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Episode 159 — Is This Scam Artist Ready to Come Clean?

Season 17 • Dr. Phil

Released: 2019-05-03 • Talk

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Michael, an admitted liar who now claims he's a changed man and wants to "come clean" about all his past lies and deceptions, including some that have landed him behind bars, comes face-to-face with three of his victims.

Episodes

Episode 1
Exclusive: The Model, the Hitman and the Victim
2018-09-10

Episode 2
If Looks Could Kill: Inside the Model Murder-for-Hire Sting
2018-09-11

Episode 3
We're Alcoholics, but We're Great Parents
2018-09-12

Episode 4
Mystery at Sea: What Happened to Actress Natalie Wood?
2018-09-13

Episode 5
Mystery at Sea: The Captain Speaks, Claims Hollywood Star Natalie Wood's Death Was No Accident
2018-09-14

Episode 6
My Perfect Cheerleader Fiancee Is Abusing Me!
2018-09-17

Episode 7
Self-Help Author Can't Help Himself: Locked in a Room With Baseball Bats, Afraid of Violent Sons
2018-09-18

Episode 8
Deadly Best Friends? Exclusive: Father Whose Son Was Allegedly Murdered by Childhood Friend Speaks Out
2018-09-19

Episode 9
My Mother and Sister Poisoned My Daughter Against Me and Now I Refuse to Go to Her Wedding!
2018-09-20

Episode 10
My Wife Is Married to Another Man and Now Has a New Boyfriend
2018-09-21

Episode 11
Hot Pepper: My Jealous Wife Chased Me Down the Freeway, and Married to Medicine
2018-09-24

Episode 12
My Abusive Mother Is a Psychopathic Liar Holding My Younger Siblings Hostage in a Filthy Home
2018-09-25

Episode 13
A Daughter Confronts Her Mother About Years of Living in Squalor: Will She Tell the Truth?
2018-09-26

Episode 14
It's My Husband's Fault Our Honor Roll Student Is on a Downward Spiral
2018-09-27

Episode 15
Arrests, Assaults and Addiction; My Family Needs to Get Over My Past
2018-09-28

Episode 16
My Husband Thinks I'm Hacking Our Devices: Help Clear My Name!
2018-10-01

Episode 17
Russian Hackers or Lying Wife? Will Jennifer Finally Come Clean?
2018-10-02

Episode 18
Once a Hotshot Rapper, Now Homeless, Addicted and Destroying His Family
2018-10-03

Episode 19
From Christian Cheerleader to Car-Stealing Criminal: What Happened to Our Daughter?
2018-10-04

Episode 20
My Ex-Husband Has Brainwashed Our Child Against Me!
2018-10-05

Episode 21
Nanny Tell All: What's Going on Behind Closed Doors?
2018-10-08

Episode 22
Nurse Heather: Saving Lives & Slowly Killing Her Own?
2018-10-09

Episode 23
Not So Sweet 16
2018-10-10

Episode 24
Assaults and Arrests: Troubled Teen Confronts Her Grandma
2018-10-11

Episode 25
She Claims Her Husband Left Her for Two Weeks With No Money, No Food and No Car
2018-10-12

Episode 26
A Family Claims Their Former Model Daughter Won’t Stop Lying
2018-10-15

Episode 27
"Dr. Phil, Can You Save My Marriage?" and "The Dubrows on Diets, Date Nights, And 'OC' Disasters"
2018-10-16

Episode 28
Being Gary Busey
2018-10-17

Episode 29
Deconstructing Privilege
2018-10-18

Episode 30
Evicted and Homeless: My Daughter Is Not Capable of Being a Mother
2018-10-19

Episode 31
A Meddling Father-in-Law Who Allegedly Trapped His Son on His Compound
2018-10-22

Episode 32
My Mother Is Dating the Man Who Abused My Sister
2018-10-23

Episode 33
My African-American Daughter Believes She Is Caucasian
2018-10-24

Episode 34
Exclusive: Hawaii Yoga Twin Who Drove Off Cliff With Her Sister
2018-10-25

Episode 35
A Therapist Involved in a Money-Laundering Scam Faces Prison Time
2018-10-26

Episode 36
Was Our Biological Father Involved in an Adoption Scam?
2018-10-29

Episode 37
A Biological Father Accused of an Adoption Scam: The Aftermath
2018-10-30

Episode 38
A Woman Claims to Be Pregnant for 3 Years 7 months
2018-10-31

Episode 39
The Nanny Accused of a Firefighter Scam Faces Her Victims
2018-11-01

Episode 40
Violent Love; A Boyfriend's Confession of Abuse
2018-11-02

Episode 41
Lies, Betrayal and Custody: It's Been 2 Years Since We've Seen Our Daughter
2018-11-05

Episode 42
From Top Model to Bottom of the Bottle
2018-11-06

Episode 43
My Husband Believes I Am a Serial Adulterer, but I Have Never Been Unfaithful
2018-11-07

Episode 44
My Sister Is Grooming Her 6-Year-Old Son to Become Transgender
2018-11-08

Episode 45
Jersey Shore Mom and Daughter Bring Their Drama to Texas
2018-11-09

Episode 46
Arrested for Keying Ex-Boyfriend's Car
2018-11-12

Episode 47
Dad Confronts Daughter's Abuser
2018-11-13

Episode 48
Witness to Murder
2018-11-14

Episode 49
My Husband's Face Has Been Used as Catfish Bait
2018-11-15

Episode 50
A Catfish Meets Her Victim
2018-11-16

Episode 51
Exes at War: Bruises, CPS Reports, and Allegations of Abuse
2018-11-19

Episode 52
Exes at War: Who's Behind the CPS Reports? And Charlamagne Tha God's Blueprint for Beating Fear and Anxiety
2018-11-20

Episode 53
Actress Daughter Confronts Hoarder Mother on Eve of Eviction
2018-11-21

Episode 54
My Wife Cannot Stop Being Unfaithful and It Is Destroying Our Family
2018-11-27

Episode 55
Bad Parenting or Bad Teen? Who's Really to Blame?
2018-11-28

Episode 56
Dr. Phil: Should I Divorce My Narcissistic, Angry Husband?
2018-11-29

Episode 57
Unmasked but Still Unhappy
2018-11-30

Episode 58
My Husband Butt-Dialed Me and Unknowingly Revealed He Blew His Secret Inheritance
2018-12-03

Episode 59
Our Lying Daughter Would Rather Live in a Car Than With Her Own Child
2018-12-04

Episode 60
My Cat-Hoarding Obsession Is Ruining My Marriage
2018-12-05

Episode 61
12 Kids, One on the Way and Too Many Problems
2018-12-06

Episode 62
A Teen Obsessed With Beauty and Perfection
2018-12-07

Episode 63
Beautiful Disaster?
2018-12-10

Episode 64
Accusations of Trespassing, Stalking and Lies: Twin Daughters Caught in the Middle
2018-12-11

Episode 65
My 14-Year-Old Son Is Accused of Killing His Siblings; Up and Vanished: Where Is Kristal Reisinger?
2018-12-12

Episode 66
200 Police Calls: Who's the Problem: Partying Teen or Attention-Seeking Mom?
2018-12-13

Episode 67
My Fiance Never Showed Up to Our Wedding, but I Still Love Him
2018-12-14

Episode 68
Scott Peterson's Sister-in-Law: Scott Is Innocent
2018-12-17

Episode 69
Husband, Father, Murderer: Inside the Chris Watts Case
2018-12-18

Episode 70
Missing: Where Is Corinna Slusser?; Girls Gone Update: Ebby Found
2018-12-19

Episode 71
From Disney Star to Homeless and in Danger: Will Orlando Brown Accept Life-Saving Treatment?
2018-12-20

Episode 72
Controversial Parenting Gone Viral
2018-12-21

Episode 73
The Incomparable Kathy Bates
2019-01-03

Episode 74
I Am Not Mentally Ill But I Am the Reincarnation of Pocahontas
2019-01-04

Episode 75
I Believe I'm Being Electronically Harassed and Tricked Into Seeing Aliens!
2019-01-07

Episode 76
Teenage Brides and Horrific Abuse: Escaping the Secret Life of Polygamy
2019-01-08

Episode 77
A Secret Revealed; My Sister-in-Law Is a Danger to Her Son
2019-01-09

Episode 78
Tales of Deception and Terror: Virtual Kidnapping; A Deadly Love Scam, Deceit and Dirty John
2019-01-10

Episode 79
My Lazy Son Has No Empathy for My Cancer; My Mom Acts Like My Sister and Not My Mother
2019-01-11

Episode 80
What Happened to the Bakersfield 3?
2019-01-14

Episode 81
Bakersfield 3: What the Profiler Revealed
2019-01-15

Episode 82
I Regret Agreeing to My Wife Being a Sugar Baby
2019-01-16

Episode 83
A Member of My Secret Facebook Group Got Me Fired. I'm Afraid She's Stalking Me
2019-01-17

Episode 84
A Young Woman Tormented by Memories of Abuse: But Are They Real?
2019-01-18

Episode 85
My Grandson's Father Nearly Killed Us and His Mother Is Battling Us in Court
2019-01-21

Episode 86
My Son Lost $60,000 Gambling From My Basement and Now Can't Raise His Children!
2019-01-22

Episode 87
Please Convince My Daughter She Has an Eating Disorder
2019-01-23

Episode 88
My Husband Told My Best Friend I Was Dying and Asked Her to Marry Him
2019-01-24

Episode 89
Vanished Without a Trace: Girlfriend Missing 26 Years
2019-01-25

Episode 90
Criminal Love: Why Women Date Inmates
2019-01-28

Episode 91
In Love With a Rageaholic
2019-01-29

Episode 92
Our Son Is a 40-Year-Old Homeless Car Camper
2019-01-30

Episode 93
The Boy Under the Stairs: Hero Siblings Speak Out
2019-01-31

Episode 94
I'm Afraid of My Violent, Video Game Addicted Son
2019-02-01

Episode 95
Our Lying Ex-Boyfriend Is the Next Dirty John
2019-02-04

Episode 96
More Ex-Girlfriends Confront Accused Con Man Erik
2019-02-05

Episode 97
The BTK Killer's Daughter Speaks Out and The Mysterious Case of Crystal Rogers
2019-02-06

Episode 98
My Fiance Believes He's a Superhero
2019-02-07

Episode 99
Is My Nigerian Boyfriend Scamming Me?
2019-02-08

Episode 100
Expelled, Handcuffed & Violent: My 14-Year-Old Daughter Is Out of Control
2019-02-11

Episode 101
Destoni's Drama: Will She Accept Help?
2019-02-12

Episode 102
Our Mother Is a Manipulator Who Abandoned Us as Children
2019-02-13

Episode 103
From Physician Assistant to Living in Her Truck With Foreign Accent Syndrome
2019-02-14

Episode 104
An Unspeakable Accusation: My Daughter Believes I Molested My Granddaughter
2019-02-15

Episode 105
My Ex Is Trying to Erase Me From My Children's Lives
2019-02-18

Episode 106
An Estranged Father Finally Confronts His Children
2019-02-19

Episode 107
Is a Serial-Killer Gang Murdering Young Men Across the U.S.?
2019-02-20

Episode 108
Insta-Famous to Insta-Lonely
2019-02-21

Episode 109
Held Captive, Drugged and Abused by My Own Father
2019-02-22

Episode 110
Edge of Insanity: I Believe I Have a Second Schizophrenic Child
2019-02-25

Episode 111
A Second Schizophrenic Child or a Misdiagnosing Mom: Can Bodhi Be Helped?
2019-02-26

Episode 112
Controversy Over Hate Crime Hoaxes
2019-02-27

Episode 113
The Most Enabling Mother in America?
2019-02-28

Episode 114
Sex Trafficking Survivor Demands Answers From Her Therapist Mother
2019-03-01

Episode 115
Reunion Gone Wrong?
2019-03-04

Episode 116
Exclusive: Chris Watts' Full Confession. His Daughter's Final Words
2019-03-05

Episode 117
Save My Beautiful Daughters From Their Narcissistic Father
2019-03-06

Episode 118
The One Who Survived
2019-03-07

Episode 119
Lies, Betrayal and Custody: “It’s Been Two Years Since We’ve Seen Our Daughter”
2019-03-08

Episode 120
Exclusive: Grieving Parents React To Chris Watts Confession
2019-03-11

Episode 121
I Swiped Right on My Quadriplegic Boyfriend
2019-03-12

Episode 122
A Secret Revealed; “My Sister-in-Law is a Danger to Her Son”
2019-03-13

Episode 123
Our Lying Daughter Would Rather Live in a Car Than with Her Own Child
2019-03-14

Episode 124
A Therapist Involved in a Money Laundering Scam Faces Prison Time
2019-03-15

Episode 131
Finger Pointing and Accusations: Will Karlie Guse Be Found?
2019-03-26

Episode 132
Hollywood Obsessed: The Black Dahlia Murder Mystery New Evidence Found
2019-03-27

Episode 135
I Believe Global Terrorists Are Poisoning Me
2019-04-01

Episode 136
Let Me Live My Life!
2019-04-02

Episode 137
Jonestown: Stories of Strength and Survival
2019-04-03

Episode 140
Blinded by Love
2019-04-08

Episode 141
I Want My Vindictive Millionaire Mother Out of My Life
2019-04-09

Episode 142
An Unfit Mother or an Alienating Grandma? Family's Decade-Long Drama
2019-04-10

Episode 143
Our 6-Year-Old Son Was Murdered by His Grandmother
2019-04-11

Episode 159
Is This Scam Artist Ready to Come Clean?
2019-05-03

Episode 174
A Daughter's Brutal Murder; Her Father's Quest for Justice
2019-05-24

Episode 176
Dr. Phil, Help Our Marriage & My Wife's Kidnapping 35+ Years Ago Captured Our Future
2019-08-26

Episode 177
Our Preppy and Privileged Son is Now a Wannabe Gangster”
2019-08-27

Episode 178
Family Destroyed By Sexual Abuse, Secrets and Lies
2019-08-28

Episode 179
“Our Mother Was Diagnosed with Munchausen By Proxy”
2019-08-29

Episode 180
The 47-Year-Old Relationship Virgin
2019-09-03

Episode 181
Child Kidnapped, Starved and Beaten
2019-09-04

Episode 182
A Thanksgiving Disaster, a Burned Toddler and a Family at Odds
2019-09-05

Episode 183
“We Gave Our 31-Year-Old Daughter a Curfew and Tracked Her on GPS … But She’s Still a Liar and a Drunk”
2019-09-06

Information

Creator	Oprah Winfrey, Phil McGraw
Episode air date	03.05.2019
Episode runtime	42 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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