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Dr. Phil (2002 – 2023)

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Episode 33 — A Real-Life “Catch Me if You Can”: Is This the World's Greatest Teen Con Artist?

Season 13 • Dr. Phil

Released: 2015-10-23 • Talk

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Young Matthew Scheidt is convicted of impersonating a physician assistant and practicing medicine without a license, and later is accused of impersonating a police officer.

Episodes

Episode 1
Vanished on Vacation: Beautiful Blonde Goes Missing in Aruba
2014-09-09

Episode 2
Exclusive: The Father Acquitted of Murdering the Drunk Driver Who Killed His Sons
2014-09-10

Episode 3
Sons of Guns Reality Show Scandal: The Daughter Speaks Out
2014-09-11

Episode 4
Get Out of My House: The Ultimate Mother-Nanny Feud
2014-09-12

Episode 5
Exclusive: The Mother Who Attempted to Kill Herself and Her Autistic Daughter
2014-09-15

Episode 6
Exclusive: Kelli Stapleton: A Mother's Worst Nightmare
2014-09-16

Episode 7
Is Mom Leading a Secret Life, or Are These Daughters Caught Up in Drama?
2014-09-17

Episode 8
NFL Domestic Violence: There Are No Sidelines, Only Sides
2014-09-18

Episode 9
My Mom Ruined My Life by Keeping Me from My Dad
2014-09-19

Episode 10
I Spanked My Wife With a Wooden Spoon, and She Needs to Repent
2014-09-22

Episode 11
My Husband Spanked Me With a Wooden Spoon, and He Wants Me to Apologize?!
2014-09-23

Episode 12
E.R. Visits, Nearly 100 Calls to Police: Should They Redo Their I Dos?
2014-09-24

Episode 13
Two Mothers Facing the Unthinkable
2014-09-25

Episode 14
He's Nearly 30 and Engaged to My Teen With Braces
2014-09-26

Episode 15
My Ex Won't Stop Videotaping and Posting Our Out of Control Son's Tantrums
2014-09-29

Episode 16
The War of the Larosa's
2014-09-30

Episode 17
Love Scams: My Mother Sent Her Catfish 300k Plus 3 Cars
2014-10-01

Episode 18
Family on Fire: Caught on Tape
2014-10-02

Episode 19
I'm Afraid of My Mother: Does She Really Have Multiple Personalities
2014-10-03

Episode 20
Our Dad Left Our Dying Mother for a Woman Who Claims to Be a Kennedy Heir
2014-10-06

Episode 21
A Family's Battle With a Violent, Homicidal, Schizophrenic Son
2014-10-07

Episode 22
An Online Hate Group is Stalking Us and Ruining Our Lives
2014-10-08

Episode 23
My Honor Roll Teen is Pregnant by Her 30-Year-Old Bad Boy
2014-10-09

Episode 24
My Scheming, Lying, Swindling Sister
2014-10-10

Episode 25
Give My Daughter Back or Get Out of My Life!
2014-10-13

Episode 26
10 Psychiatrists, 7 Psych Wards and 7 Arrests: My Son is Like a Wild Animal!
2014-10-14

Episode 27
My Husband Kidnapped My Kids 45 Years Ago -- Help Me Find Them!
2014-10-15

Episode 28
A Father Accused: The Search for the Truth
2014-10-16

Episode 29
Should They Kick Him Out?
2014-10-17

Episode 30
Why is My Prince Charming Hurting Me?
2014-10-20

Episode 31
Who's Stalking Who?: Two Women Obsessed
2014-10-21

Episode 32
Footsteps in the Snow: The Cold Case Murder of Maria Ridulph
2014-10-22

Episode 33
A Real-Life “Catch Me if You Can”: Is This the World's Greatest Teen Con Artist?
2015-10-23

Episode 34
Bob and Dorothy Return: “Should I Divorce My Wife for Harassing Me?”
2014-10-24

Episode 35
Handsome and Homeless: A Down-and-Out Romeo
2014-10-27

Episode 36
Bright, Beautiful and Blowing It: “Help My Teen Before It's Too Late!”
2014-10-28

Episode 37
Minny and Lon Return: “What Can We Do to Get Our Children Out of Foster Care?”
2014-10-29

Episode 38
Abused Wife Refuses to Leave Her Pro Fighter Husband
2014-10-30

Episode 39
Death on 5th Avenue: Millionaire Mom Accused of Murdering Son Speaks from Rikers Island
2014-10-31

Episode 40
The Mystery of Michelle O'Connell: A Family Divided
2014-11-03

Episode 41
Three Daughters, Three Addicts, One Family Being Torn Apart
2014-11-04

Episode 42
Lethal Love: “We Believe Our Son's Girlfriend Killed Him”
2014-11-05

Episode 43
The Secret World of Sugar Babies & Kendra Wilkinson on Top
2014-11-06

Episode 44
Shocking Accusations: A Husband Poisoned? A Hit and Run?
2014-11-07

Episode 45
Hypochondriac, High Drama or Really Sick? “My Sister's Illnesses are Destroying Our Family”
2014-11-10

Episode 46
Hypochondriac, High Drama or Really Sick? Saving Shemida
2014-11-11

Episode 47
Blacklisted by Mom: “Can We Speak to Our Dad Before He Dies?”
2014-11-12

Episode 48
Survivor Todd's Shocking Relapse: The Life or Death Intervention
2014-11-13

Episode 49
Will Survivor Todd Take Dr. Phil’s Help? Plus, What Happened to “Homeless Joe”?
2014-11-14

Episode 50
The “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” Scandal: Mama June Speaks Out
2014-11-17

Episode 51
Exclusive: The Boy under the Stairs? What Did His Stepmom Know? Plus, Uncle Poodle Responds to Mama June
2014-11-18

Episode 52
A Dentist's Dilemma: “My Ex-Wife and Ex-Girlfriend Are Plotting against Me!”
2014-11-19

Episode 53
Molested for over 10 Years: “Why Won't My Grandma Believe Me?”
2014-11-20

Episode 54
Grandma Returns: Will She Finally Apologize for Her Molester Husband?
2014-11-21

Episode 55
“My Drunken Daughter Will Die if She Doesn't Stop Drinking Hand Sanitizer”
2014-11-24

Episode 56
“My Father Offered Me as a 'Maiden' Sacrifice to an Alleged Cult Leader”
2014-11-25

Episode 57
“My Wife or My Girlfriend? Dr. Phil, You Decide”
2014-11-26

Episode 58
Cyberbullied After My Son's Death
2014-11-28

Episode 59
A Daughter on the Brink: Did Mom Push Her Over the Edge?
2014-12-01

Episode 60
“My Fight With Food Is Ruining My Life”
2014-12-02

Episode 61
Gold Digger or Girl in Danger?
2014-12-03

Episode 62
“I Thought My Daughter Was Abducted”: Why Does This Pretty 16-Year-Old Keep Going Missing?
2014-12-04

Episode 63
“My Husband Used to Abuse Me, So Now I'm Abusing Him”
2014-12-05

Episode 64
“My Bulimic Daughter Thinks Calories are Contagious”
2014-12-08

Episode 65
A Woman's Memories of Murder: Was There a Crime or Another Traumatic Event?
2014-12-09

Episode 66
The Cougar Controversy: Older Women Dating Younger Men
2014-12-10

Episode 67
The “Honey Boo Boo” Scandal: Chickadee and Grandma Speak Out
2014-12-11

Episode 68
Black and Blue: Race Relations in America
2014-12-12

Episode 69
Young, in Love and in over Their Heads
2014-12-15

Episode 70
Is Dad a Bad Santa or Should His Son Be Put on the Naughty List?
2014-12-16

Episode 71
The Night Four Girls Went into the Woods and Only Three Came Out Alive
2014-12-17

Episode 72
“I'm Divorcing the Real-Life Mommy Dearest”
2014-12-18

Episode 73
Inside the Bill Cosby Sex Scandal
2014-12-19

Episode 74
Mom vs. Dad: Who is Responsible for Their Daughter's Big Relapse?
2015-01-05

Episode 75
Get Off My Back About My Body
2015-01-06

Episode 76
“My Mother is a Menace! She is Controlling My Daughter with Her Money and Turning Her against Me!”
2015-01-07

Episode 77
“Dr. Phil, Save My Family”
2015-01-08

Episode 78
300 Women and Counting: “My Brother is Addicted to Everything, and It's All My Mom's Fault”
2015-01-09

Episode 79
Wild Behavior Caught on Camera
2015-01-12

Episode 80
Pretty, Young and Violent
2015-01-13

Episode 81
Why is My Mom Faking Cancer?
2015-01-14

Episode 82
My Mother Refuses to Cut the Cord with My Mama’s Boy Brother
2015-01-15

Episode 83
Yes, I Abandoned My Children, but I’m Not a Bad Mom
2015-01-16

Episode 84
15 and a Teenage Terror
2015-01-19

Episode 85
“My Parents Won't Accept My Controlling Pastor Husband”
2015-01-20

Episode 86
“Who Am I Married to: My Mother or My Man?”
2015-01-21

Episode 87
“My Family Doesn’t Know I’m a College-Aged Sugar Baby”
2015-01-22

Episode 88
What Happened to Tempest?: Standing Up to Mean Girls
2015-01-23

Episode 89
Parental Alienation or Runaway Sisters?: “Help Me Find My Teen Daughters”
2015-01-26

Episode 90
“I'm Scared of My Sister's Boyfriend”: Is He a Danger to Her Children?
2015-01-27

Episode 91
Shocking Viral Video: Teen Says, “If Your Boyfriend Hits You, It's a Sign of Love”
2015-01-28

Episode 92
From Top TV Newscaster to Drunken Mom
2015-01-29

Episode 93
Gorgeous, Violent, Raging and a Very Unsweet 16
2015-01-30

Episode 94
A Family Divided over an Unsolved Murder
2015-02-02

Episode 95
“Is My Wife Real or a Nigerian Love Scam?”
2015-02-03

Episode 96
“Don't Give My Daughter Money: She is Lying about Dying from Cancer”
2015-02-04

Episode 97
“My 21-Year-Old Daughter is Obsessed with Her Controlling, Jealous, Heroin-Addicted Boyfriend”
2015-02-05

Episode 98
Our Son Was Making Millions, but is Now Living in Our Garage with His Girlfriend
2015-02-06

Episode 99
Exclusive: The Vanderbilt Football Player’s Interview from behind Bars
2015-02-09

Episode 100
Pretty Little Mean Girls
2015-02-10

Episode 101
“Our Sister Lived in the Bushes and Tried to Hire Someone to Kill Her”
2015-02-11

Episode 102
Parenting While Intoxicated
2015-02-12

Episode 103
Riches to Rags: “My Son's Fiancée is Ruining His Life”
2015-02-13

Episode 104
The Student and the Professor: Is One Stalking the Other?
2015-02-16

Episode 105
“My 4-Year-Old Daughter Crushes Her Candy Like Her Dad Crushes His Pain Pills”
2015-02-17

Episode 106
The Ultimate Betrayal: A Toxic Family Love Triangle
2015-02-18

Episode 107
“My Ex is Evil; I Want to See My Kids”
2015-02-19

Episode 108
“My Sister Published a Book of Lies about Our Family”
2015-02-20

Episode 109
Time is Running Out for Prison-Bound Dad: Did His Wife Blackmail Him into Embezzling $300,000?
2015-02-23

Episode 110
“I Believe My Cousin is Squandering Her Inheritance on a Love Scam”
2015-02-24

Episode 111
A Modern Day Bonnie and Clyde, or Confused Teens in Love?
2015-02-25

Episode 112
“I Am the Outcast of My Family, and They Threw Me Away Like Trash!”
2015-02-26

Episode 113
“My Husband's Big Lottery Win is Ruining Our Marriage”
2015-02-27

Episode 114
“My Wife Chose Her Boyfriend over Her Children”
2015-03-02

Episode 115
Young, Jealous Love
2015-03-03

Episode 116
Adoption Nightmare: “I Want My Baby Back”
2015-03-04

Episode 117
“My Daughter Hasn't Spoken to Me in 7 Years: What's Wrong with Her?”
2015-03-05

Episode 118
In Sickness and in Health: “Should I Get a Divorce from My OCD Wife?”
2015-03-09

Episode 119
“Our 7-Year-Old Son Threatens to Kill Us!”
2015-03-10

Episode 120
Exclusive: Bobbi Kristina’s Boyfriend, Distraught and Out of Control: The Nick Gordon Intervention
2015-03-10

Episode 121
Inside the Mind of the Man Who Shot the “American Sniper”: A Dr. Phil Exclusive
2015-03-16

Episode 122
Nine Seconds that Outraged a Nation/“My Racist Father Needs to Accept the Minorities in My Family”
2015-03-17

Episode 123
Young, Beautiful and Missing/“Homeless Joe” Returns
2015-03-23

Episode 124
Lifetime Grudge: Can Mother and Daughter Finally Bury the Hatchet?
2015-03-24

Episode 125
1,000 Lies and Counting: A Husband Who Can't Tell the Truth
2015-03-30

Episode 126
Help! My Daughter is Addicted to Dangerous Men
2015-03-31

Episode 127
“Falsely Accused of Murder and Now My Life is Spiraling out of Control”
2015-04-01

Episode 128
Flirty Emails and Suspicious Photos: “Is My Husband a Cheater or Just a Charmer?”
2015-04-02

Episode 129
Decades of Hatred, Accusations and Altercations: A Fight for Custody That's Tearing a Mother and Daughter Apart
2015-04-06

Episode 130
“Is Our Son a Kleptomaniac?”
2015-04-07

Episode 131
“I've Divorced My Ex Twice, but I'm Still in Love”
2015-04-08

Episode 132
“My Mother Gambled $2.5 Million Away and Blames Me for Being Broke”
2015-04-09

Episode 133
A Beautiful Teen Forced to Live a Horrible Nightmare: “I Was Held Captive by an Online 'Friend'”
2015-04-10

Episode 134
“My Husband Makes Me Think I'm Crazy, Then Videotapes Me:” Accusations of Abuse Caught on Camera
2015-04-13

Episode 135
“Keep My Ex-Daughter-in-Law Away From My Family”
2015-04-14

Episode 136
Accusations of Beatings, Starvation and Being Locked in a Room: Who’s Telling the Truth?
2015-04-15

Episode 137
A Family Fighting over a Double-Murder/Psychic Medium John Edward Returns!
2015-04-16

Episode 138
An Ex Accused of Stalking, Obsession and Abuse: Who's Telling the Truth?
2015-04-17

Episode 139
“I Believe My Parents are Enabling My Freeloading, Drug-Using, Model Brother & It Needs to Stop Today!”
2015-04-20

Episode 140
My Model Brother Wants My Parents to Keep His Secret — Why He Stormed Off the Stage
2015-04-21

Episode 141
Cleveland Abduction: The Michelle Knight Movie and the Brutal Scenes She Couldn't Face
2015-04-22

Episode 142
A Deadly Love Affair: The Widow, The Lover and The Spouse Behind Bars
2015-04-23

Episode 143
Exclusive: The Co-Eds and the Catfish
2015-04-24

Episode 144
Was It Child Abuse, or Was It an Accident?
2015-04-27

Episode 145
Real Housewife’s Exclusive: Kim Richards Tells All about Drunken Arrest
2015-04-28

Episode 146
The College Professor and His Many Women
2015-04-29

Episode 147
“My Stepmother Blew All of My Father's Money on a Scam Artist!”
2015-04-30

Episode 148
Uncovering a Catfish: The Battle Between Kaye & Kathy Continues
2015-05-01

Episode 149
Family's Fight over Father's Inheritance
2015-05-04

Episode 150
A Family Divided: Why is Outspoken Dad Carl Boycotting His Daughter's Wedding?
2015-05-05

Episode 151
“My Cyberbullied Daughter Killed Herself, Now I'm Being Harassed Online by a Stranger”
2015-05-06

Episode 152
Convicted Grandpa Still Claims He is Innocent of Molestation
2015-05-07

Episode 153
Convicted Grandpa Accused of Molestation Finally Speaks Out
2015-05-08

Episode 154
“I'm Not Unstable; Give Me My Children Back”
2015-05-11

Episode 155
A Mother Accused of Being Unfit and Unstable: Did Jennifer Pass the Drug Test?
2015-05-12

Episode 156
Behind the Buggies and Bonnets: Amish Mafia Star Under Attack
2015-05-13

Episode 157
Young and Beautiful: But Their Love is Ugly
2015-05-14

Episode 158
Mother of the Year Turned Stalker: Terrorizes Couple for Outbidding Her on Dream Home
2015-05-15

Episode 159
“My Friends Shaved Their Heads and Got Tattoos Because I Had Cancer, but It Was All a Lie”
2015-05-18

Episode 160
Teacher Scandal Confession: She Had Sex with Her 15-Year-Old Student
2015-05-19

Episode 161
A Wife Goes Missing: Is Her Husband to Blame?
2015-05-20

Episode 162
She Left Her Babies Alone in a Car: Criminal or Mom Misunderstood?
2015-05-21

Episode 163
Mentally Ill or Monster? Teen Convicted of Murdering Mom with a Sledgehammer Speaks
2015-05-22

Episode 164
“I Hear Voices in My Head, but I'm Not Mentally Ill! Why Won't My Family Believe Me”
2015-05-25

Episode 165
Hundreds of Photos in a Box: Snapshots by an Admirer Who She Calls Her Stalker
2015-07-13

Episode 166
Won’t Work, Won’t Go to School: “My Son Just Wants to Game All Day”
2015-07-14

Episode 167
“I Married My Sister's Boyfriend, And It's Time She Moves On”
2015-07-15

Episode 168
A Teen Admits to Killing His 11-Year-Old Brother: Who is Really to Blame?
2015-07-16

Episode 169
Stun Gun, Plastic Ties and Metal Handcuffs: “My Husband is Accused of Serial Rape”
2015-07-17

Episode 170
Dead Man Walking: Susan Sarandon Tries to Save a Man from Death Row
2015-08-31

Episode 171
Is This Father's Extreme Parenting to Blame for His Daughters' Disorders?
2015-09-08

Episode 172
Lies, Lust and a Missing Million? My Ex Needs to Confess
2015-09-09

Episode 173
Inside the Bill Cosby Sex Scandal: New Accusers with New Revelations
2015-09-10

Episode 174
“My Wife Spends Thousands on Kratom Tea” ... “My Husband Tricked Me into Signing Our House over to Him!”
2015-09-11

Information

Creator	Oprah Winfrey, Phil McGraw
Episode air date	23.10.2015
Episode runtime	45 min
Episode rating	0.00
Genres	Talk
TMDB series rating	4.5
IMDb series rating	3.7
Series status	Ended
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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