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Jan 3, 2020 · All in the eyes. The eyes are the window to the soul, the old saying goes. While not exclusive to con artists, Wentz said a telltale sign of a fraudster is intense eye contact. “They will make ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Mar 20, 2024. Marianne 'Mair' Smyth has been arrested in Maine and is facing extradition to Northern Ireland. Marianne Smyth, an American con artist who has previously claimed to be an 'Irish...
I frequently hear claims that Joseph Smith was a convicted con artist. While looking into this, the claim is usually in reference to being driven from New York for taking money to find some treasures supposedly hidden in some native american trove, which he then never found. When this claim is brought up to mormons, they categorically dismiss ...
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- The Sting. No discussion of con artists in cinema is complete without the pinnacle of the genre, 1973's "The Sting." Starring the titans of cinema Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and Robert Shaw, "The Sting" is also the most lauded and successful con artist movie by far.
- Catch Me If You Can. The great Steven Spielberg and Leonardo DiCaprio joined forces to tell the story of Frank Abagnale Jr., perhaps the greatest American con artist, in "Catch Me If You Can."
- The Brothers Bloom. An early and unheralded film from director Rian Johnson of "Knives Out" fame (and "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" infamy), "The Brothers Bloom" might be "the" con artist movie.
- Paper Moon. "Paper Moon" is a classic con artist movie, an ode to a bygone era of the quick small-time grift. Set in the rural stretches of the country during the height of the Great Depression, confidence man Moze Pray (Ryan O'Neal) is content to drift the country and run the quick change scam at diners, or con recently widowed women into believing their late husbands had ordered a special engraved Bible.
Jan 8, 2021 · Serial Con Artist Poses as Royalty. Mair Smyth claimed she was an Irish heiress and scammed people out of thousands. AARP. By. AARP. Published January 08, 2021. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn. AARP.
Oct 1, 2023 · 15 Art and Craft (2014) Tribecca Film Festival. In Art and Craft, there is a big question mark surrounding the con artist’s ambition and goal in life. The documentary narrates how Mark Landis ...
Sep 26, 2019 · By definition, a con artist is a manipulator who cheats, or tricks, others through persuading them to believe something that is not true. Through deception, they fool people into believing they...
