- Truth, Lies and Coverups is a quirky, entertaining show that reveals the real and unpolished stories about big fraud. Though these crimes and the stories surrounding them can be complex, this will be easy to follow on screen, because of all the visual signifiers of deception available and the way graphic reveals will operate. Part of the underlying drama of each story is in learning why the fraudster did what they did, how the crook got away with it and how they got caught.
- Longline: Truth, Lies and Coverups brings Traci Brown's Fraud Busting Podcast to life. It is an episodic true crime mystery dramatization about financial fraud with an informational element. Stories reveal clues hidden in plain sight that if caught in the moment would have given the intel to stop millions in losses.
Truth, Lies and Coverups reinvents crime shows. The layered story structure allows for a fascinating, in depth look into human behavioral nuance in these novelistic (but true) stories. The much larger subtext and theme for the show, however, is to open the viewer's eyes to lies, fraud and identity theft that happen around them all the time, without them knowing it. And there's always a twist to the story.
The show features Traci Brown, the Fraud-Busting Body Language Expert as the host. She appears in the episodes as an extra (Alfred Hitchcock style) till the end where she breaks the 4th wall and reveals the tells hidden in the story. The audience can be sure they know exactly how victims were deceived-if they can spot the tells hidden in the story. Clues could be hidden in a body language or verbal tell, a time tested personal trait Traci has used to predict behavior or a seemingly safe business practice. These tells are tiny, happen fast and aren't that obvious, they may even seem like nothing unusual is going on. A sharp eye and knowledge of spotting deception is needed to catch them.
Traci has spent the last 20 years reading people, uncovering secrets hidden in plain sight in crimes, politics and billion dollar business deals. Traci is a former pro bike racer and member of Team USA. She attributes learning how to interpret body language as a major factor in winning 3 National Collegiate Championships. She polished her skills training alongside the police, FBI and Green Berets. Now body language is about beating crime. One move at a time.
She is a frequent guest on television news and exposé shows and has correctly analyzed these high profile cases on the air FIRST-before the truth was revealed by law enforcement and the courts:
Chris Watts- guilty of the murder of his wife and 2 girls Leticia Stauch-guilty in the death of her stepson Gannon Lance Armstrong- guilty of performance enhancing drug use Jessica Ridgeway- parents not guilty of kidnapping & murder
Traci will take you into the greatest fraud cases of all time-- where ordinary people, corporations and even the government were duped by extraordinary criminals - and lost BIG, or on occasion saw the clues and beat the bad guys at their own game. Fraud victims featured almost always knew 'something wasn't right' but couldn't put their finger on it in the moment. She will show you exactly what the victims didn't know-- the signs of deception hidden in plain sight. And who knows, it just may save YOU from making the same mistakes.
You'll see fraud in a way you've never seen before. She'll reveal what bad guys don't want you to know. Simple tells learned in this show can help viewers save themselves from financial ruin, defamation, jail time and keep themselves and their company off the front page for the wrong reasons.
Truth, Lies and Coverups is a quirky, entertaining show that reveals the real and unpolished stories about big fraud. Though these crimes and the stories surrounding them can be complex, this will be easy to follow on screen, because of all the visual signifiers of deception available and the way graphic reveals will operate.
Part of the underlying drama of each story is in learning why the fraudster did what they did, how the crook got away with it and how they got caught.
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