Texas fracker turned escort says repression allowed business to flourish Mickey says his stint as a handyman transformed into a lucrative sex business due to the region’s ‘self-denial’ The Guardian - US · Mar 7
US podcaster who helped convict ‘Queen of the Con’ disappointed at short sentence Johnathan Walton, who was a victim of Marianne ‘Mair’ Smyth, had helped UK authorities track her down The Guardian - US · Oct 18, 2025
‘Queen of the Con’ convicted of fraud in Northern Ireland with help from true crime podcaster Marianne ‘Mair’ Smyth was found guilty of swindling four people out of more than $155,000 in Northern Ireland The Guardian - US · Sep 5, 2025
‘I had 30 Lamborghinis’: Pablo Escobar’s top cocaine pilot gives first interview Tirso ‘TJ’ Dominguez says Escobar paid him $20m monthly to fly planeloads of coke The Guardian - US · Jun 6, 2025
US woman who posed as Irish heiress extradited to UK to face fraud charges Marianne Smyth is accused of stealing more than $170,000 from people she met through her work at UK-based mortgage companies The Guardian - US · Jul 2, 2024
‘Queen of the Con’ found in Maine ordered to be extradited to Northern Ireland Police had arrested Marianne ‘Mair’ Smyth at a rental home after a podcast on her crimes prompted a listener to reveal her location The Guardian - US · May 10, 2024
American Scammer Faces Extradition For UK Fraud American woman Marianne Smyth accused of elaborate scams posing as Irish heiress and psychic, defrauding victims across the US. Top News · Mar 26, 2024
Best podcasts of the week: Inside the rapid rise and fall of a ‘Squid Game’ crypto scam In this week’s newsletter: Investors threw millions at a coin themed on the Netflix hit – that never appeared. Find out how in The Squid Scam. Plus: five of the best podcasts about celebrity scandals The Guardian - UK · Jan 12, 2023