Betrayal - Introducing: Queen of the Con: The Unreal Housewife

Episode Date: October 24, 2023

Bravo’s Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah appears to have it all. Beauty. Money. Power. Fame. But appearances are deceiving because this outspoken reality star is actually a profession...al con artist - amassing millions of dollars over the years by swindling thousands of victims across the country. Her scams are as sophisticated as they are cruel. And she cleverly and successfully manages to distance herself from her crimes - for years. Hear from her childhood friends, her former neighbor, her employees, her victims and from the federal agent responsible for ultimately figuring her out and toppling her house of cards. Listen here and subscribe to Queen of the Con: The Unreal Housewife on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 I'm the Wizard of Oz. I'm like the one behind the curtain that nobody knows exists, but I'm the one making everything happen. Real housewife of Salt Lake City star Jen Shaw is running the scam of the century. We probably will never be able to be retired black working to work anymore. Living a fat million dollar lifestyle on the backs of thousands of elderly victims. It was awful as she did to those people. She turned up their lives for what a fake Fendi bag? Congrats, girl.
Starting point is 00:00:31 When you have her confronted by another government agency, instead of stopping, she finds ways to be sneaky about it and keeps going. If you had to explain to a five-year-old, what Gen Shaw is guilty of? Gen Shaw stole money by lying. She took everything from these people and expected everything to be given to her. But did growing up as an outcast in Utah lead Gen Shaw to a life of crime? I went to school with Gen, or in junior high school, had a reputation for being a very rough school.
Starting point is 00:01:04 People were mistreated. Here I witness accounts of Jen Shaw's scams and progress from the people who were there. I remember one time Stuart lost like about 8 million and Jen was very upset and she came down to the office late at night with Coach. Yall is screaming at him. I am asking him where their money is. Gen Shaz betting that being an outspoken reality star will render her untouchable. The feds love to make. A spectacle out of somebody they're not going to shy away from that. Would you call her a con artist? I would just call her a con. She's not very much of an artist.
Starting point is 00:01:45 I would just call her a con, she's not very much of an artist. Listen to Queen of the Con, season four, the Unreal Housewife, launching July 20th, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. A brand new historical true crime podcast. When you lay suffering a sudden brutal death, starring Allison Williams, I hope you'll think of me, erased the murder of Elma Sands. She was a sweet, happy, virtuous girl, until she met that man right there. Written and created by me, Allison Flop.
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