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Wealthy heiress Anna Delvey was one of the international jetset. Her Instagram account was a window on a glamorous world, filled with art launches, champagne brunches, VIP parties and stays in high-end hotels. Due to come into a $67m trust fund on her 26th birthday, she planned to establish the Anna Delvey Foundation, a multi-million dollar visual-arts centre in the heart of New York and wined and dined the city’s wealthy elite to secure investment for her project.

Host Alexandra Reeves examines the courtroom battles that captivated the world, exploring how high-profile trials became cultural flashpoints exposing deep fractures in society. Each standalone episode dissects a landmark case, revealing how justice can transform nations, reshape laws, and hold a mirror to the times. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.aiThis show includes AI-generated content.

In the early morning hours of December 14th, 2010, Anthony “Tony” Carleo will walk into the Bellagio Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip adorned in a full motorcycle jumpsuit, gloves and helmet and pull a pistol, robbing a high stakes craps table of 1.5 million dollars in casino chips. This is the wild, “only in Vegas” true story of the guy who robbed the house, returned to the house and began living in it, like a king, for free. “Fun and addicting, kind of like gambling” – Paste Magazine, Most Bingeworthy Podcasts of 2024 (So Far)

A Podcast of the High and Wild

This season goes deeper into real encounters, credible witnesses, and the explanations that never seem to stick. More firsthand accounts. Bigger moments. And more times where the official story starts to wobble. This isn’t about believing everything. It’s about following the story until it actually makes sense… or until it gets too strange to ignore. New season. Same curiosity. Same skepticism. Still probably not a weather balloon.