Johnathan Walton
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Johnathan Walton | |
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| Occupations | Journalist and podcaster |
| Website | https://johnathanwalton.com/ |
Johnathan Walton is a public speaker[1] and author of the book 'Anatomy of a Con Artist: The 14 Red Flags to Spot Scammers, Grifters and Thieves.'[2] He also writes, produces and hosts the podcasts: Queen of the Con, Cocaine Air, The Quarterback and The Con Artist and The Handyman of West Texas.[3]
In his free time Walton is a vigilante who hunts con artists.[4] The first con artist Walton put in jail was Marianne Smyth aka Mair Smyth aka Marianne Clark,[5] who scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from 43 victims, including Walton himself,[6] in the United States and Europe, using an elaborate series of confidence tricks.[7][8] She was convicted of stealing money from him and spent about two years in jail.[9] After Smyth's Los Angeles conviction in 2019, Walton worked with authorities in the UK to get Smyth extradited and convicted in Northern Ireland in Sept 2025. [10]
Walton also works as a television producer on reality television shows like American Ninja Warrior for NBC, Shark Tank for ABC and Savage Builds for the Discovery Channel.[11] His career in unscripted television was preceded by a 10-year stint as an Emmy Award-winning TV news reporter and producer at local stations KHOU-TV in Houston, Texas, KABB-TV in San Antonio, Texas and WSVN-TV in Miami, Florida.[12][13]