Fake Shaman
Crash Barry
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Fake Shaman is the true tale of a 37-year-old white woman from Connecticut claiming to be an indigenously-trained shaman, who moved to Maine with dollar signs in her eyes and psychedelic mushrooms in her Coach bag. Crash Barry's ten-episode investigation does a deep dive into the history and actions of this serial liar and con-witch and her evil habit of preying on vulnerable people in Maine and beyond.
Crash Barry's previous podcasts include Unholy Fathers, an investigation of the child molesting Catholic priests of Springfield, Massachusetts, where he grew up in an Irish Catholic family and served as an altar boy. Tough Island is a dramatic and comedic audio version of Crash's memoir of living and working Maine's most remote inhabited island when he was a much younger man.
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Recent Episodes
S4E17 Unholy Fathers, E17 She was Haunted by a Bloody Priest, Part 2
When we left off with my friend Cee’s story in Part 1, we heard how after decades of stress and anxiety caused by the four sexual assaults committed by Father Charles Sullivan — in 1981 — she decided…
S4E16 Unholy Fathers, E16 She was Haunted by a Bloody Priest, Part 1
This episode includes a disturbing account about a series of sexual assaults of a 12-year-old girl, in the year 1981, by a then-45-year-old Catholic priest from Springfield, Massachusetts named…
S4E16 Fake Shaman: The Prelude
This is the prelude to my upcoming new true crime podcast Fake Shaman about a con-witch who moved to Maine with dollar signs in her eyes and psychedelic mushrooms in her Coach bag. Be sure to sign up…
Fake Shaman and special Zoom call
Premiering in March, Fake Shaman is a true crime podcast about a 37-year-old white woman from Connecticut claiming to be an indigenously-trained shaman, who came to Maine with dollar signs in her…
S4E15 Unholy Fathers, E15 Richard Lavigne Got Away with Murder, Part 2
We hear a sad tale from "Sarah," the long-suffering wife of one of Richard Lavigne's victims. She tells us about her husband's abuse at the hands of the murderer-priest and the impact it had their…
S4E14 Unholy Fathers, E14 Richard Lavigne Got Away with Murder, Part 1
On the night of May 21, 2021, the unpunished murderer and former Catholic priest Richard Lavigne died at the age of 80 from COVID. The local district attorney claimed he was getting ready to arrest…
S4E13 Unholy Fathers, E13 In memory of Danny
In what was supposed to be the season finale of Unholy Fathers, we tie up some loose ends and visit the spot where Danny Croteau was murdered on April 14th, 1972. Since this episode first aired in…
S4E12 Unholy Fathers, E12 Danny Croteau's Sister
The latest episode of Unholy Fathers is much different than the previous 11, thanks to the calming presence of my high school classmate Cat, who is the youngest sister of Danny Croteau, the…
Unholy Fathers, E11 Richard Lavigne, Part 4
A quick refresher on the sins and crimes of Richard Lavigne, the worst of all the bad priests in the Catholic diocese of Springfield, Massachusetts: In 1972, Lavigne murdered Danny Croteau, the sweet…
S4E10 Unholy Fathers, E10 The Lying Depraved Bishop, Part 2
There are only a handful of good priests in the Unholy Fathers saga of the sins and crimes committed by the child-raping clergy of Springfield, Massachusetts. From Bishop Thomas Dupre to Richard…
S4E9 Unholy Fathers, E9 The Lying Depraved Bishop, Part 1
Once again, the Catholic sexual abuse scandal mirrors current Epstein Files situation. Not only are there troves of secret documents, detailing crimes against children, but the man-in-charge was an…
S4E8 Unholy Fathers E7 Father X, part 4
Before discussing Part 4 of Father X’s story of sins and crimes from my Unholy Fathers podcast, here’s a New Year’s prediction: In early January, Donald Trump will doze off during an “Alien…
Father X, Part 3
Most of the info in the first three episodes of Unholy Fathers was based upon my deep dives into court records, contemporaneous news accounts and various interviews to formulate the narrative that…
S4E7 Unholy Fathers E7 Father X, part 3
Using the element of surprise, and a bottle of 100 proof bourbon, Crash gets Father X to tell his tale of woe. Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See…
S4E6 Father X, Part 2
Father X — as of August 2025 — is dead. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, though, the now-deceased priest was alive and busy molesting altar boys while pretending to be a Holy Man. This episode of “Unholy…
S4E5 Father X, Part 1
This episode is the first of four featuring the very bad Catholic priest I call “Father X” who served at St. Matthew’s Church in Indian Orchard in the mid-1980s. Yesterday I googled him and…
S4E4 The Angry Drunkard Priest
Compared to the murderer Father Richard Lavigne, Father Charles Sullivan almost seems like a nice guy. But he wasn’t. This is the first of two episodes detailing the life and times of a priest who…
S4E3 Unholy Fathers, E 3
For decades after he brutally beat Danny Croteau to death, Father Richard Lavigne served as a Catholic priest while continuing to rape young boys. In this episode, Lavigne is arrested for molesting…
S4E2 Unholy Fathers, E 2
In this second episode of Season One of Devils and Dirtbags, we learn of a bizarre Catholic cult on the Connecticut and Massachusetts border that had some pretty weird sexual/spiritual practices.…
S4E1 Unholy Fathers, E-1
Father Richard Lavigne was the lone suspect in the vicious killing of a 13-year-old altar boy on April 14, 1972 on the banks of the Chicopee River in western Massachusetts. Despite plenty of…
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Fake Shaman has published 49 episodes since December 2022, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Fake Shaman is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 53m.
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