Catch Him if You Can

Seriously, it was hard to concentrate on the story so bad were the accents of the voice actors. Drummondville isn’t Paris, come ON.

I really like the concept of this pod because I find scams psychologically fascinating. I wd like to see this pod succeed. But first they should ditch the hokey dramatization. It's a distraction and is unnecessary because a quick narration of the scene wd do nicely.

I really wanted to stick with this one, because I find these types of stories absolutely fascinating. But this podcast is so very tiresome. I just can’t do it anymore. I barely made it through the first three episodes and only with a lot of fast forwarding. The cringy ‘acting’, the insipid writing of mostly unnecessary scenes, the woman-power-all-men-are-awful crap, the stilted narration…all of it. I just can’t. 😣

The main Canadian victims featured in the podcast seem to care much more about giving law enforcement a detailed record of their extensive detective work than explaining current situations in a comprehensible manner, if at all. I feel for these people and believe they are trying very hard to do the right thing. Their efforts end when it comes to learning about the Canadian legal system, even when professionals attempt explaining it to them while doing their job. (It makes sense law enforcement w... more

A very interesting podcast but what I don’t understand is how can someone be duped into believing someone masquerading as a Canadian Embassy official in Canada? Just goes to show how gullible some of the victims are in which case some of them are just dreamers hoping to land that one rich man to splurge on them. The five star rating is only for effort the host put to tell the story.

Some of the victims got what they deserved as far as I’m concerned.

Canada law enforcement should be abolished for this! Why are they there if they are not going to do something!?

Of country the US isn’t much better but for financial crimes we do have more recourse than what has been provided in all of these cases.

Does Canada have something like the fbi? Would love to know if y’all have reached out to the CSIS or other agencies that may have more of a reach… maybe this is addressed in season two. 🤞🏼

I love the podcast & stand with the victims 🩵🩷💜

This was amazing ! I really didn’t like the acting voices but otherwise top 10 podcasts I’ve listen to!

Interesting story & ok podcast. The acting is not as bad as some say but can be a little distracting and funny. They make you want to root for the bad guy lol.

I like these true stories and find them interesting and great cautionary tale .

The dramatization is terrible though . Just have the real people tell the story.

Also I hate to victim blame and know these cons very good at it , but often the woman are so foolish is unbelievable.

I get being conned the first few times , but this guys stories get preposterous and falling for them about 10 x in row involving him just somehow not having the money he promised in a couple days over and over and them... more

Interesting story, I was hooked after the first episode

The voice acting though was already horrible and unvoluntarily funny in the first episodes. Even funnier when the real life character speaks and sounds nothing like their actor version.

And then I heard your version of Quebec French speakers. Seriously, what is this? I don't know where you are in Canada, but just get on a plane to listen to Quebecers speak English. We can have a strong accent, but it's nothing like people from France. This ... more

But can we get a photo of this guy posted somewhere so everyone can be on the lookout for him? And so no one else gets conned?

Just tell the story. The voice acting is so cringy and impossible to listen to. Hard no.

The story is compelling and the reason I keep listening. The journalism seems good but the re-enactments are just mind bogglingly awful. I’ve stopped listening a few times because of them, but then I keep pushing to hear what happens. Not only are they corny and cringy, but the French accents are so bad. Keep the compelling stories and interviews with the people involved- drop the acting, or if you must read something like a text message read it in the narrators voice. This would easily increase... more

I find scam stories very interesting and illuminating, but the voice acting is really awful. I’m from Nova Scotia and I’m familiar with the accent, but this is just big cringe. The interviews are fine, but we don’t need the whole Cape Breton Summertime Review production.

I was hooked and empathetic and rooting for justice, but the last 2 episodes where they’re failing to grasp the complex nature of the crime, despite it being patiently articulated to them is nearly as mind boggling as the crimes.

They’re convinced they’re handing a open and shut case up to the police “on a platter” yet, it’s not that they’re investigating child abuse and rapes in undermanned departments. No, they’re twiddling thumbs and hiding nefarious motives to cover for the con man.

I mea... more