The latest season of the wildly popular con-themed podcast Chameleon takes place in the summer of 2003 when two half-starved young men turned up in a small Canadian town telling an incredible story.
They’d been raised in the British Columbia wilderness, and this was their first-ever contact with society — they’d never seen a TV, gone to school, or registered for IDs. So the community took them in and set about introducing them to the modern world. Before long, the international media descended on the town, enthralled by the mysterious “Bush Boys.” There was just one problem: not a word the boys said was true. Nearly 20 years later, award-winning comedian and journalist Sam Mullins uncovers the bizarre true story of the strangers who turned his hometown upside-down.
The full series is available NOW. Listen on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
EPISODES
Credits
HOST Sam Mullins
REPORTING AND WRITING Sam Mullins
PRODUCER Abukar Adan
EDITOR Karen Duffin
SENIOR PRODUCER Ashleyanne Krigbaum
SOUND DESIGN AND MIXING Hannis Brown and Garrett Tiedemann
ORIGINAL MUSIC Hannis Brown, Garrett Tiedemann, Epidemic Sound, and Blue Dot Sessions
FACT-CHECKING Alex Yablon
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Matthew Shaer
Special thanks to Doug Slawin, Aleah Papes and Allison Haney