Episodes

In 2003, Andrew Luster—multimillionaire heir to the Max Factor cosmetics fortune—was convicted of 86 counts of rape, drug-facilitated sexual assault, and poisoning. After fleeing the country and sparking an international manhunt, he was sentenced to 124 years in prison. Now, he is scheduled to walk free nearly a century early. In this exclusive DEBRIEF episode, we sit down for a groundbreaking conversation with Shawna Morgan. As Luster’s second victim, Shawna has spent decades healing in priva...

He was the multi-millionaire heir to the Max Factor cosmetics empire, living a life of absolute privilege on the California coast. But behind closed doors, Andrew Luster was using his fortune to fund a horrifying hidden life as a serial predator—drugging, raping, and videotaping his victims. When the law finally caught up to him, Luster didn't just stand trial; he cut off his ankle monitor and vanished. What followed was a wild international FBI manhunt that ended with a chaotic, televised capt...

Scott and Nancy turn back the clock and reveal how two spunky kids from opposite sides of the country ended up in the center of some of the biggest true crime stories ever. This is the Slippery origin story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How do you say no to a girl who claims she survived the unthinkable? You don’t. You open your front door. When viral anti-trafficking advocate Coco Berthmann needed a place to stay, Becky McIntosh did what any compassionate mother would do—she took her in. Becky was ready to help a traumatized survivor heal. Instead, she invited a whirlwind of chaos directly into her family’s home. Within mere hours of moving in, the red flags started flying. From compulsive lying and emotional manipulation to ...

Coco Berthmann was the ultimate survivor. In 2020, she captivated Salt Lake City with a story so horrific it seemed impossible to ignore: a childhood spent as a victim of a high-end pedophile ring in Germany, allegedly orchestrated by her own mother. She claimed she had been raped as many as 50 times a day for 11 years before escaping to the United States to start a new life. The community didn’t just believe her—they championed her. Coco became a regular on the speaking circuit and even stood ...

In the late 1980s, the Los Angeles jewelry district was hiding a massive, dirty secret. It was the epicenter of the largest money laundering scheme in U.S. history, with the Andonian brothers washing hundreds of millions of dollars in illicit drug cash for the cartels. In this special Debrief episode of The Slippery, we go straight to the source. We sit down with former DEA Agent Selby Smith, one of the key investigators who helped spearhead the legendary takedown known as Operation Polar Cap. ...