The Pretenders

Are you a pretender?

In the podcast series The Pretenders, true crime writer Janne Aagaard together with journalist Susanne Sayers explore people's reasons for lying. We look into amazing stories of double lives and deception.

We all lie. Every day. But for some of us, the white lies are anything but. For some people lying and pretending is a life style, a habit that is hard to kick.

If you enjoy true crimes stories with a twist, we hope you will love this show produced for our partner Podimo. The first season of The Pretenders is available in Danish and Norwegian, and later in 2023 also in German and Dutch.

You can read more on the show at Podimo Denmarks website here. At the end of 2022, we already had 10,000 loyal listeners and hope to have much more! the show was on the Top Ten of subscription podcasts of 2022 in Denmark.

Episode list, season 1
  1. The Missing Millionaire
  2. A General Named Maria
  3. Misha and the Wolves
  4. The Fake Widow
  5. The Bank Robbing Policeman
  6. The Perfect Salesman
  7. Dancing with the Devil
  8. The Surgeon with a Secret
  9. The Prodigal Son part 1
  10. The Prodigal Son part 2
  11. Six Degrees of Separation
  12. The Nanny
  13. The Busboy with a Hidden Past
  14. A World in Black and White
  15. The Tibetan Lama
  16. The Guru of Wellness
  17. The Fake Rockefeller
  18. The Dodgy Museum Director
  19. The Perfect Crime
  20. The Girl from Damascus
Episode list, season 2

21. The Trouble with Merle
22. The Great American Imposter 
23. A Royal in New York 
24. Picture Perfect 
25. The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe
26. Doctor Münchausen, I presume
27. The Predator Dressed as a Politician
28. The Champagne Boy
29. The Return to High School 

30. The fake Asylum Seeker
31. The Golden Name
32. Our Favourite Son
33. Fatal liaisons
34. Letters of deceit
35. The Secretive Passenger, part 1
36. The Secretive Passenger, part 2
37. The Fake Defence Minister
38. Blood Money
39. The Cancelled Golden Girl
40. The Penitent Psychic

Credits, Danish Original
Authors & Editors: Janne Aagaard & Susanne Sayers
Voice Recording: Kasper Leisner og Janne Aagaard
Sound Design & Editing: Gil Amado
Production Manager: Miguel Branco
Commissioning Editor, Podimo: Pernille Ehlers & Laura Kabell

Credits, Norwegian version
Translator: Mary-Ann Hersvik Strøm
Voice: Jan Martin Johnsen
Sound Design & Editing: Gil Amado
Production Manager: Miguel Branco
Commissioning Editor, Podimo: Sigve Kvitvik

Credits, German version
Translator: Inga Esseling
Voice: Benjamin Plath
Sound Design & Editing: Gil Amado
Production Manager: Miguel Branco
Commissioning Editor, Podimo: Nina Bohlman

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