englander owned a house on Cape Cod, and somehow befriended a young woman named Kecia Golay, Helen Golay’s youngest daughter. Kecia soon convinced Fred to ...
Feb 27, 2025•31 min
On June 21, 2005, a 50-year-old unhoused man named Kenneth McDavid was left for dead in a back alley just off of Westwood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Police believed that he’d been the victim of a hit-and-run. After a distant female cousin came forth claiming to be Kenneth’s only living relative, the case was closed and the cause of death was listed as “unknown.” When a New York insurance claims department employee took note of Kenneth’s case, he became aware of two fairly substantial life insuran...
Feb 20, 2025•34 min
A few months after Samantha Azzopardi was sentenced to three years of Community Corrections Order following her latest fake identity scam, where she claimed to be a pregnant 15-year-old victim of sexual abuse, she answered an advertisement placed by a lawyer in Sydney named Theresa Power. Theresa needed a nanny for her young daughter and “Maya Malicka” answered the call. Maya claimed to be 19, Polish, and have tons of experience with kids. Theresa became convinced Maya was legitimate, and hired ...
Feb 13, 2025•29 min
Samantha Azzopardi’s latest alias, a 13-year-old named Harper Hart, had convinced a foster family to take her in while living in Sydney. But, “Harper’s” stories of being in the witness protection program alerted officials, who then sought to confirm her identity. For weeks, they found nothing and Harper remained silent. Then, a colleague at the police station casually brought up the case of the GPO Girl in Dublin, and how Samantha Azzopardi’s and Harper Hart’s stories sounded similar. They compa...
Feb 06, 2025•33 min
Samantha Azzopardi had been living under the alias “Emily,” a 14-year-old gymnast from Russia, when she convinced her friend Hope’s family to adopt her. In this instance, however, her story got much darker than anything else Samantha had ever presented. According to Hope, Emily claimed that she was severely traumatized by a murder-suicide in her family. Hope’s family believed her, and took her in for an undisclosed amount of time. But, when Hope’s family tried to enroll Emily in high school, sch...
Jan 31, 2025•39 min
When a young girl was found distraught and non-communicative in the streets of Dublin in 2013, it kicked off one of Ireland’s biggest mysteries. After the Dublin police had exhausted all of their options, they got permission to release a photo of the girl to the media in hopes of finding out her true identity. When Garda eventually did, they discovered she wasn’t a 14-year-old as initially expected. She was 25-year-old Australian con woman, Samantha Azzopardi. As Samantha’s story went global, ot...
Jan 23, 2025•33 min
What makes a serial killer? Mind of a Serial Killer takes you deep into the twisted minds of history’s most notorious serial killers. Every Monday, hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels, a Clinical and Forensic Psychologist, combines gripping true crime storytelling with expert psychological analysis to answer the question - what makes a serial killer? From Jeffrey Dahmer to Ted Bundy, explore not only their chilling crimes but the dark psychology behind them. Follow Mind of a Serial K...
Jan 20, 2025•6 min
In October 2013, two police officers in Dublin, Ireland came across a disheveled, emaciated and distressed teenage girl wandering around by herself outside the General Post Office. She was unable to speak, using only primitive sign language to show her age. From what the officers could translate, the girl indicated that she was 14-years-old. Child welfare authorities took her to a nearby children’s hospital while trying to figure out who she was. As The Garda looked into uncovering the young gir...
Jan 16, 2025•27 min
While Jami takes time off from recording Dirty Money Moves during the Holidays, we’re releasing an episode of her other podcast, Lipstick & Lies. In this episode of Lipstick & Lies, Jami walks co-host Melissa Moore through the topic of our very first season of Dirty Money Moves, the case of Mary Carole McDonnell -“The Heiress Who Hu$tled Hollywood.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 02, 2025•1 hr 55 min
It’s been over two years since Elisabeth Finch took her leave of absence from the “Grey’s Anatomy” writer’s room. Once she realized she wouldn’t be getting rehired, and that her web of lies had spun violently out of control, she returned to the same Arizona treatment center where she first met her now ex-wife Jennifer Beyer. Over six months after returning to the treatment center, Elisabeth sat down with Peter Kiefer, the same interviewer from The Ankler who initially broke the Finch story. Elis...
Dec 26, 2024•29 min
“Grey’s Anatomy” star writer and producer Elisabeth Finch was just confronted by her new wife, Jennifer Beyer, about her supposed cancer claims. A former registered nurse, Jennifer noticed that Elisabeth didn’t seem to have a port scar for chemotherapy treatments. She’d seen photos of Elisabeth during chemotherapy with a bald head, but also with full eyebrows and eyelashes …something she’d never witnessed during her nursing career. Jennifer had also taken Elisabeth to a doctor who claimed she ha...
Dec 19, 2024•35 min
“Grey’s Anatomy” star writer and producer Elisabeth Finch was apparently going through a lot in the middle of 2019. She remained on top at Grey’s, becoming the de facto writer for any episode dealing with cancer as a subject matter, but she just couldn’t seem to catch a break in her personal life. She claimed she’d lost a kidney to cancer and said she’d been forced to abort a fetus in the early stages of pregnancy due to complications with her chemotherapy. Her latest traumatic experience was de...
Dec 12, 2024•36 min
Hollywood writer and TV producer Elisabeth Finch seemed to have it all. After breaking through as a staff writer on the shows “True Blood” and “The Vampire Diaries” at a fairly young age, she was hired at her favorite TV show “Grey's Anatomy.” She got the gig after Shonda Rhimes was handed an article that Elisabeth had written for Elle Magazine about her devastating battle with a rare form of bone cancer known as Chondrosarcoma. That piece garnered Elisabeth all sorts of attention and her wishes...
Dec 05, 2024•43 min
In this two-part episode of Dirty Money Moves Jami brings on the hosts of hit podcast, Drinking the Koolaid, Amanda Goodness and Cassidy Liston. The ladies discuss all things scammy, true crime, and reality tv. Cassidy shares her experience eating at Tracii Hustona’s restaurant, Breakfast Bitch while Amanda makes spot-on comparisons between some of reality tv’s biggest villains and Tracii Hutsona. Follow host, Jami Rice, @JamiOnAir on Instagram and TikTok to keep up with this case and other true...
Nov 21, 2024•1 hr 2 min
