ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
RomConned is where Love and True Crime Collide. Each episode exposes real-life romance scams, red flags you might miss, and the predators behind them—while giving you practical tools to protect your heart, your wallet, and your dignity.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
40 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
56 episodes
since Oct. 8, 2025
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
A new federal law requires dating platforms to warn users when someone they've communicated with has been banned for fraud. But what happens when they're already in love? We examine the Romance Scam Prevention Act, the psychology of romantic exploitation, and why discovering deception doesn't alway…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
How did a 77-year-old accountant lose nearly $1 million to romance scammers—and come to see her own family as the enemy? Katharine Tober, author of Losing Margaret, shares her aunt's story, the family's desperate attempts to intervene, and why evidence alone couldn't break the scammers' hold. We ex…
What happens when an investigative journalist deliberately enters a romance scam to find out how the deception actually works? Emmy-winning journalist Mariana van Zeller joins Laurel House on RomConned to discuss her National Geographic documentary "Super Scam Me," in which she goes undercover to e…
Why do we blame victims of romance scams for trusting someone who deceived them? We examine how love changes perceptions of financial exploitation, why shame prevents victims from speaking out, and how hindsight distorts our understanding of manipulation. From romance fraud to sexual assault allega…
What happens when "respect" means obedience and loyalty means staying quiet? Against the backdrop of the Cornell rape allegations, we examine where entitlement is learned, how silence can be mistaken for respect, and what happens when group loyalty matters more than someone's boundaries or safety. …
What happens inside a Bitcoin romance scam while the victim is still living it? In connection with Social Catfish's Catfished, we examine Susanne's experience as a financial relationship becomes romantic, and how grooming, emotional investment, cognitive dissonance, and sunk-cost thinking can make …
Leaving a controlling relationship doesn't always end the control. Sometimes it simply changes form. Laurel House and lawyer, mediator and trauma-informed divorce coach Nawal Houghton examine what coercive control can look like before, during and after separation—from financial pressure and punishm…
Dating danger rarely looks dangerous at first. We examine how attraction and chemistry can gradually shift into pressure, possessiveness, humiliation, boundary violations, and control—and why what happens after someone is rejected, questioned, or told no can reveal far more than any single red flag…
What actually happens when attachment styles collide during a fight? Dr. Jon Dabach returns to role-play common relationship conflicts, breaking down anxious and avoidant reactions before replaying the conversations with more secure behavior. We explore reassurance, taking space without creating ab…
The Lindsay Clancy trial centers on whether she was criminally responsible when she allegedly killed her three children in 2023. Law&Crime's Sierra Gillespie joins the show from inside the courtroom to examine what Lindsay's family and doctors knew before the deaths, the defense's claim of post…
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