The House of Deception is fully aware that
the deceptive arts are played out not only in
theatrical venues at scheduled times, but
also, when one least expects it, on varied
stages by singularly clever performers:
on the streets and in the bars,
in the breakrooms and boardrooms,
at the courthouses, country clubs and cocktail parties,
and in the faculty clubs and church socials.
Below are selected lists of works on a wide array of "theatrical" deceptions.
on the streets and in the bars,
in the breakrooms and boardrooms,
at the courthouses, country clubs and cocktail parties,
and in the faculty clubs and church socials.
Below are selected lists of works on a wide array of "theatrical" deceptions.
Books on Bunco, Scams, Swindles & Con Artists
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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) -- explanations of common fraud schemes
Snopes.com -- "Urban Legends Reference Pages," debunks hoaxes and rumors
Hoax Busters -- The good folks at Hoax Busters, a comprehensive guide to a variety of internet hoaxes, have retired. On their way out, they have kindly left us with a list of their recommendations for other hoax-debunking websites:
Internet Hoaxes and Fake Facts
TruthorFiction.com, FactCheck.org, Politifact, Washington Post Fact Checker, ThatsFake.com, ThatsNonsense.com, Snopes.com."
Videos: Bunco, Scams, Swindles
& Con Artists
The Sting (1973)
Director: George Roy Hill
Unrated
Based on the The Big Con by David W. Maurer
Runtime: 129 min.
Highly recommended by The House of Deception
Director: George Roy Hill
Unrated
Based on the The Big Con by David W. Maurer
Runtime: 129 min.
Highly recommended by The House of Deception
Orson Welles' F for Fake (1972)
The Criterion Collection (2005)
www.criterionco.com
Unrated
Runtime: 88 min.
The Criterion Collection (2005)
www.criterionco.com
Unrated
Runtime: 88 min.
Photo Gallery of Book Covers:
Bunco, Scams, Swindles & Con Artists
Bunco, Scams, Swindles & Con Artists
*******Opinionated Ratings by The House of Deception*******
Highly recommended movies appear in large, bold type. The con is a central theme in these films.
Movies that appear in small, italicized type are not recommended (NR). These may be good movies by other standards, but the con is not the central theme.
We have not yet viewed the movies listed in plain type, although they appear on other con artist movie lists. We will add our ratings as we get to them.
The Thirties, Forties, & Fifties
Nightmare Alley. 1933
Poppy. 1936
My Little Chickadee. 1940 (NR: W.C. and Mae West comedy)
The Bank Dick. 1940 (W.C. gets conned by fast talker)
The Lady Eve. 1941
Nobody Lives Forever. 1946
The Swindle (Il Bidone). 1955
The Rainmaker. 1956 (NR: romantic western)
The Sixties
Elmer Gantry. 1960
Pocketful of Miracles. 1961
The Hustler. 1962
The Music Man. 1962
The Fortune Cookie. 1966 (NR: insurance fraud comedy)
The Flim-Flam Man. 1967 (NR: slap-stick comedy)
The Producers. 1968
The Italian Job. 1969 (NR: heist/caper)
The Seventies
Skin Game. 1971
Orson Welles' F for Fake. 1972
Paper Moon. 1973
The Sting. 1973
The Eighties
Vabank. 1981 (NR: Polish fluency required, no English subtitles)
Rakenstam. 1983
The Sting II. 1983 (NR: poor sequel to the 1973 classic, the great Jackie Gleason at his worst)
Vabank II. 1985 (NR: Polish fluency required, no English subtitles)
House of Games. 1987
Spoorloos. 1988 (NR: kidnapping, suspense)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 1988
Let it Ride. 1989 (NR: comedy, exploits of a track loser)
The Ninties
The Grifters. 1990
Leap of Faith. 1992
Sneakers. 1992 (NR: spy espionage)
Diggstown. 1992
Six Degrees of Separation. 1993
Scam. 1993
DeadFall. 1993
The Vanishing. 1993 (NR: American version of Spoorloos; kidnapping suspense)
Stars Fell on Henrietta. (1995)
The Usual Suspects. 1995 (NR: heist, murder, robbery, assassination, drug dealing)
Primal Fear. 1996
Hard Eight (aka Sydney). 1996 (NR: neo noir crime drama, Reno casino grifters)
The Swindle (Rien ne va plus). 1997
The Pest. 1997 (NR: John Leguizamo comedy)
Shooting Fish. 1997 (NR: British comedy)
The Game. 1997 (NR: psychological thriller with a complex deception)
The Spanish Prisoner. 1997
Traveller. 1997
Following. 1998
Blue Streak. 1999 (NR: police station comedy)
Simpatico. 1999 (NR: horse racing swindlers)
Man on the Moon. 1999 (NR: biopic on Andy Kaufman, eccentric comedian and pro wrestler)
The 2000s
Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas). 2000
Boiler Room. 2000
The Prime Gig. 2000
Bandits. 2001 (NR: bank robbery comedy; stunts and effects)
Birthday Girl. 2001 (NR: internet bride scam; extortion)
Heist. 2001 (NR: heist)
Heartbreakers. 2001
Ocean's Eleven. 2001 (NR: heist)
The Score. 2001 (NR: heist and double cross; Marlon Brando plays an old con artist)
Catch Me If You Can. 2002
Confidence. 2003
Matchstick Men. 2003
Shade. 2003
Out of Time. 2003 (NR: Southern police thriller)
The Italian Job. 2003 (NR: heist/caper)
Criminal. 2004 (remake of Nueva Reinas)
Ocean's Twelve. 2004 (NR: heist)
The Producers: The Movie Musical. 2005
Color Me Kubrick. 2005
Stories of Lost Souls. 2005
Bluffmaster! 2005
Derailed. 2005
Swindled (Incautos). 2005
Kurosagi. 2006
Lucky Number Slevin. 2006 (NR: assassination and revenge)
The Hoax. 2006
Con Man. 2006 (documentary)
Oceans Thirteen. 2007
Liar Game. 2007
Believe. 2007
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
The Brothers Bloom. 2009
Television
Racket Sqaud. 1950 (Dragnet-style series dramatizes confidence crimes)
Mission: Impossible. 1966-1973 (elaborate con games foil the villian marks)
Shell Game. 1975 (pilot with John Davidson & Joan Van Ark)
The Ribos Operation. 1978 (episode of Doctor Who)
Cheers. 1982-1993. NBC. (Magician Harry Anderson played Harry 'The Hat' Gittes.)
The Great Money Caper. 2002 (a Simpsons episode based around grifting)
Firefly, The Series. 2002-2004 (character Saffron is a confidence woman in this fine series)
The O.C. 2003 (Jeri Ryan played a con artist during the third season.)
Lost. 2004 (two characters, James "Sawyer" Ford and Anthony Cooper, are both con-artists.)
North Shore. 2004-2005 (Amanda Rhigetti played a con artist.)
Con. 2005 (Skyler Stone on Comedy Central)
Hustle. 2004-2007 (BBC series)
The Real Hustle. 2007- (documentary spinoff of Hustle, BBC)
The Riches. 2007
Burn Notice. 2007-.
Leverage. 2008-.
The list above is adapted, edited, and expanded by the House of Deception from Wikipedia Encyclopedia and may be read in its original, uncredited form at Wikipedia.org.
Visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for complete information about these films.
Please contact us to recommend other videos with con artist themes to add to this group.
Highly recommended movies appear in large, bold type. The con is a central theme in these films.
Movies that appear in small, italicized type are not recommended (NR). These may be good movies by other standards, but the con is not the central theme.
We have not yet viewed the movies listed in plain type, although they appear on other con artist movie lists. We will add our ratings as we get to them.
The Thirties, Forties, & Fifties
Nightmare Alley. 1933
Poppy. 1936
My Little Chickadee. 1940 (NR: W.C. and Mae West comedy)
The Bank Dick. 1940 (W.C. gets conned by fast talker)
The Lady Eve. 1941
Nobody Lives Forever. 1946
The Swindle (Il Bidone). 1955
The Rainmaker. 1956 (NR: romantic western)
The Sixties
Elmer Gantry. 1960
Pocketful of Miracles. 1961
The Hustler. 1962
The Music Man. 1962
The Fortune Cookie. 1966 (NR: insurance fraud comedy)
The Flim-Flam Man. 1967 (NR: slap-stick comedy)
The Producers. 1968
The Italian Job. 1969 (NR: heist/caper)
The Seventies
Skin Game. 1971
Orson Welles' F for Fake. 1972
Paper Moon. 1973
The Sting. 1973
The Eighties
Vabank. 1981 (NR: Polish fluency required, no English subtitles)
Rakenstam. 1983
The Sting II. 1983 (NR: poor sequel to the 1973 classic, the great Jackie Gleason at his worst)
Vabank II. 1985 (NR: Polish fluency required, no English subtitles)
House of Games. 1987
Spoorloos. 1988 (NR: kidnapping, suspense)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. 1988
Let it Ride. 1989 (NR: comedy, exploits of a track loser)
The Ninties
The Grifters. 1990
Leap of Faith. 1992
Sneakers. 1992 (NR: spy espionage)
Diggstown. 1992
Six Degrees of Separation. 1993
Scam. 1993
DeadFall. 1993
The Vanishing. 1993 (NR: American version of Spoorloos; kidnapping suspense)
Stars Fell on Henrietta. (1995)
The Usual Suspects. 1995 (NR: heist, murder, robbery, assassination, drug dealing)
Primal Fear. 1996
Hard Eight (aka Sydney). 1996 (NR: neo noir crime drama, Reno casino grifters)
The Swindle (Rien ne va plus). 1997
The Pest. 1997 (NR: John Leguizamo comedy)
Shooting Fish. 1997 (NR: British comedy)
The Game. 1997 (NR: psychological thriller with a complex deception)
The Spanish Prisoner. 1997
Traveller. 1997
Following. 1998
Blue Streak. 1999 (NR: police station comedy)
Simpatico. 1999 (NR: horse racing swindlers)
Man on the Moon. 1999 (NR: biopic on Andy Kaufman, eccentric comedian and pro wrestler)
The 2000s
Nine Queens (Nueve Reinas). 2000
Boiler Room. 2000
The Prime Gig. 2000
Bandits. 2001 (NR: bank robbery comedy; stunts and effects)
Birthday Girl. 2001 (NR: internet bride scam; extortion)
Heist. 2001 (NR: heist)
Heartbreakers. 2001
Ocean's Eleven. 2001 (NR: heist)
The Score. 2001 (NR: heist and double cross; Marlon Brando plays an old con artist)
Catch Me If You Can. 2002
Confidence. 2003
Matchstick Men. 2003
Shade. 2003
Out of Time. 2003 (NR: Southern police thriller)
The Italian Job. 2003 (NR: heist/caper)
Criminal. 2004 (remake of Nueva Reinas)
Ocean's Twelve. 2004 (NR: heist)
The Producers: The Movie Musical. 2005
Color Me Kubrick. 2005
Stories of Lost Souls. 2005
Bluffmaster! 2005
Derailed. 2005
Swindled (Incautos). 2005
Kurosagi. 2006
Lucky Number Slevin. 2006 (NR: assassination and revenge)
The Hoax. 2006
Con Man. 2006 (documentary)
Oceans Thirteen. 2007
Liar Game. 2007
Believe. 2007
Futurama: Bender's Big Score
The Brothers Bloom. 2009
Television
Racket Sqaud. 1950 (Dragnet-style series dramatizes confidence crimes)
Mission: Impossible. 1966-1973 (elaborate con games foil the villian marks)
Shell Game. 1975 (pilot with John Davidson & Joan Van Ark)
The Ribos Operation. 1978 (episode of Doctor Who)
Cheers. 1982-1993. NBC. (Magician Harry Anderson played Harry 'The Hat' Gittes.)
The Great Money Caper. 2002 (a Simpsons episode based around grifting)
Firefly, The Series. 2002-2004 (character Saffron is a confidence woman in this fine series)
The O.C. 2003 (Jeri Ryan played a con artist during the third season.)
Lost. 2004 (two characters, James "Sawyer" Ford and Anthony Cooper, are both con-artists.)
North Shore. 2004-2005 (Amanda Rhigetti played a con artist.)
Con. 2005 (Skyler Stone on Comedy Central)
Hustle. 2004-2007 (BBC series)
The Real Hustle. 2007- (documentary spinoff of Hustle, BBC)
The Riches. 2007
Burn Notice. 2007-.
Leverage. 2008-.
The list above is adapted, edited, and expanded by the House of Deception from Wikipedia Encyclopedia and may be read in its original, uncredited form at Wikipedia.org.
Visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for complete information about these films.
Please contact us to recommend other videos with con artist themes to add to this group.
Criminal (2004)
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Rated R
Runtime: 87 min.
Director: Gregory Jacobs
Rated R
Runtime: 87 min.
Bunco, Scams, Swindles &
Con Artists In Movies and
Television
Herman Melville's The Confidence-Man
The Red-Headed League, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, involves a sort of confidence trick used to enable a bank robbery.
Thomas Mann's Confessions of Felix Krull Confidence Man, The Early Years, an unfinished novel about a German con man.
Many of the crime novels by Jim Thompson involve confidence artists.
Joyce Carol Oates's My Heart Laid Bare features a family of confidence artists.
Eric Garcia's Matchstick Men.
Neil Gaiman's American Gods uses a two-man con as a major plot element.
O. Henry's collection The Gentle Grafter describes a variety of confidence tricks.
Slippery Jim, the protagonist of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat trilogy, uses abundant schemes and frauds.
The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer and Luc Sante
Judith Ivory's Untie My Heart
Jenny Crusie's Faking It features a family of confidence artists.
"Children of Lieutenant Schmidt Society", a fictional secret society of pretenders to be sons of Pyotr Schmidt (a Russian revolutionary hero), are described in Ilf and Petrov's The Little Golden Calf. See also The Twelve Chairs by the same authors.
The Professor in Spider Robinson's Callahan series
John Constantine of DC Comics/Vertigo ongoing series, Hellblazer, created by Alan Moore, uses confidence scams, trickery, and magic to outwit his opponents.
Stephen J. Cannell's King Con features a confidence man who successfully performs many of the known cons, as well as some very creative and impressive ones.
Tim Krabbe's The Golden Egg (1984) features a chemistry teacher who employs confidence tricks for the purpose of kidnapping.
Travis McGee in John D. MacDonald's series of novels frequently uses con games or has them tried against him.
Delos D. Harriman of Robert H. Heinlein's novel The Man Who Sold the Moon could possibly be considered a con artist.
The novella The Space Merchants by Frederic Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth is replete with con games practiced by corporations.
The novel The Brethren by John Grisham features a con run within a federal prison in which closeted gay men are targeted for extortion by three incarcerated judges.
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal features a convicted and condemned swindler spared execution in exchange for taking on a hazardous government job, to which he applies the principles of the con.
Brian Michael Bendis' crime graphic novels A.K.A. Goldfish and Jinx have a con man named David Gold as a main character.
Monsieur and Madame Thenardier of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Cruel, wicked, money-hungry, the Thenardiers scam money from whomever they can. Schemes include robbery, fraud, and murder.
The list above is adapted and edited by the House of Deception from Wikipedia Encyclopedia and may be read in its original, uncredited form at Wikipedia.org.
Please contact us to recommend other literature with con artist themes to add to this list.
The Red-Headed League, a Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, involves a sort of confidence trick used to enable a bank robbery.
Thomas Mann's Confessions of Felix Krull Confidence Man, The Early Years, an unfinished novel about a German con man.
Many of the crime novels by Jim Thompson involve confidence artists.
Joyce Carol Oates's My Heart Laid Bare features a family of confidence artists.
Eric Garcia's Matchstick Men.
Neil Gaiman's American Gods uses a two-man con as a major plot element.
O. Henry's collection The Gentle Grafter describes a variety of confidence tricks.
Slippery Jim, the protagonist of Harry Harrison's Stainless Steel Rat trilogy, uses abundant schemes and frauds.
The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man by David Maurer and Luc Sante
Judith Ivory's Untie My Heart
Jenny Crusie's Faking It features a family of confidence artists.
"Children of Lieutenant Schmidt Society", a fictional secret society of pretenders to be sons of Pyotr Schmidt (a Russian revolutionary hero), are described in Ilf and Petrov's The Little Golden Calf. See also The Twelve Chairs by the same authors.
The Professor in Spider Robinson's Callahan series
John Constantine of DC Comics/Vertigo ongoing series, Hellblazer, created by Alan Moore, uses confidence scams, trickery, and magic to outwit his opponents.
Stephen J. Cannell's King Con features a confidence man who successfully performs many of the known cons, as well as some very creative and impressive ones.
Tim Krabbe's The Golden Egg (1984) features a chemistry teacher who employs confidence tricks for the purpose of kidnapping.
Travis McGee in John D. MacDonald's series of novels frequently uses con games or has them tried against him.
Delos D. Harriman of Robert H. Heinlein's novel The Man Who Sold the Moon could possibly be considered a con artist.
The novella The Space Merchants by Frederic Pohl and Cyril Kornbluth is replete with con games practiced by corporations.
The novel The Brethren by John Grisham features a con run within a federal prison in which closeted gay men are targeted for extortion by three incarcerated judges.
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal features a convicted and condemned swindler spared execution in exchange for taking on a hazardous government job, to which he applies the principles of the con.
Brian Michael Bendis' crime graphic novels A.K.A. Goldfish and Jinx have a con man named David Gold as a main character.
Monsieur and Madame Thenardier of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. Cruel, wicked, money-hungry, the Thenardiers scam money from whomever they can. Schemes include robbery, fraud, and murder.
The list above is adapted and edited by the House of Deception from Wikipedia Encyclopedia and may be read in its original, uncredited form at Wikipedia.org.
Please contact us to recommend other literature with con artist themes to add to this list.
Bunco, Scams, Swindles &
Con Artists In Literature
Bunco, Scams, Swindles &
Con Artists In Fine Art
On this page you will find:
.: a list of books (exposes) on confidence games, swindles, scams and con artists
.: a photo gallery of many of the books in the con game bibliography
.: a list of useful links to educational sites about bunco and confidence crime
.: a list of movies and TV shows with con artist themes and characters
.: a list of novels and short stories involving confidence tricks, scams and con artists
.: paintings and other works of art with swindling & confidence crime themes
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.: a list of books (exposes) on confidence games, swindles, scams and con artists
.: a photo gallery of many of the books in the con game bibliography
.: a list of useful links to educational sites about bunco and confidence crime
.: a list of movies and TV shows with con artist themes and characters
.: a list of novels and short stories involving confidence tricks, scams and con artists
.: paintings and other works of art with swindling & confidence crime themes
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The Card-Sharp with the Ace of Clubs
Georges de La Tour
French Baroque Era Painter
(1593-1652)
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
Georges de La Tour
French Baroque Era Painter
(1593-1652)
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX
The Fortune Teller
Georges de La Tour
French Baroque Era Painter
(1593-1652)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Georges de La Tour
French Baroque Era Painter
(1593-1652)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
A Card Juggler
Early 19th century
Louis-Charles Ruotte
France (c.1754-1806)
Etching with watercolour
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
Early 19th century
Louis-Charles Ruotte
France (c.1754-1806)
Etching with watercolour
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Cheat
Alcide Segoni
Italy (1847-1894)
Alcide Segoni
Italy (1847-1894)
Found Out
Alcide Segoni
Italy (1847-1894)
Alcide Segoni
Italy (1847-1894)
A Transfer of Property
provenance unknown
provenance unknown
Mary Frith aka Moll
Cutpurse, A Notorious
Master Thief and an Ugly
Who Frequently Dressed as
a Man
provenance unknown
provenance unknown
Mary Frith aka Moll
Cutpurse, A Notorious
Master Thief and an Ugly
Who Frequently Dressed as
a Man
provenance unknown
provenance unknown
Young London Thief
provenance unknown
provenance unknown
Argument Over a Card Game
Jan Steen
Dutch Baroque Era Painter
(c.1625-1679)
Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
Jan Steen
Dutch Baroque Era Painter
(c.1625-1679)
Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany
Die Billiardspieler
2004
Patrick Milbourn
American portrait and landscape painter
2004
Patrick Milbourn
American portrait and landscape painter
Leap of Faith (1992)
Director: Richard Pearce
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 107 min.
Highly recommended by The House of Deception
Director: Richard Pearce
Rated PG-13
Runtime: 107 min.
Highly recommended by The House of Deception
Swindled [Incautos]
(2005)
Director: Miguel Bardem
Unrated
Runtime: 107 min.
Recommended by The House of Deception
Director: Miguel Bardem
Unrated
Runtime: 107 min.
Recommended by The House of Deception
Nine Queens [Nueve
Reinas] (2000)
Director: Fabian Bielinsky
Rated R
Runtime: 115 min.
Director: Fabian Bielinsky
Rated R
Runtime: 115 min.
Innocents and Card Sharpers (A Game of Piquet) 1861
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
French Academic Painter
(1815-1891)
National Museums and Galleries of Wales
Jean Louis Ernest Meissonier
French Academic Painter
(1815-1891)
National Museums and Galleries of Wales
House of Deception Library: Bunco, Scams, Swidles, & Con Artists
| Author | Title | Publication Year | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abagnale, Frank W. | The Art of the Steal | 2002 | Broadway, New York |
| Abagnale, Frank W.; Redding, Stan | Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake | 2000 | Broadway, New York |
| Ashforth, David | Ringers and Rascals: The True Story of Racing's Greatest Con Artists | 2004 | Eclipse, Lexington, KY |
| Blaine, David | Mysterious Stranger | 2002 | Villard, New York |
| Britland, David | Phantoms of the Card Table: Confessions of a Card Sharp | 2004 | Four Walls Eight Windows. New York |
| Byrne, Robert | McGoorty: A Pool Room Hustler | 2004 | Broadway, New York |
| Fenton, Peter | Eyeing the Flash | 2005 | Simon & Schuster, New York |
| Gibson, Walter B. | The Bunco Book | 1946 | Sidney Radner, Holyoke, MA |
| Henderson, Les | Crimes of Persuasion: Scemes, Scams, Frauds | 2000 | Coyote Ridge, Azilda, Ont. |
| Houdini, Harry | A Magician Among the Spirits | 1972 | Arno, New York |
| Huston, Peter | More Scams from the Great Beyond! | 2002 | Paladin, Boulder, CO |
| Huston, Peter | Scams From The Great Beyond | 1997 | Paladin, Boulder, CO |
| Hyde, Stephen; Zanetti, Geno (eds.) | Players: Con Men, Hustlers, Gamblers and Scam Artists | 2003 | Thunder's Mouth, New York |
| Jay, Ricky; Purcell, Rosamond Wolff | Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck | 2003 | Quantuck Lane, New York |
| Keene, Lamar M.; Spraggett, Allen | The Psychic Mafia | 1997 | Prometheus, Amherst, NY |
| Leland, Charles Godfrey | Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling | 1962 | University, New Hyde Park, NY |
| Liebling, A. J. | The Telephone Booth Indian [The Library of Larceny Edition] | 2004 | Broadway, New York |
| Lovell, Simon | How to Cheat at Everything: A Con Man Reveals the Secrets of the Esoteric Trade of Cheating, Scams, and Hustles | 2007 | Thunder's Mouth, New York |
| MacKay, Charles | Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds | 1960 | L. C. Page, Boston |
| Marlock, Dennis M. | How to Become a Professional Con Artist | 2001 | Paladin, Boulder, CO |
| Marlock, Dennis; Dowling, John | License To Steal: Traveling Con Artists: Their Games, Their Rules-Your Money | 1994 | Paladin, Boulder CO |
| Maskelyne, John Nevil | Sharps and Flats: A Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill | 1971 | Gambler's Book Club, Las Vegas |
| Maurer, David W. | The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man | 1999 | Anchor, New York |
| Moger, Art (ed.) | Pros and Cons: Incredible True Tales about Famous Con Men, Frauds, Hoaxers, and Beguiling Swindlers | 1975 | Fawcett Books, Greenwich, CT |
| Mulholland, John | Beware Familiar Spirits | 1938 | Scribner, New York |
| Nash, Jay Robert | Hustlers and Con Men: An Anecdotal History of the Confidence Man and His Games | 1976 | M. Evans, New York |
| Norfleet, J Frank | Norfleet: The Actual Experiences of a Texas Rancher's 30,000 Mile Transcontinental Chase after Five Confidence Men | 1924 | author, Fort Worth, TX |
| Peyton, Richard (ed.) | At the Track: A Treasury of Horse Racing Stories | 2004 | Gramercy, New York |
| Randi, James | Flim-Flam!: Psychics, ESP, Unicorns, and Other Delusions | 1982 | Prometheus, Amherst, NY |
| Randi, James | The Faith Healers | 1987 | Prometheus, Amherst, NY |
| Randi, James | The Mask of Nostradamus: The Prophecies of the World's Most Famous Seer | 1993 | Prometheus, Amherst, NY |
| Randi, James | Truth About Uri Geller | 1982 | Prometheus, Amherst, NY |
| Rice, George | My Adventures With Your Money | 1986 | Nevada Publications, Las Vegas |
| Robbins, Todd | The Modern Con Man: How To Get Something For Nothing | 2008 | Bloomsbury, New York |
| Rose, Jim | Snake Oil: Life's Calculations, Misdirections, and Manipulations | 2005 | Bartleby, Silver Spring, MD |
| Sifakis, Carl | Frauds, Deceptions, and Swindles | 2001 | Checkmark, New York |
| Sommer, Robin Langley | Great Cons & Con Artists: The Incredible Stories of the Masters of Deceit | 1994 | Running Press, Philadelphia |
| Spurling, Hilary | La Grande Therese: The Greatest Scandal of the Century | 2001 | Perennial, New York |
| Stein, Gordon; MacNee, Marie J. | Hoaxes!: Dupes, Dodges & Other Dastardly Deceptions | 1995 | Visible Ink, Detroit |
| Stowers, Carlton | The Unsinkable Titanic Thompson | 1992 | Palmer Magic, Lake Hughes, CA |
| Stratton, Owen Tully | Medicine Man | 1989 | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Strauss, Darin | The Real McCoy | 2002 | E P Dutton, New York |
| Swierczynski, Duane | The Complete Idiot's Guide To Frauds, Scams, and Cons | 2002 | Alpha, New York |
| Tonken, Aaron | King of Cons: Exposing the Dirty Rotten Secrets of the Washington Elite and Hollywood Celebrities | 2004 | Nelson, Nashville, TN |
| Walker, Kent; Schone, Mark | Son of a Grifter | 2002 | Avon, New York |
| Wallace, Mike | Con Men: Fascinating Profiles of Swindlers and Rogues from the Files of the Most Successful Broadcast in Television History | 2003 | Simon & Schuster, New York |
| Weil J. R. "Yellow Kid" ; Brandon, W. T. | Con Man: A Master Swindler's Own Story | 2004 | Broadway, New York |
| Weisberg, Barbara | Talking to the Dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the Rise of Spiritualism | 2004 | Harper, San Francisco |
| Whitlock, Charles R. | Easy Money: The Con Game Exposed | 1994 | Kensington, New York |
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House of Deception Library: Bunco, Scams, Swindles, and Con Artists
Shell Game(1975)
Director: Glenn Jordan
Unrated
Runtime: 190 min.
Recommended by The House of Deception
Director: Glenn Jordan
Unrated
Runtime: 190 min.
Recommended by The House of Deception
Soldiers Playing Cards and Dice (The Cheats)
Valentin de Boulogne
c. 1620/1622
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Valentin de Boulogne
c. 1620/1622
National Gallery of Art, Washington
The Cardsharks
Caravaggio (Michelangelo da Merisi)
(c.1594)
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
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