Impostors
Wealth. Power. Influence. When hard work and talent aren't enough, how do you get yourself noticed? IMPOSTERS explores the quickest (and riskiest) path to success: deceit. We're all just a few lies from the world's most prestigious opportunities.
- 2014-2014
- 1 season
- Investigation Discovery
- Suspense
- TV-14
Wealth. Power. Influence. When hard work and talent aren't enough, how do you get yourself noticed? IMPOSTERS explores the quickest (and riskiest) path to success: deceit. We're all just a few lies from the world's most prestigious opportunities.
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2014
Episode 1
The Achilles Heart
Fri, Jan 24, 2014 44 mins
Known as "King Con", Steven Russell has posed as a judge, a doctor, an FBI agent, and a janitor. After multiple scams and four escapes from behind Texas bars, Russell is known as three things: a master conman, a legendary escapee, and a fool for love.
Episode 2
JT Leroy
In 2003, former drug addict and child prostitute, JT LeRoy has overcome his troubled past and is at the top of his career. His three published books have won over critics.
Episode 3
The Mystery Runner
Fri, Feb 7, 2014 44 mins
Alexi Indris Santana finally reaches his dream of getting into an Ivy League school. All of his newfound success starts to unravel once he runs into someone from his pastÂ-and his secrets will create one of the biggest scandals to ever hit Princeton.
Episode 4
In the Name of the Father
Fri, Mar 7, 2014 44 mins
Minister and DJ Bryan Richards moves from Los Angeles to the small religious community of Smithers, British Columbia to live with his new girlfriend. His larger than life personality will soon ignite a holy war and an unexpected truth will be unveiled.
Episode 5
The Five Star Phantom
Fri, Feb 21, 2014 44 mins
Juan Carlos Guzman Betancourt becomes a multi-lingual millionaire by being an infamous thief who targets the world's wealthiest travelers. The manhunt for this impostor spans years and at least half a dozen countries.
Episode 6
Steven Jay Russell
An American con artist, known for escaping from prison multiple times. On March 20, 1998, Russell posed as a millionaire from Virginia in an attempt to legitimize a $75,000 loan from NationsBank in Dallas.