Danielle Miller lived a privileged ‘Gossip Girl’ lifestyle growing up in Manhattan and attending a fancy private school. Her mom was a Rockette; her dad was president of the New York Bar Association. But a cruel twist of fate and vengeance drastically and irrevocably altered her childhood, leading her to a life of scamming. Starting with her “Rod Stewart” con at the age of 16… she’s now got a rap sheet longer than a CVS receipt and is awaiting federal trial for trying to scam nearly a million dollars from Uncle Sam. With now hundreds of victims, will Danielle ever pay the piper?
Like 'Chameleon: Hollywood Con Queen' and 'To Live and Die in LA', this podcast has one thing many true crime podcasts lack; not only does it follow the investigation into a crime in real time, the creator is the investigator, or at least involved in the investigator. Johnathan Walton is also a very good storyteller (as might be expected, given his profession), and manages to strike the balance between the very real hurt and betrayal he felt as a con artist's victim, and the distance necessary to tell the story. It also gives due weight to the suffering of the victims, which is sometimes missing from many true-crime podcasts. Recommended.
