An Honest Liar.
This post originally appeared on Salon by Ashlie D. Stevens.
Sometimes, there's nothing more satisfying to watch than a good con or, at least, watching how someone who has perpetrated one gets caught.
In those narratives, there's often a really appealing push-pull between admiring the artfulness of the fraudster and rooting for the investigators on their trail. It's also a brand of true crime that's a little lower stakes—and inherently less problematically salacious—than some of the gorier serial killer stories.
If you've already blown through HBO Max's
Generation Hustle, a new 10-episode show about the scammers and schemers who walk among us, then check out a few documentaries and docuseries about some of the most intriguing cons in recent history. From an extreme catfisher to a man who donates forged art to museums, there's something for you.