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Episode Date: January 13, 2025

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Hey everyone, it's Tiffany Rees from Something Was Wrong. I'm here to tell you about our latest season and trust me, it's a story that will leave you speechless. Picture this, a young woman in her 20s, passionate about mental health and fighting for political causes. Sounds like someone you'd want to know, right? Well what if I told you it was all an elaborate lie? In season 22, we're diving into the shocking world of Megan Stoner, a con artist who's been allegedly

scamming people since she was a teenager. We're talking fake rentals, stolen identities, and lives turned upside down across the US and Canada. As I've been working on this season, I've been amazed at how deep the deception goes. Season 22 gives a voice to her victims and shows how a community can come together to fight against fraud. But after a brief period of incarceration, she's back and out on the streets.

And even though she's free right now, we're actively working with law enforcement to get justice for the victims of her other alleged crimes. This isn't your typical true crime story. It's a wake up call about trust, deception, and the masks people wear in our digital age. It'll make you think twice about who you led into your life, online or off. I'm about to play a preview of Something Was Wrong Season 22. Follow Something Was Wrong on the Wondery app or wherever you get your podcasts. This call is from a corrections facility and is subject to monitoring and recording. Thank you for using Global Tell Link. Can you hear me?

Yeah. What can I do for you? Hey, I was just really curious. I heard about this podcast. I was just really curious how it's going. It's going fine. I think it's gonna really bring to light, like, the true person that you are. I think it'll be great. I did some recording with Tiffany last night. We're gonna do some more here soon.

There's a lot of people stepping forward that want to come out and speak, and she just has a really large platform. I think the goal has always been to just make sure that you're not going to re-offend, and I'm hoping that this keeps you from re-offending in the future and not being able to commit future crimes, because the audience will be so vast. Yeah. How's things going with you, Alyssa? You know what? My life got a lot less hectic when I stopped answering your calls.

Yeah, I understand. I know we've not talked in almost a year or so. Yep, I lost my dad to suicide and then shortly after that the guy that I was with had an affair and had a baby with another woman. So I've recently moved out with just my kids. My life has been... Oh wow. Yeah but all is well and now I feel like I have the bandwidth to really kind of sit down with Tiffany and like help do this podcast which I think is great. It's been like really nice to have someone else maybe like see the full picture of you know what happened. Yeah, I talked to Tiffany last Friday. I know. Oh, okay.

Yeah. Hey, has anyone else anything about a court date for the Mason Motors case? Megan, I'm not willing to give you any information about anything. Like, you should definitely speak to your lawyer if you have one. If you don't have one, you should get one. I do know that Tiffany is going to be working very hard to try to get some more of these crimes seen and heard by the correct people. I think a lot of this stuff wasn't brought to the correct people at the time. And I think that she's got a lot of connections. So whether more charges

come or not, I don't know, but I think she's definitely willing to advocate for the victims that their voice wasn't heard. You weren't charged with those crimes. Yeah. I've heard your conversations with other people and it doesn't really sound like anything has changed. And, you know, I know that when you went to work relief, you were still kind of like fucking off and not doing what you were supposed to do.

And that didn't surprise me at all. I kind of figured that's exactly what would happen and that they would see through your bullshit very quickly and they did. Which I mean was really to be expected if you're not doing what's expected of you there then you're there then you're gone. And so I almost find it comical that you're like calling me and trying to get a hold of me just to ask me about it. Like Megan this is going to ruin your reputation. You will have a really hard time finding a job or scamming someone ever again after this.

And that's been my goal through all of this. Like, I put so much effort into making sure that your victim's voices were heard. And that's why I reached out and started this process with her because I really felt like people need to know just how truly malicious and terrible you have been. And I hope that when you get out, like maybe you pick up and move away and live a different

life or maybe you get out and make amends to the people that you did wrong by paying them back. Like that would be great. But I just don't think in the future you're going to be able to stand. There will be no asking people for their social security numbers or sending a thousand messages a night from Twitter, asking people for $20 for underwear. Like that, that stuff's over now. And I also like to tell you that like I, a lot of the phone calls that we've had, I did record, uh, that's a one party consent state.

So when you were saying that you had a child that died, I have all of those things, have all the documentation of everything you've ever said. I shared all of those things. I have all the documentation of everything you've ever said. I shared all of those with her. So as excited as you think you are about this podcast and you think you're gonna be famous or something like I think you're in for a rude awakening. I was actually glad you called me just so I could make sure to tell you that. I actually feel no remorse for what I'm saying to you now. I don't feel bad at all. You know why? Because the last time that I actually spoke to you, you threatened to call CPS on me and have my kids taken away

Because I told people that you were shitting in the shower at the jail Those are the last notice that that was the last time I spoke to you and you told me you're gonna call CPS on my Kids and have them taken away how truly disgusting that is to say to someone So I accepted this call but don't call me again like I've told you in the past. I don't want to talk to you. I have everything I could ever need to expose you to people and that's exactly what I'm doing and what I've wanted to do all along. So if there's anything else you'd like to say to me, you can say it now, but this is

the last time you will ever speak to me. Binge season 22 of Something Was Wrong ad-free on Wondery+. Join Wondery Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.